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Steelmaking Operations

Iron and Steel Statistics

(1,000 tons, %)

Fiscal year	2015	2016	2017
Market	2015	2016	2017
Construction	21,145	21,570	21,666
Building construction	14,557	14,720	14,818
Civil engineering	6,588	6,850	6,848
Shipbuilding	4,324	4,329	4,077
Automobiles	10,762	10,954	11,314
Industrial machinery	4,609	4,592	5,047
Electrical machinery	2,917	2,968	3,098
Secondary processing	2,260	2,239	2,261
Others	2,415	2,357	2,282
Total	48,432	49,009	49,745

Fiscal year	2018		2019		2020
Market		(% of total)		(% of total)		(% of total)
Construction	21,192	43.0	20,074	43.0	19,020	45.5
Building construction	14,473	29.4	13,560	29.0	12,020	28.8
Civil engineering	6,719	13.6	6,514	14.0	7,000	16.8
Shipbuilding	3,967	8.1	4,063	8.7	2,940	7.0
Automobiles	11,419	23.2	10,689	22.9	9,210	22.0
Industrial machinery	5,180	10.5	4,680	10.0	4,140	9.9
Electrical machinery	3,077	6.2	2,949	6.3	2,760	6.6
Secondary processing	2,233	4.5	2,094	4.5	1,810	4.3
Others	2,201	4.5	2,146	4.6	1,890	4.5
Total	49,269	100.0	46,695	100.0	41,770	100.0

Source: The Japan Iron and Steel Federation

Note: Figures for fiscal 2020 are estimates by Nippon Steel.

(1,000 tons)

Fiscal year	2000	2005	2010
Type of product	2000	2005	2010
Ordinary steel products	56,535	54,976	44,259
Rails	216	213	218
Sheet piles	734	646	354
H beams	4,720	3,924	2,666
Shapes	3,136	2,659	1,906
Bars	11,070	10,061	7,511
Wire rods	3,013	2,337	1,643
Plates	7,250	9,246	8,983
Hot-rolled sheets and coils	6,844	6,798	5,794
Cold-rolled sheets and coils	3,996	4,089	3,231
Electrical sheets	617	588	514
Tinplate	1,441	1,084	982
Galvanized sheets	1,052	607	389
Other coated sheets	8,169	8,828	7,359
Pipes and tubes	4,277	3,896	2,710
Specialty steel products	9,949	13,257	12,308
Structural steel	4,733	7,044	6,558
Stainless steel	1,548	1,555	1,527
Free-cutting steel	760	857	576
High-strength steel	1,063	1,630	1,714
Others	1,845	2,171	1,932
Total	66,484	68,233	56,566

Fiscal year	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Type of product	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Ordinary steel products	42,461	43,655	43,981	43,551	39,666
Rails	199	188	195	186	196
Sheet piles	439	507	431	466	441
H beams	3,283	3,433	3,563	3,538	3,146
Shapes	1,787	1,825	1,784	1,803	1,604
Bars	7,333	7,427	7,400	7,480	6,822
Wire rods	1,447	1,555	1,518	1,200	1,095
Plates	7,489	7,634	7,573	7,898	7,250
Hot-rolled sheets and coils	5,560	5,763	5,843	5,655	4,918
Cold-rolled sheets and coils	2,730	2,775	2,841	2,714	2,458
Electrical sheets	493	502	537	554	573
Tinplate	687	696	670	626	637
Galvanized sheets	417	381	367	365	306
Other coated sheets	7,783	8,066	8,326	8,141	7,586
Pipes and tubes	2,815	2,902	2,935	2,926	2,635
Specialty steel products	11,663	12,013	12,258	12,713	10,891
Structural steel	6,340	6,540	6,604	7,029	5,771
Stainless steel	1,449	1,562	1,574	1,484	1,330
Free-cutting steel	405	452	478	463	389
High-strength steel	1,819	1,833	1,936	1,962	1,925
Others	1,649	1,626	1,666	1,775	1,476
Total	54,124	55,668	56,239	56,265	50,557

Source：The Japan Iron and Steel Federation