During the week ending July 16, average prices of steel plate in the Chinese domestic market have increased slightly. Transaction activity in the overall steel plate market has been at low-to-medium levels. Average steel plate prices in China are presented in the table below.
During the given week, sentiment has been upbeat in the domestic steel plate market, resulting in slight rises in prices. However, transaction activity has been at low-to-medium levels. Currently, there are limited new supplies arriving in the market, which provides support from the supply side. It is expected that steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market will move sideways in the coming week.
Medium plate prices in local Chinese market
Product Name |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly Change (RMB/mt) |
8 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,820 |
722 |
↑10 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,520 |
677 |
↑50 |
||
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,730 |
708 |
0 |
||
Average price |
- |
4,690 |
702 |
↑20 |
||
20 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,350 |
651 |
↑20 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,220 |
632 |
↑50 |
||
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,410 |
660 |
0 |
||
Average price |
- |
4,326 |
648 |
↑23 |
||
30 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Ansteel |
4,390 |
657 |
↑20 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,220 |
632 |
↑50 |
||
Average price |
- |
4,305 |
644 |
↑35 |
||
20 mm low alloy medium plate |
Q345 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,540 |
680 |
0 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,440 |
665 |
↑80 |
||
Average price |
- |
4,490 |
672 |
↑40 |
Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market
Product Name |
Spec. |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly Change (RMB/mt) |
Boiler plate |
20 mm |
20G |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,860 |
728 |
0 |
Beijing |
Anyang Steel |
4,850 |
726 |
↑70 |
|||
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
5,150 |
771 |
0 |
|||
Average |
- |
4,953 |
741 |
↑23 |
|||
Container plate |
8 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
5,210 |
780 |
0 |
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
5,640 |
844 |
0 |
|||
Average |
- |
5,425 |
812 |
0 |
|||
20 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,960 |
743 |
0 |
|
Beijing |
Jinan Steel |
4,950 |
741 |
↑70 |
|||
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
5,200 |
778 |
0 |
|||
Average |
- |
5,036 |
754 |
↑23 |
Shipbuilding plate prices in local Chinese market
Product Name |
Spec. |
City |
Quality |
Place of Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
Shipbuilding plate |
8 mm |
Shanghai |
CCSA/B |
Xinyu Steel |
5,000 |
749 |
0 |
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,920 |
737 |
↑30 |
||
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
5,060 |
757 |
0 |
||
Average |
- |
- |
4,993 |
747 |
↑10 |
||
20 mm |
Shanghai |
CCSA/B |
Xinyu Steel |
4,720 |
707 |
0 |
|
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,700 |
704 |
↑30 |
||
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,850 |
726 |
0 |
||
Average |
- |
- |
4,757 |
712 |
↑10 |
16 percent VAT is included in all prices and all prices are ex-warehouse.
$1 = RMB 6.68