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Japan’s crude steel output drops to below 100 million tons due to impact of epidemic in 2019

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Update time : 2020-05-20 19:36:37
According to statistics, the total output of crude steel in Japan last year was around 98.43 million tons, decreasing by 4.3% year on year, which was not only affected by the trade war between China and the US but also affected by the epidemic of the COVID-19 epidemic seriously.

Based on that, more and more steelmakers in Japan decided to adjust their production plan to react to the weak demand from downstream, including automobile and construction industries.
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