Japan shipped 374,771 metric tons of cold-rolled sheet and strip in September 2026, up 11.9% from August but down 1.7% year on year, according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF).
Domestic shipments accounted for 54.2% of the total, with exports making up the remaining 45.8%. Inventories of cold-rolled sheet and strip fell 2.1% from the previous month to 691,569 metric tons, but were up 6.0% year on year. Steelmakers held 77.4% of the inventories and steel traders the remaining 22.6%.
September production totaled 360,273 metric tons, down 12.5% month on month and up 6.2% from a year earlier.
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