Kanto Tetsugen Cooperative Association will hold the tender on August 10, and the winning bid seems to exceed that of the previous month of Y 18,310 FAS. If the winning bid exceeds that of the previous time and the current market price, the firmer tone may continue. Some supplier pointed out that the factor of weak sentiment is only the foreign exchange rate of Yen’s appreciation against US dollar in the short term, because supply-demand balance does not ease yet.