According to statistics released by the Japan Stainless Coil Center Association (JSCA), the country's sales volumes of nickel-based cold rolled (CR) stainless steel totaled 27,683 tons in November, rising by 5% year on year.
At the end of November, the country's inventories of nickel-based CR stainless steel were at 50,841 tons, remaining flat in comparison of the figures in the same period of a year ago.