CIS and European producers have started making offers of
plate to
Turkey. The new offers are observed to be lower compared to the previous month's levels. In previous months, import
plate offers had maintained a rising trend despite the softening of hot rolled coil prices. However, this month the opposite has happened. In the current month, import
plate offers have seen a drop in price, while
plate offered by Turkish domestic producers are on an uptrend.
Offers of commercial grade
plate and shipbuilding
plate from Alchevsk have dropped by $20/mt over last month's price level. Commercial grade
plate offers have been revised from $810/mt CFR down to $790/mt CFR, while shipbuilding
plate offers have come down from $820/mt CFR to $800/mt CFR. Commercial grade
plate offers by Donestk stand at $740/mt CFR.
As for offers from
Europe,
plate from Makstil has dropped down from $950/mt CFR to $910/mt CFR, while offers from
Romania are given at $850/mt CFR, base.