Supply And Demand Of Ferro-Chrome In Japan For Q1 / 2011- Consumption Of Low Carbon FeCr Recovered, Having Resulted In Increase Of Its Imports

摘要

The quantities ( on material base ) of ferro-chrome produced, imported and consumed by Japan in the first quarter ( January - March ) of 2011 had been traced by us and the contents were as per the table attached hereto. Namely, the quantity of crude special steel produced in Japan in January - March quarter of 2011 was 6.153 million tons, having increased by 7.4% compared with that in the same quarter of 2010. Also, the output of stainless steel products in Japan for the first quarter of 2011 recorded 771,000 tons, which increased by 3.8% compared to that in the same quarter of 2010.