According to Business Network, steel mills in Japan are planning to increase tinplate exporting price to Asia countries during the 1^st season of 2014. It is expected that the price would be increased by USD50/MT. However, based on the present marketing level, a majority of Asia tinplate customers can only accept a price increment of USD30/MT at most. It is expected by the industry that tinplate export price will continue to rise due to the growth in demand for tinplate for the 2^nd season of 2014. As a matter of fact, Japanese mills steel mill had successfully increased the exporting price by USD50/MT for tinplate in the Middle East during the last season of 2013.