Meanwhile, stocks of CR sheets and strips in Japan increased by 0.2 percent in this month compared to the previous month, totaling 677,575 metric tons, up 9.7 percent from last year. 74.4 percent of the reserves belonged to steel producers, while 25.6 percent belonged to steel traders.
In February, production of CR sheets and strips in Japan totaled 342,811 tons, down 19.7 percent from the previous month and 6.9 percent year-on-year.




