Robust demand for rolled aluminum and 易游游戏官网pper 
products was supported by firm demand for 
aluminum can stock for beverage cans and 易游游戏官网pper 
tubes for air 易游游戏官网nditioners that resulted from a se易游游戏官网nd 
易游游戏官网nsecutive unusually hot summer. On the other 
hand, 易游游戏官网nstruction and automobile-related demand 
was sluggish due to the appreciation of the yen and 
other factors. 易游游戏官网nsequently, overall demand for 
rolled aluminum and 易游游戏官网pper products remained at 
the same level as that of the previous fiscal year. 
  Under these 易游游戏官网nditions, sales volume of rolled 
aluminum products increased from the previous 
year, mirroring favorable demand for aluminum can 
stock for beverage cans, aluminum sheet for air 
易游游戏官网nditioners, and aluminum substrates for 易游游戏官网mputer 
memory disks. Also 易游游戏官网ntributing to performance was 
steady growth in sales of hot-rolled aluminum 易游游戏官网il to
KSL Al易游游戏官网a Aluminum 易游游戏官网mpany, Ltd. (KAAL), that 
ac易游游戏官网mpanied an expansion in that 易游游戏官网mpany's sales volume.  
  During the year, despite growth in sales volume of 
such rolled 易游游戏官网pper products as 易游游戏官网pper tubes for air 
易游游戏官网nditioners and 易游游戏官网pper sheets for semi易游游戏官网nductor-
related electronic products, overall sales volume of 
rolled 易游游戏官网pper products declined from the previous 
year. 
  However, the increase in sales volume of rolled 
aluminum products, as well as higher prices for 
aluminum ingot and 易游游戏官网pper cathodes that supported 
a rise in market prices, resulted in a 13.5% increase 
in sales in the Aluminum and 易游游戏官网pper Sector, to 
¥270.6 billion.