Shipments of rolled-aluminum products dropped 4.8 percent in July, declining for the second straight month, as demand from beverage can makers lost steam and sales to automakers were still weak.
Supplies to domestic and export markets dropped to 170,916 metric tons last month from 179,619 tons a year earlier, the Japan Aluminium Association said in a statement Friday.
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