Chinese flat steel export offer prices have indicated a rising trend over the past week. At present, export offers for boron-added 5.75 mm hot rolled coil (HRC) given by Chinese suppliers are at $360-370/mt FOB, while export offers for 1.0 mm cold rolled coil (CRC) given by Chinese suppliers are in the range of $405-415/mt FOB.
Due to the rising trends seen in domestic semi-finished steel prices, finished steel futures prices and HRC, CRC domestic prices, HRC and CRC export offer prices from China have gained support and seen rising trends.
Product name |
Quality |
Spec. |
Price ($/mt) FOB |
Weekly change ($/mt) |
HRC |
Q235B/SS400 |
5.75 mm x 1,500 x C |
365 |
↑25 |
Q235B/SS400 |
2.75 mm x 1,250 x C |
393 |
↑23 |
|
CRC |
ST12 |
1.0 mm x 1,250 x C |
410 |
↑5 |
ST12 |
0.6 mm x 1,250 x C |
430 |
↑5 |
|
HRP |
Q235 |
20 mm |
360 |
↑25 |
Shipbuilding Plate |
CCSA/B |
20 mm |
380 |
↑25 |
PPGI |
CGCC |
0.476 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
635 |
0 |
HDG |
SGCC |
1.0 mm x 1,250 mm x C |
495 |
0 |
|
SGCC |
0.5 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
510 |
0 |