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%