Bisa kididdigar da aka yi, Japan ta samar da jimlar kusan tan 13,000 nabututun ƙarfe mara nauyia watan Mayun bana, ya ragu da kashi 10.4% idan aka kwatanta da na watan daya da ya gabata.Abubuwan da aka fitar a cikin watanni biyar na farko sun kai kusan tan 75,600, raguwar shekara-shekara da kashi 8.8%.

Fitar da bututun ƙarfe maras sumul ya kai mafi ƙasƙanci a wannan shekara sakamakon raguwar samar da motoci da ke haifar da ƙarancin na'urori masu auna sigina da na'urori, da kuma ƙarancin kwanakin aiki saboda hutu.