Average Chinese flat products export offers have mostly edged up over the past week, though hot rolled coil (HRC) prices have moved sideways. At present, export offers for boron-added 5.75 mm HRC given by Chinese suppliers are at $570-580/mt FOB, while export offers for 1.0 mm cold rolled coil (CRC) given by Chinese suppliers are in the range of $605-615/mt FOB.
In the past week, finished steel prices in the Chinese domestic market have increased, providing support for increases in flat product export prices.
|
Product name |
Quality |
Spec. |
Price ($/mt) FOB |
Weekly change ($/mt) |
|
Q235B/SS400 |
5.75 mm x 1,500 x C |
575 |
- |
|
|
Q235B/SS400 |
2.75 mm x 1,250 x C |
630 |
- |
|
|
ST12 |
1.0 mm x 1,250 x C |
610 |
↑5 |
|
|
ST12 |
0.6 mm x 1,250 x C |
635 |
↑5 |
|
|
HRP |
Q235 |
20 mm |
565 |
↑5 |
|
Shipbuilding Plate |
CCSA/B |
20 mm |
585 |
↑5 |
|
HDG |
SGCC |
1.0 mm x 1,250 mm x C |
685 |
↑10 |
|
SGCC |
0.5 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
710 |
↑15 |
|
|
PPGI |
CGCC |
0.476 mm x 1,000 mm x C |
810 |
↑10 |