In the first half of 2011, Japan imported fasteners from China

In the first half of 2011, Japan’s total imports of fasteners (excluding rivets) from China totaled 59,000 tons, an increase of 0.43% year-on-year, accounting for 51.45% of total imports; import value was 11.56 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 11.58%. This accounted for approximately 33.71% of the total import value; the average import unit price was 279,259 yen/ton, a year-on-year increase of 0.53%.

Among them, self-tapping screws and other screws had the largest increase in imports and imports. In particular, other screws, the import volume reached 3,106 tons, an increase of 74.84% year-on-year, but its average unit price fell 26.36% year-on-year. The most imported steel bolts were still other steel bolts. The import volume was 32,960 tons, an increase of 11.89% year-on-year, and the import amount was 4.03 billion yen, an increase of 15.03% year-on-year.

Japan imported fasteners from China from January to June 2011 Average unit price (Yen) Last year Ratio (%) Quantity (KG) Last year Ratio (%) (Yen/ton) Last year Ratio (%) Self-tapping screws (731814000) 607,509,000 34.41% 3,114,995 36.17% 195,000 -0.87% Stainless steel bolts (731815011) 1,073,128,000 4.13% 2,859,040 -4.43% 383,000 11.43% Other steel bolts (731815019) 4,032,426,000 15.03% 32,960,047 11.89% 122,500 2.57% Screws 1,572,298,000 -0.75% 6,681,085 -1.60% 237,667 0.16% -7E+08 Stainless steel nuts (731816010) 291,662,000 21.53% 437,496 21.22% 693,500 6.18% Other steel nuts (731816090) 1,415,702,000 4.86% 7,447,530 -2.60% 194,167 11.68% Other screws (731819000) 827,984,000 34.33% 3,106,240 74.84% 275,000 -26.36% Spring washers, lock washers (731821000) 413,157,000 -0.26% 2,510,843 -0.61% 166,167 3.58% Other pads (731822000) 1,323,492,000 13.58% 5,415,767 12.00% 246,333 1.79% Total 11,557,358,000 11.58% 58,922,001 0.43% 279,259 0.53%