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The article focuses on the annual report of the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) on production activity in 2011. It says that the overall productivity in powder metallurgy has decreased by 5% after a strong recovery in 2009 and 2010 due to damage from earthquake and tsunami in northeast area in March 2011. Meanwhile, all countries in Asia except Japan and Malaysia have experienced growth in volumes of iron based production while copper based production has shown slow growth of 1.3%.

The article offers information on the 2012 annual report of the Japan Powder Metallurgy Association (JPMA) which includes statistics for the powder metallurgy (PM) industries in Japan and Asia. It mentions that production of electrical contacts and PM fiction materials decreased by 17% and 13%, respectively. Moreover, a total of 109 972 (t) ton of iron powder shipments for PM apllications.