During the week ending July 22, average prices of steel plate in the Chinese domestic market have mostly edged up, though with prices of shipbuilding plate moving sideways, while transaction activity in the overall steel plate market has been at low levels. Average steel plate prices in China are presented in the table below.
During the given week, production cuts due to environmental protection measures have resulted in shortages of steel plate supplies in the spot market, bolstering steel plate prices to a certain extent. However, following the rises in steel plate prices, downstream users have become less willing to conclude purchases. It is expected that steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market will move on a fluctuating trend in the coming week.
Medium plate prices in local Chinese market
|
Product Name |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
|
8 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,240 |
616 |
↓10 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,180 |
608 |
↑50 |
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|
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,350 |
632 |
↑10 |
||
|
Average price |
- |
4,257 |
619 |
↑17 |
||
|
20 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
3,930 |
571 |
↓20 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
3,870 |
563 |
↑50 |
||
|
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,040 |
587 |
↑10 |
||
|
Average price |
- |
3,947 |
574 |
↑13 |
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|
30 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Ansteel |
4,020 |
584 |
↓10 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
3,870 |
563 |
↑50 |
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|
Average price, |
- |
3,945 |
573 |
↑20 |
||
|
20 mm low alloy medium plate |
Q345 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,140 |
602 |
↓10 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,100 |
596 |
↑40 |
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|
Average price |
- |
4,120 |
599 |
↑15 |
Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market
|
Product Name |
Spec. |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
|
Boiler plate |
20 mm |
20G |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,450 |
647 |
↓30 |
|
Beijing |
Anyang Steel |
4,420 |
642 |
↑30 |
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|
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
4,810 |
699 |
0 |
|||
|
Average |
- |
4,560 |
663 |
0 |
|||
|
Container plate |
8 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,800 |
698 |
↓30 |
|
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
5,250 |
763 |
0 |
|||
|
Average |
- |
5,025 |
730 |
↓15 |
|||
|
20 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,550 |
661 |
↓30 |
|
|
Beijing |
Jinan Steel |
4,530 |
658 |
↑30 |
|||
|
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
4,880 |
709 |
0 |
|||
|
Average |
- |
4,653 |
676 |
0 |
Shipbuilding plate prices in local Chinese market
|
Product Name |
Spec. |
City |
Quality |
Place of Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
|
Shipbuilding plate |
8 mm |
Shanghai |
CCSA/B |
Xinyu Steel |
4,800 |
698 |
↓10 |
|
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,930 |
717 |
0 |
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|
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,710 |
685 |
0 |
||
|
Average |
- |
- |
4,813 |
700 |
↓3 |
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|
20 mm |
Shanghai |
CCSA/B |
Xinyu Steel |
4,380 |
637 |
↓10 |
|
|
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,710 |
685 |
0 |
||
|
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,500 |
654 |
0 |
||
|
Average |
- |
- |
4,530 |
658 |
↓3 |
13 percent VAT is included in all prices and all prices are ex-warehouse.
$1 = RMB 6.88