{"id":70039,"date":"2026-06-30T15:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=70039"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:32:12","slug":"japans-may-300-series-stainless-steel-cr-imports-decline-vietnam-shipments-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=70039&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s May 300-series stainless steel CR imports decline; Vietnam shipments surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>China and Taiwan shipments decline amid AD investigation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Vietnam records highest-ever monthly exports to Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SteelDaily:\u00a0Japan&#8217;s imports of 300-series stainless steel cold-rolled (CR) products declined 6.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 14,124 t in May 2026, as shipments from China and Taiwan fell sharply following the country&#8217;s anti-dumping (AD) investigation, while imports from South Korea and Vietnam strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>According to Japan&#8217;s Ministry of Finance, imports from China declined 68% y-o-y to 2,701 t, while Taiwan&#8217;s shipments dropped 62% to 1,198 t. In contrast, imports from South Korea more than doubled to 5,409 t, making it the largest supplier during the month.<\/p>\n<p>Imports from other Asian countries rose significantly to 4,816 t, led by Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, India, and Malaysia. Notably, Vietnam exported a record 2,145 t of 300-series stainless steel CR products to Japan, accounting for 15% of total imports.<\/p>\n<p>The shift in trade flows comes after Japan initiated an anti-dumping investigation into nickel-bearing stainless steel cold-rolled products from China and Taiwan in July 2025. A preliminary affirmative determination announced earlier this month has further accelerated sourcing diversification away from the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>During January-May 2026, Japan imported 58,177 t of 300-series stainless steel CR products, down 23% y-o-y. South Korea accounted for 36% of total imports, followed by China (21%), Taiwan (13%), Indonesia (9%), and Vietnam (8%).<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This article is published as part of a content exchange agreement between SteelDaily and BigMint.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China and Taiwan shipments decline amid AD investigation Vietnam records highest-ever monthly exports to Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iron-steel"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4.jpg?v=1782811926",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-150x150.jpg?v=1782811926",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-300x169.jpg?v=1782811926",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-768x432.jpg?v=1782811926",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-1024x576.jpg?v=1782811926",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4.jpg?v=1782811926",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4.jpg?v=1782811926",1280,720,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-1115x715.jpg?v=1782811926",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-800x500.jpg?v=1782811926",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-1024x576.jpg?v=1782811926",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-540x340.jpg?v=1782811926",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4-400x250.jpg?v=1782811926",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:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-36-4.jpg?v=1782811926","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70041,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70039\/revisions\/70041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}