TRADE: CHINA'S SHARE OF JAPANESE RARE METAL IMPORTS RISES OVER 20 percent

摘要

Industry sources in Japan have growing fears that economic growth in the developing economies (Brazil, China, India and Russia) will lead to a shortage of raw materials domestically. Japan has traditionally imported low-cost raw materials from China, for processing into value-added products for export, initially to Europe and the USA and now to Japanese plants in Asian countries. The growing diversification of developing economies into downstream products means these countries are becoming net importers rather than exporters of some rare metals.