According to the latest data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Japan’s iron ore imports in September surged above 10 million tonne for the first time over the past 9 months up by 12% YoY to 10.82 million tonne. However, imports in the first 9 months were still down by 31% from the same period of 2008 to 72.4 million tonne.
Meanwhile, Japan’s coal imports fell for the 2nd consecutive month to a 4 month low of 13.9 million tonne in September. However, coking coal imports to Japan rose to 6 million tonne, the highest level since January.
