During the week ending January 10, average Chinese flat steel export offer prices have risen for HRC and CRC, while moving sideways or softening slightly for other products. At present, export offers for boron-added 5.75 mm hot rolled coil (HRC) given by Chinese suppliers are at $480-510/mt FOB, while export offers for 1.0 mm cold rolled coil (CRC) given by Chinese suppliers are in the range of $520-540/mt FOB.
It is expected that flat steel product export prices from China will move sideways in the coming week.
Product name |
Quality |
Spec. |
Price ($/mt) FOB |
Weekly change ($/mt) |
HRC |
Q235B/SS400 |
5.75 mm x 1,500 x C |
495 |
↑5 |
Q235B/SS400 |
2.75 mm x 1,250 x C |
550 |
↑5 |
|
CRC |
ST12 |
1.0 mm x 1,250 x C |
530 |
↑5 |
ST12 |
0.6 mm x 1,250 x C |
555 |
↑5 |
|
HRP |
Q235 |
20 mm |
505 |
0 |
Shipbuilding Plate |
CCSA/B |
20 mm |
525 |
0 |
HDG |
SGCC |
1.0 mm x 1,250 mm x C |
547.5 |
↓2.5 |
SGCC |
0.5 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
582.5 |
↓2.5 |
|
PPGI |
CGCC |
0.476 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
700 |
0 |