In the fiscal year 2022, the construction industry in Japan consumed around 44 percent of ordinary steel products, representing the largest consumer for such products. Overall, domestic consumption of ordinary steel products amounted to roughly 43.13 million tons.
Distribution of ordinary steel product consumption in Japan in the fiscal year 2022, by market
fiscal year 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; estimation by Nippon Steel Corporation
Supplementary notes
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.
Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding by the source.
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Nippon Steel. (August 31, 2023). Distribution of ordinary steel product consumption in Japan in the fiscal year 2022, by market [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1305652/japan-ordinary-steel-product-consumption-share-by-market/
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