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In dollar terms, gains of $25\/t were supported by a weaker yen (158.7 on 9 Apr vs 158.2 on 11 Mar).<\/li>\n<li>However, Bangladesh buyers remain cautious due to high freight, with cargo likely redirected to Vietnam or Bangladesh depending on workable levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japans April Kanto scrap export tender rose for the ninth consecutive month to JPY 54,329\/t&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1775719637",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1775719637",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1775719637",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1775719637",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1775719637",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1775719637",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1775719637",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1775719637",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1775719637",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1775719637",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1775719637",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?v=1775719637",400,250,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Biz Trend 24","author_link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/author\/online24"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?cat=313&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Iron &amp; Steel<\/a>","tag_info":"Iron &amp; Steel","comment_count":0,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-9-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1775719637","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71242,"url":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=71242&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":63089,"position":0},"title":"Japan: Kanto H2 export tender price slips by $12\/t m-o-m as weaker JPY and sluggish Asian demand weigh on prices","author":"Biz Trend 24","date":"July 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dollar-equivalent tender value drops $17\/t as yen remains near four-decade low Vietnam returns to the Kanto market after a month's absence Japan's July Kanto H2 export tender settled at JPY 52,508\/t ($323\/t) FAS for a 15,000 t cargo, down JPY 1,998\/t ($12\/t) from the previous month. 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