Low-priced ex-CIS billet offers leave no room for competition

Friday, 24 May 2013 16:03:27 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
Ex-CIS billet offers have been trending sideways since early this week at $490-500/mt FOB, while one CIS steelmaker has been trying to maintain the low end of its offers at $500/mt FOB. Meanwhile, CIS billet offers to Turkey can be found at $510-512/mt CFR and many transactions have been concluded so far at this price level.

CIS billet offers to Turkey have been negatively impacting price levels in the Turkish billet market, with local and export billet offers in Turkey softening by $5/mt week on week and now standing at $520-530/mt ex-works and $515-525/mt FOB respectively. The low-priced CIS billet export offers have left little opportunity for competitors in the global markets, and so ex-Turkey billet offers have failed to attract interest. Market sources do not believe billet prices in the global markets will register any increases, at least for now, considering the ongoing declining trend of scrap prices.

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