Japan"s copper cable sales, domestic and exports rose 4.1% in November to 57,900 tonnes year-on-year, the Japan Electric Wire and Cable Makers" Association said. Below is the monthly copper wire and cable data (in tonnes): Nov(Estimate) Nov Yr-Yr% Oct Oct Yr-Yr% Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr SHIPMENTS 57,900 4.1 55,309 -2.3 51,489 45,700 54,902 52,981 46,486 53,787 TELECOMMS 800 -12.0 776 -21.9 810 730 756 750 673 817 ELEC POWER 4,300 2.5 4,899 18.6 4,125 3,363 3,896 4,237 3,655 3,734 ELECTRICAL 11,500 -3.3 11,470 -4.1 11,605 9,604 12,936 12,319 9,602 11,758 AUTOMOBILES 8,300 2.3 6,112 -26.6 5,524 5,690 8,048 7,744 5,898 7,919 CONSTRUCTION 27,600 5.1 27,353 3.0 24,765 22,070 24,495 23,377 22,772 24,762 OTHERS 4,100 24.8 3,755 3.2 3,647 3,449 3,479 3,490 3,047 3,590 EXPORTS 1,300 35.7 944 -5.1 1,013 794 1,292 1,064 839 1,207 Reporting by Fumika Inoue Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.