Japanese carbon steel export increased by 6.8% to 26.372 million tonnes in fiscal 2007 ended March 2008 from fiscal 2006, announced by Japan Iron and Steel Federation on Friday.

The special steel export increased by 5.8% to record 5.936 million tonnes exceeding former record of 5.611 million tonnes in fiscal 2006.

The export increased by 9.8% to 5.027 million tonnes for semi-finished steel and by 11.5% to 715,000 tonnes for processed steel. – Japan Metal Bulletin