On January 28th news in Tokyo, Japan in 2015 aluminum imports fell to a six-year low, because of Japan's domestic inventory record, buyers to reduce sourcing.

According to Japan's finance ministry data released on Thursday, Japan in 2015 aluminium imports fell 14%, to 1.46 million tons, to the lowest level since 2009.

Imports since the middle of last year to reduce, because the three major port stocks hit record highs in May.

Japan imports fell 14% to 103151 tons of aluminum in December last year, for the sixth consecutive monthly decline.

Affected by the decline in imports, the end of December port stocks fell to 393600 tons, but still higher than average 2011-2014-2011 tons.

The personage inside course of study Japanese aluminum imports this year is expected to continue to reduce, previously affected by domestic high inventory, buyers to cancel or reduce the purchasing schedule 1-3 month.