During the week ending March 14, average export offer prices of Chinese flat steel products have indicated an overall upward 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 $535-555/mt FOB, while export offers for 1.0 mm cold rolled coil (CRC) given by Chinese suppliers are in the range of $555-575/mt FOB.
It is expected that flat steel product export prices from China will move on a firm trend in the coming week.
Product name |
Quality |
Spec. |
Price ($/mt) FOB |
Weekly change ($/mt) |
Q235B/SS400 |
5.75 mm x 1,500 x C |
545 |
↑10 |
|
Q235B/SS400 |
2.75 mm x 1,250 x C |
600 |
↑10 |
|
CRC |
ST12 |
1.0 mm x 1,250 x C |
565 |
↑5 |
ST12 |
0.6 mm x 1,250 x C |
590 |
↑5 |
|
HRP |
Q235 |
20 mm |
565 |
↑10 |
Shipbuilding Plate |
CCSA/B |
20 mm |
585 |
↑10 |
HDG |
SGCC |
1.0 mm x 1,250 mm x C |
610 |
↑10 |
SGCC |
0.5 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
645 |
↑10 |
|
PPGI |
CGCC |
0.476 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
760 |
↑10 |