{"id":73416,"date":"2026-07-23T17:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=73416"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:44:11","slug":"japan-crude-steel-output-falls-0-4-in-jan-jun26-on-weak-domestic-and-global-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/?p=73416&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Japan: Crude steel output falls 0.4% in Jan-Jun&#8217;26 on weak domestic and global demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>June output rises 1.3% y-o-y<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>H1CY&#8217;26 production remains below last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Japan&#8217;s domestic crude steel production reached 6.798 million tonnes (mnt) in June, up 1.3% year-on-year (y-o-y), according to the Japan Iron and Steel Federation. Production exceeded the year-earlier level for the third consecutive month, but weak domestic and international steel demand kept the annualised rate below 83 mnt.<\/p>\n<p>In the first quarter of fiscal 2026 (April-June), production increased 1.0% y-o-y to 20.35 mnt. However, output during the first half of 2026 (January-June) declined 0.4% y-o-y to 40.4 mnt, remaining below the previous year&#8217;s calendar-year performance.<\/p>\n<p>Daily crude steel production in June averaged 227,000 tonnes (t), around 3,000 t higher than in May. However, the annualised production rate remained below 83 mnt, indicating that a full recovery has not yet been achieved.<\/p>\n<p>By furnace type, converter steel production rose 2.7% y-o-y to 4.955 mnt, marking a third consecutive monthly increase. Electric furnace steel production declined 2.3% to 1.843 mnt, falling for the first time in three months.<\/p>\n<p>By steel type, ordinary steel production increased 1.3% y-o-y to 5.23 mnt, while special steel production also rose 1.3% to 1.568 mnt. Ordinary steel output increased for the first time in two months.<\/p>\n<p>Hot-rolled steel production declined 1.7% y-o-y to 5.804 mnt in June, marking the first decline in two months. Special steel production increased, while ordinary steel output fell by around 3%.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This article is published as part of a content exchange agreement between Japan Metal Daily and BigMint.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June output rises 1.3% y-o-y H1CY&#8217;26 production remains below last year Japan&#8217;s domestic crude steel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73417,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[313],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73416","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\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?v=1784807047",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-150x150.jpg?v=1784807047",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-300x169.jpg?v=1784807047",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-768x432.jpg?v=1784807047",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-1024x576.jpg?v=1784807047",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?v=1784807047",1280,720,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?v=1784807047",1280,720,false],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-1115x715.jpg?v=1784807047",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-800x500.jpg?v=1784807047",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-1024x576.jpg?v=1784807047",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-540x340.jpg?v=1784807047",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2-400x250.jpg?v=1784807047",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\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?v=1784807047","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73416","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=73416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73418,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73416\/revisions\/73418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/73417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biztrend24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}