In January, import
plate offers in
Turkey from
Ukraine have increased by $20/mt, while offers from
Macedonia have risen by $5/mt on the upper end and Bulgarian offers have remained stable, all compared to last month. The price increases are attributed to higher raw material prices. In the meantime, import steel
plate demand in
Turkey is tepid, as it also is for domestic material.
Currently, steel
plate offers to
Turkey given by Ukrainian steel producer Alchevsk Iron and Steel Works and another Ukrainian mill
Ilyich Iron & Steel Works are now standing at $590/mt CFR. In addition, Macedonian mill Makstil's offers are standing at $720-725/mt CFR and offers from
Bulgaria's Stomana are still at €500-510/mt ($668-681/mt) CFR. All the offers above are for February output, while the offers from Alchevsk are for April shipments.
€1 = $1.336