The Polish welded pipe market still shows no signs of improvement. Given sluggish buying activity in the domestic market, Polish welded pipe producers have cut prices by €10-20/mt ($13-25/mt) over the past month. Import offers of Czech and Italian welded pipes have decreased by around €10-20/mt ($13-25/mt), while offers of Bulgarian origin material have stayed unchanged over the period under review. Meanwhile, end-user demand remains weak in the country and customers prefer to keep stocks low. Market players remain pessimistic about future developments.
Current domestic quotations of locally produced 3/8"-6" water and gas ERW pipes of 2.6-4.5 mm wall thickness made to EN 10255 are at €680-720/mt ($864-914/mt) delivered, exclusive of 23 percent VAT. Offers of square and rectangular hollow sections with 2-4 mm wall thickness made from S235 JRH grade hot rolled coil (HRC) according to EN 10219 are in the range of €560-580/mt ($711-737/mt) ex-works. ERW galvanized pipes made to EN 10240 are quoted for local customers at €880-900/mt ($1,118-1,143/mt) delivered.
Quotations of Italian black welded pipes of 2"-6" size with wall thickness of 2.0-4.0 mm as per EN 10219 made from S235JR grade HR coils to the Polish market are at the level of €630-660/mt ($800-838/mt) CPT on actual weight basis.
Offers of Bulgarian ERW pipes and hollow sections of 2-5 mm wall thickness made from S235JR grade HRC as per EN 10219 to Polish customers are standing at an average of €550-570/mt ($698-724/mt) CPT on theoretical weight basis.
Czech suppliers are offering hollow sections as per EN 10219 to the Polish market at about €560-570/mt ($711-724/mt) CPT.
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