{"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":{"_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-73416","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\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1784807047",1280,720,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1?v=1784807047",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1?v=1784807047",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1784807047",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1?v=1784807047",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1784807047",1280,720,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1?v=1784807047",1280,720,true],"covernews-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?resize=1115%2C715&ssl=1?v=1784807047",1115,715,true],"covernews-slider-center":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?resize=800%2C500&ssl=1?v=1784807047",800,500,true],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1?v=1784807047",1024,576,true],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?resize=540%2C340&ssl=1?v=1784807047",540,340,true],"covernews-medium-square":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/biztrend24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Untitled-design-44-2.jpg?resize=400%2C250&ssl=1?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; 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