A ranar 4 ga Agusta, babban kamfanin kera karafa na Japan, Nippon Steel, ya sanar da rahotonsa na kashi na farko na kudi na shekarar kasafin kudi na 2020.Dangane da bayanan rahoton kudi, yawan danyen karafa na Nippon Karfe a cikin kwata na biyu na 2020 ya kai tan miliyan 8.3, raguwar shekara-shekara na 33% da raguwar kwata-kwata na 28%;samar da baƙin ƙarfe na alade shine kusan tan miliyan 7.56, raguwar shekara-shekara na 32%, da raguwar kwata-kwata na 27%.

A cewar bayanai, Karfe na Japan ya yi asarar kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 400 a cikin kwata na biyu da kuma ribar kusan dalar Amurka miliyan 300 a daidai wannan lokacin a bara.Kamfanin karafa na kasar Japan ya ce sabon annobar cutar huhu ta kambi ya yi tasiri sosai kan bukatar karafa.Ana sa ran bukatar karafa za ta karu daga kashi na biyu na kasafin kudin shekarar 2020, amma har yanzu yana da wahala a koma matakin da aka dauka kafin barkewar cutar.An kiyasta cewa a farkon rabin kasafin shekarar 2020, Japan'Bukatar karfen cikin gida zai kasance kusan tan miliyan 24;Bukatun rabin na biyu na kasafin kudin zai kai kimanin tan miliyan 26, wanda ya zarce na shekarar kasafin kudi ta 2019. Bukatar tan miliyan 29 a rabin na biyu na shekarar ya ragu da tan miliyan 3.

A baya can, Ma'aikatar Tattalin Arziki, Ciniki, da Masana'antu ta Japan ta yi hasashen cewa, buƙatun ƙarfe a Japan a cikin kwata na uku ya kai tan miliyan 17.28, raguwar kowace shekara na 24.3% da haɓaka kwata-kan-kwata. 1%;Danyen karafa da ake nomawa ya kai tan miliyan 17.7, an samu raguwar kashi 28 cikin 100 a duk shekara, da raguwar kwata-kwata da kashi 3.2%.