According to data released by the Japanese Federation of Ferrous Metallurgy (JISF), in June of this year, domestic consumption of steel products in Japan amounted to 3.76 million metric tons, up 5.2% from the previous month and up 3.7% year-on-year. Meanwhile, in the first six months of 2026, the country's domestic steel consumption increased by 4.9 percent year-on-year to 22.34 million metric tons.
In the period from January to June, the consumption of steel products in Japan's construction sector increased by 2.4 percent year-on-year to 4.16 million metric tons, while consumption in the Japanese automotive sector totaled 5.68 million metric tons, an increase of 4.5 percent. During the same period, Japan's shipbuilding industry consumed 1.42 million metric tons of steel products, an increase of 3.2 percent year-on-year.
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