Japan sharply increased steel exports in January

In accordance with the data represented by the Japan Metallurgical Federation (JISF), the exports of steel from this country in January 2013 grew in an annual comparison by 24.2% - to 3 million 657 thousand tons.

January became the third month in a row in which the growth of export of metal rolling was recorded. Korea and Taiwan began to buy 4.7% more than Japanese metal more than December 2012 and 71.7% more than in January last year.