Wait-and-see mood prevails in local Chinese domestic steel plate market

Monday, 23 May 2016 15:16:44 (GMT+3) | Shanghai

During the week ending May 23, average steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market have indicated an overall downtrend, while transaction activity in the overall market has been at low levels. Average steel plate prices in China are presented in the tables below.

During the given week, since steel plate prices have been moving in a downward direction, buyers from downstream industries are mostly maintaining a wait-and-see stance, resulting in slack activity and contributing further to the softness of prices. Meanwhile, domestic prices of semi-finished steel as well as finished steel futures prices in China have indicated decreases, exerting a negative impact on sentiment in the domestic steel plate market. It is expected that steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market will likely edge down further in the coming week.

Product Name	Category	City	Steel Plant/Origin	Price (RMB/mt)	Price ($/mt)	Weekly Change (RMB/mt)
8 mm common carbon medium plate	Q235	Shanghai	Xinyu Steel	2,730	417	↓250
		Tianjin	Tiangang Steel	2,700	412	↓10
		Lecong	Shaoguan Steel	2,820	431	↓80
		Average price	-	2,750	420	↓114
20 mm common carbon medium plate	Q235	Shangai	Magang	2,430	371	↓140
		Tianjin	Tiangang Steel	2,400	366	↓10
		Lecong	Shaoguan Steel	2,550	389	↓80
		Average price	-	2,640	403	↓77
30 mm common carbon medium plate	Q235	Shanghai	Magang	2,490	380	↓180
		Tianjin	Tiangang Steel	2,420	369	↓10
		Average price	-	2,455	375	↓95
20 mm low alloy medium plate	Q345	Shanghai	Magang	2,540	388	↓140
		Tianjin	Tiangang Steel	2,550	389	↓10
		Average price	-	2,545	389	↓75

Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market

Product Name	Spec,	Category	City	Steel Plant/Origin	Price (RMB/mt)	Price ($/mt)	Weekly Change (RMB/mt)
Boiler plate	20 mm	20G	Shangai	Xinyu Steel	3,050	466	↓50
			Beijing	Anyang	2,870	438	↓60
			Guangzhou	Liuzhou Steel	3,150	481	↓30
			Ortalama	-	3,034	463	↓46
Container plate	8 mm	16MnR	Shangai	Xinyu Steel	3,400	519	↓50
			Guangzhou	Jinan Steel	3,690	563	↓30
			Ortalama	-	3,545	541	↓40
	20 mm	16MnR	Shangai	Xinyu Steel	3,150	481	↓50
			Beijing	Jinan Steel	2,970	453	↓60
			Guangzhou	Liuzhou Steel	3,250	496	↓30
			Ortalama	-	3,124	477	↓53

Shipbuilding plate prices in local Chinese market

Product Name	Spec,	City	Category	Place of Origin	Price (RMB/mt)	Price ($/mt)	Weekly change (RMB/mt)
Shipbuilding Plate	8 mm	Shanghai	CCSA/B	Xinyu Steel	3,250	496	↓90
		Jinan	CCSA/B	Jinan Steel	2,820	431	↓50
		Guangzhou	CCSA/B	Shaoguan	3,050	466	↓80
		Average	-	-	3,040	464	↓74
	20 mm	Shanghai	CCSA/B	Xinyu Steel	2,970	453	↓90
		Jinan	CCSA/B	Jinan Steel	2,650	405	↓50
		Guangzhou	CCSA/B	Shaoguan	2,900	443	↓80
		Average	-	-	2,840	434	↓74

17 percent VAT is included in all prices and all prices are ex-warehouse.

$1 = RMB 6.55

Wait-and-see mood prevails in local Chinese domestic steel plate market

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