Japan's domestic consumption of steel products was 3.37 million metric tons in August this year, down 7.3 percent month-on-month and down 0.4 percent year-on-year, according to data released by the Japan Iron and Steel Industry Association (JISF). Meanwhile, in the first eight months of 2025, the country's domestic steel consumption fell 2.1 percent year on year to 28.31 million metric tons.
In the first eight months of this year, steel product consumption in Japan's construction sector decreased by 5.3 percent to 5.33 million metric tons, while consumption of steel products in the Japanese automobile sector was 7.29 million metric tons, up 3.3 percent year on year. During the period, Japan's shipbuilding industry consumed 1.87 million metric tons of steel products, down 3.8 percent year-on-year.
