SteelOrbis has heard that the current offers for 1008 grade 6.5-8 mm wire rod in the local Turkish market are as presented below. Resisting the fluctuations seen in the $/TRY exchange rate, some Turkish producers have maintained their domestic sales prices over the past week, while some of them have slightly lowered their prices.
Region |
Price |
Delivery |
Thrace |
TRY 840-860/mt ($422-432/mt) |
ex-works |
Izmir |
TRY 840-850/mt ($422-427/mt) |
ex-works |
Iskenderun |
TRY 936-955/mt ($470-480/mt) |
ex-works |
Marmara |
TRY 840-860/mt ($422-432/mt) |
ex-works |
The above prices are on actual weight basis. The dollar prices exclude VAT, while the TRY prices include VAT. These prices are the active trading prices; however, wire rod sales prices announced on February 25 in the Aegean region are special price levels given by the producer in this region.
US$1 = TRY 1.68541