Japan zinc exports up 106%

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Japan's exports of refined zinc in April amounted to 13,098 tonnes, up 106 per cent from the same month a year earlier, Ministry of Finance data showed. China took about 57 per cent of Japan's zinc exports, the data showed. Taiwan and Southeast Asia are also large importers of zinc from Japan. Zinc is used mainly as an anti-corrosive coating in galvanised steel production and in plating.

Source : Business Line