Japan: January-October DAP imports up 12%

摘要

Japan imported 336,135 mt DAP in the first 10 months of 2017, up 12% year on year, according to IHS GTA data. Imports from China were up 5.9% at 171,520 mt, shipments from the US dropped 3.1% to 106,258 mt and volumes from Saudi Arabia more than doubled to 47,956 mt. Loadings from Morocco increased to 6,030 mt from 5,500 mt in the same period a year earlier.