Japan Rebar Export Increases in July

Japanese concrete reinforcing steel bar export was 49,517 tonnes in July, increasing by 27.6% from June and by 34% from a year ago, according to Ministry of Finance.The export was 22,750 tonnes for South Korea in July, increasing by 54.4% from June and by 32.3% from a year ago. The export for USA was 21,192 tonnes, decreasing by 5.2% from June and increasing by 2.1 times from a year ago. The export for Vietnam increased to 3,031 tonnes by 6.4 times from June and by 16.2 times from a year ago. That for Philippine increased to 1,096 tonnes by 3.4 times from June and by 3.4 times from a year ago. The export for Thailand was 600 tonnes, increasing by 19% from June and decreasing by 53.9% from a year ago. The export for China increased to 282 tonnes by 84.3% from June and by 88% from a year ago. That for Indonesia was 259 tonnes, increasing by 4.3 times over the previous month and decreasing by 91.8% from a year ago. That for Taiwan increased to 243 tonnes by 2.9 times from June and by 8.6 times from a year ago.Japanese iron billet export decreased to 65,145 tonnes by 22.7% in July from June and by 2% from a year ago.The export for South Korea increased to 35,823 tonnes by 2.1% in July from June and by 19% from a year ago. That for Taiwan was 16,186 tonnes in July, decreasing by 36.6% from June and increasing by 2.8 times from a year ago. That for China was 6,573 tonnes, decreasing by 37.7% from June and increasing by 1.8 times from a year ago. The export for Vietnam decreased to 3,115 tonnes by 74.3% from a month ago and by 66% from a year ago.