Japan’s December sheet coil stocks up 0.8% on month

摘要

Stocks of hot-rolled, cold-rolled and coated coils held by Japanese steelmakers,distributors and coil centers were up 0.8% on month at 4.17 million mt at the end ofDecember, the latest data released by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp showed.NSSMC officials were unavailable for comment, but a Tokyo-based sheet trader said heexpected end-December stocks would be lower due to less supply and slow delivery timescaused by holidays.