Marubeni Corporation, a major trading company in Japan, reported that the aluminum stocks at Japan's three major ports totaled 381,830 tons as of the end of December last year, slightly growing by 0.9% compared to the previous month.
Among them, the stock in the Yokohama Port was 163,600 tons, up from 161,700 tons in the previous month; that in the Nagoya Port was 196,800 tons, falling from 196,900 tons recorded last month; that in the Osaka Port was 21,430 tons, hiking from 19,950 tons in the previous month.