South Korea’s import of stainless steel scrap fell during the first half of this year as the country imported only 208,000 tons of SS scrap, down by 18.1% compared to the same period last year. Imports from Japan totalled 82, 000 tons in the first half of the year, with American imports totalling 34,000 tons, 21,000 tons from Holland and 19,000 tons from Russian.