Korean stainless steel cold rolled production increased sharply in January to around 103286 tons, up by 9.4% from December and by 3.7% from a year ago, according to the Korean iron and steel association.

Moreover, the sales volume was 103,325 ton, with an increase of 13.2% from last December. The export volume was around 41117 tons, also increasing by 6.9% from last December.