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Japan’s December copper cable sales fall 0.8% y/y
Japan’s copper cable sales, domestic and exports, fell 0.8% in December to 53,800 tonnes year-on-year, the Japan Electric Wire and Cable Makers’ Association said.
Below is the monthly copper wire and cable data (in tonnes):
| Dec(Estimate) | Dec Yr-Yr% | Nov | Nov Yr-Yr% | Oct | Sep | Aug | Jul | Jun | May | |
| SHIPMENTS | 53,800 | -0.8 | 57,808 | 3.9 | 55,309 | 51,489 | 45,700 | 54,902 | 52,981 | 46,486 |
| TELECOMMS | 700 | -5.8 | 812 | -10.7 | 776 | 810 | 730 | 756 | 750 | 673 |
| ELEC POWER | 3,500 | 3.1 | 4,339 | 3.4 | 4,899 | 4,125 | 3,363 | 3,896 | 4,237 | 3,655 |
| ELECTRICAL | 11,400 | -2.7 | 11,893 | 0.0 | 11,470 | 11,605 | 9,604 | 12,936 | 12,319 | 9,602 |
| AUTOMOBILES | 7,800 | -0.2 | 8,189 | 0.9 | 6,112 | 5,524 | 5,690 | 8,048 | 7,744 | 5,898 |
| CONSTRUCTION | 26,000 | -0.9 | 27,374 | 4.2 | 27,353 | 24,765 | 22,070 | 24,495 | 23,377 | 22,772 |
| OTHERS | 3,400 | 3.5 | 4,040 | 23.0 | 3,755 | 3,647 | 3,449 | 3,479 | 3,490 | 3,047 |
| EXPORTS | 1,000 | -2.5 | 1,161 | 21.2 | 944 | 1,013 | 794 | 1,292 | 1,064 | 839 |
Reuters
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