Average export offer prices of Chinese flat steel products have mostly indicated a stable trend in the past week. At present, export offers for boron-added 5.75 mm hot rolled coil (HRC) given by Chinese suppliers are at $430-440/mt FOB, while export offers for 1.0 mm cold rolled coil (CRC) given by Chinese suppliers are in the range of $475-485/mt FOB.
It is thought that flat steel export offer prices from China will likely continue to move sideways in the coming week.
| Product name | Quality | Spec. | Price ($/mt) FOB | Weekly change ($/mt) |
| HRC | Q235B/SS400 | 5.75 mm x 1,500 x C | 435 | 0 |
| Q235B/SS400 | 2.75 mm x 1,250 x C | 470 | 0 | |
| CRC | ST12 | 1.0 mm x 1,250 x C | 480 | 0 |
| ST12 | 0.6 mm x 1,250 x C | 505 | 0 | |
| HRP | Q235 | 20 mm | 450 | 0 |
| Shipbuilding Plate | CCSA/B | 20 mm | 470 | 0 |
| PPGI | CGCC | 0.476 mm x 1,000 mm x C | 555 | 10 |
| HDG | SGCC | 1.0 mm x 1,250 mm x C | 580 | 10 |
| SGCC | 0.5 mm x 1,000 mm x C | 700 | 0 |
