Taiwanese steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) has announced its local flats prices for the first quarter of 2008. The prices are at the following levels:
Product | Prices |
Hot rolled plate | NTD 23,460-23,610/mt ($724-729/mt) |
Hot rolled coil | NTD 18,490-18,900/mt ($571-584/mt) |
Cold rolled coil | NTD 21,060-21,230/mt ($650-656/mt) |
Electrical steel | NTD 23,210-23,400/mt ($717-723/mt) |
Cold rolled base galvanized iron | NTD 27,360-27,530/mt ($845-850/mt) |
Electro-galvanized coil | NTD 26,650-26,800/mt ($823-828/mt) |
1 USD = 32.36 NTD
The first quarter prices are on average 5.42 percent higher than the fourth quarter prices. The prices of all products have increased, except for cold rolled base galvanized iron, whose price remains unchanged as compared to the fourth quarter.