Japan’s shipments of hot-rolled plate and sheet rose 2.8% month on month to 648,214 metric tons in September 2026. The figure was 1.2% lower than in September 2025, when shipments totaled 655,951 metric tons, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).
Domestic deliveries accounted for 72.7% of shipments, with exports making up the remaining 27.3%. Production of hot-rolled plate and sheet fell 3.5% from August and 0.5% year on year to 630,118 metric tons.
Hot-rolled strip shipments, by contrast, declined 9% month on month and 10.8% year on year to 1.07 million metric tons. Exports accounted for 69.2% of the total, while domestic deliveries made up 30.8%. Strip production fell 16.1% month on month and 12.9% year on year to 1.02 million metric tons.
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