Japan's Crude Steel production may decline 2.4% q-o-q in Q4

TOKYO (Scrap Monster): Japan's crude steel may be at 26.596 million in the fourth quarter of this year, down by 2.4% from a quarter ago while up by 0.1% year on year.

Meanwhile, Japan's output of steel products may reach 18.283 million tons in the fourth quarter, decreased by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter while increased by 3.7% year-on-year.

Besides, the country planned to produce 4.8575 million tons of specialty steel in the fourth quarter, including 3.2164 million tons for domestic market and 1.6411 million tons for export markets.