In the fiscal year 2022, the shipbuilding industry in Japan consumed around 2.8 million tons of ordinary steel products, decreasing from roughly 3.08 million tons in the preceding fiscal year. This decrease was primarily caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted the demand for oceangoing vessels.
Consumption volume of ordinary steel products by the shipbuilding industry in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022
(in million metric tons)
fiscal years 2015 to 2022; the Japanese fiscal years start on April 1 of the stated year and end on March 31 of the following year
Special properties
domestic consumption
Supplementary notes
*Estimation by Nippon Steel Corporation.
As regulated by the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS), ordinary steel is carbon steel, which does not require heat treatment and contains silicon, manganese, phosphor, or sulfur. Special steel, in contrast, is steel alloyed with elements like chromium, nickel, molybdenum, or vanadium and has received heat treatment.
Figures before 2017 are from previous reports.
Figures have been rounded.
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Nippon Steel. (August 31, 2023). Consumption volume of ordinary steel products by the shipbuilding industry in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286495/japan-ordinary-steel-product-consumption-volume-shipbuilding/
Nippon Steel. "Consumption volume of ordinary steel products by the shipbuilding industry in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in million metric tons)." Chart. August 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286495/japan-ordinary-steel-product-consumption-volume-shipbuilding/
Nippon Steel. (2023). Consumption volume of ordinary steel products by the shipbuilding industry in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286495/japan-ordinary-steel-product-consumption-volume-shipbuilding/
Nippon Steel. "Consumption Volume of Ordinary Steel Products by The Shipbuilding Industry in Japan from Fiscal Year 2015 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286495/japan-ordinary-steel-product-consumption-volume-shipbuilding/
Nippon Steel, Consumption volume of ordinary steel products by the shipbuilding industry in Japan from fiscal year 2015 to 2022 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1286495/japan-ordinary-steel-product-consumption-volume-shipbuilding/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
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