The production of copper mill products in Japan fell by 3.3% in June this year compared to the same month last year and amounted to 70 thousand 434 tonnes, preliminary data from the Copper and Brass Association of the country show. According to preliminary calculations of the Japanese Electric Cable and Cable Makers Association, supplies of copper wire, including exports and the domestic market, rose 3.5% last year to 59,700 tonnes in annual terms. The growth of the indicator is marked for the third consecutive month. The volume of export supplies increased by 43%, deliveries to the domestic market - by 2.5%.
Japan’s Finance Minister Taro Aso expressed worries about the yen’s continual rise, calling it “rapid” and hinting at the strong currency’s impact on exports as Japan struggles through a recession. The yen’s ...
June had seen Japan’s industrial output breaking its four-month slump. The recuperation could be attributed to a modest recovery seen in broader business and consumer activity after the world’s third-biggest economy suffered from ...
Japan’s first-quarter business spending came smaller than what was initially estimated, revised data showed on Monday. This underscored a sharper damage that the novel coronavirus pandemic had inflicted on the world’s third-biggest ...
China's diesel exports for June fell by 50% year-on-year, a record low since September 2018 as lockdown measures around the world continued to curb fuel demand. China exported has 1.04 million tons of diesel, compared to the 1.45 million and ...
Japan's industrial output is expected to recover in June from a double-digit decline in May amid hopes that factory activity may have reached its lowest due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Reuters’ poll of 13 economists. While ...