Japan’s exports of cold rolled (CR) steel coils and sheets totaled 259,059 tons in June, decreasing by 15.4% from a month ago and falling by 1.9% year on year, according to data released by Japan's Ministry of Finance. In the first half of this year, the country’s exports of CR steel coils and sheets amounted to 1.7 million tons, rising by 4.3% year on year. In the given period of time, China was the largest importer of the Japanese CR steel with 507,868 tons, decreasing by 5.9%; Thailand was the second largest one with 255,339 tons, increasing by 29.6% and Indonesia was the third largest one with 202,085 tons, down by 2.6%, all compared to the figures in the same period of a year ago.
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