The focus of demand for electronic gas has shifted completely from the US and Japan to Korea and Taiwan.
This is especially evident in specialty gas use where Japan remains the largest production base in the world in this field. Differences exist between gases but according to Showa Denko, $quot;The ratio of exports has risen to nearly 70 percent mainly to East Asia.$quot;
According to Kanto Denka Kogyo, $quot;The weight accounted for by the domestic demand is comparatively high but even so exports account for 60 percent.$quot;
Other specialty gas producers show the same trend, with their export ratios being 60-70 percent. This is quite different from the picture five years ago when is was the domestic sales ratio that accounted for 60-70 percent of sales.
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