{"id":73818,"date":"2026-04-20T02:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/73818\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T02:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T02:39:45","slug":"japanese-manufacturers-hurt-most-by-aluminum-shortage-from-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/73818\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese manufacturers hurt most by aluminum shortage from Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s reliance on the Middle East for aluminum is forcing companies to cut back on production and scramble for alternative supply sources after key shipping routes were severed due to the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Among the most exposed are auto and parts makers such as Toyota Motor and Denso. Domestic carmakers get about 70% of their aluminum imports from the Middle East, according to the nation\u2019s top auto lobby. The price of the lightweight alloy \u2014 used in everything from engine parts to wheels \u2014 has jumped about 13% since hostilities started in late February.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s only been a month but it\u2019s almost certain that we\u2019ll soon have trouble making automobile parts,\u201d Daiki Kato, CEO of Kato Light Metal Industry, said in an interview in late March. &#8220;We\u2019re going to spend more selectively and conserve our energy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s reliance on the Middle East for aluminum is forcing companies to cut back on production and scramble&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12988,551,34,1604,49],"class_list":{"0":"post-73818","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-carmakers","9":"tag-cars","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-metals","12":"tag-middle-east"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116434722131443191","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}