According to customs statistics, Japanese ferrous scrap exports totaled 628,383 tons in February this year, down 5.5% from 665,219 tons in the same month the previous year. In January-February this year, the country exported 1.09 million tons of scrap, down 10.9 percent from last year.
During this period, Vietnam was the largest importer of Japanese scrap, importing 500,362 tons, down 9.1 percent from last year. Vietnam was followed by South Korea and Bangladesh, which imported 208,132 tons and 179,390 tons of scrap, down 13.8% and 4.4%, respectively, year-on-year.
Meanwhile, Japanese scrap exports to Thailand stood at 71,504 tons in January-February this year, down from 40,559 tons in the same period last year. year.
