In the local Turkish steel plate spot market, traders' prices for stock material St37 grade 15-40 mm x 1,500 mm steel plate in Turkey's Gebze region have remained stable as compared to the prices reported by SteelOrbis on December 6 to $560-580/mt ex-warehouse, while prices for the same grade in the Eregli region have moved up by $10/mt in the same period to $560-580/mt ex-warehouse. Both price ranges are for advance payments and exclude 18 percent VAT, for December deliveries.
Also, a producer in the Eregli region is making steel plate offers to the domestic market at $560-570/mt ex-works, excluding VAT, for February shipment.
Meanwhile, a Bulgarian steel producer’s HRP offers to Turkey are at $550-555/mt CFR, for January shipment.