China's Tungsten Exports to Japan Grind to a Halt
2026-06-08 / Read about 0 minute
Author:小编   

At present, Japan's pivotal high-end manufacturing sectors, including chips and automobiles, are grappling with significant challenges. This comes as China, the globe's foremost producer of tungsten, has entirely ceased its exports of tungsten-related products to Japan. From February through April of this year, China's shipments of tungsten carbide and tungsten powder to Japan have registered at zero. Given tungsten's critical role as a material in high-end manufacturing, the interruption in its supply has placed Japan's pertinent industries under the twin strains of raw material scarcity and escalating costs.