Japan ferrosilicon (>55%) imports increase 217.83% YoY in August 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (>55%) imports increase 23.98% YoY in Jan-Aug 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports increase 61.57% YoY in August 2021.

Japan ferrosilicon (≤55%) imports increase 10.73% YoY in Jan-Aug 2021.

The volume jumped 42.9 percent compared with the 2019 level, putting the average Jan-Aug growth for 2020 and 2021 at 19.5 percent.

At the same time, the supply of hydropower and wind power decreases in winter, and cannot fill the gap left by the reduction in thermal power.

The August output represented a 0.7 percent increase compared with the same period in 2019, the NBS said.

Electrical consumption reached more than 525.27 billion kilowatt-hours in the first eight months this year, up 17.33 percent year-on-year.