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Steelmaking Operations
(1,000 tons, %)
| Fiscal year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Market | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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
