During the week ending June 24, average prices of steel plate in the Chinese domestic market have mostly increased, with shipbuilding plate prices softening very slightly, 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, Chinese steelmakers’ profit margins have shrunk due to the rises seen in iron ore prices. However, domestic steel plate producers have not begun maintenance works yet and so the pressure from the supply side is still significant. Most traders have indicated that their transaction activities are slack. It is thought that steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market will decline slightly in the coming week.
Medium plate prices in local Chinese market
Product Name |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
8 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,280 |
622 |
↑20 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,110 |
597 |
↑80 |
||
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,310 |
626 |
↓30 |
||
Average price |
- |
4,186 |
608 |
↑23 |
||
20 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
3,970 |
577 |
↑10 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
3,800 |
552 |
↑80 |
||
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,000 |
581 |
↓30 |
||
Average price |
- |
3,923 |
570 |
↑20 |
||
30 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Ansteel |
4,060 |
590 |
↑40 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
3,800 |
552 |
↑80 |
||
Average price |
- |
3,920 |
570 |
↑60 |
||
20 mm low alloy medium plate |
Q345 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,160 |
605 |
↑10 |
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,040 |
587 |
↑80 |
||
Average price |
- |
4,100 |
596 |
↑45 |
Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market
Product Name |
Spec. |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
Boiler plate |
20 mm |
20G |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,500 |
654 |
↓30 |
Beijing |
Anyang Steel |
4,270 |
621 |
0 |
|||
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
4,820 |
701 |
0 |
|||
Average |
- |
4,530 |
658 |
↓10 |
|||
Container plate |
8 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,850 |
705 |
↓30 |
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
5,260 |
765 |
0 |
|||
Average |
- |
5,055 |
735 |
↓15 |
|||
20 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,600 |
669 |
↓30 |
|
Beijing |
Jinan Steel |
4,380 |
637 |
0 |
|||
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
4,890 |
711 |
0 |
|||
Average |
- |
4,623 |
672 |
↓10 |
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 |
4,840 |
703 |
↓40 |
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,930 |
717 |
0 |
||
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,710 |
685 |
0 |
||
Average |
- |
- |
4,827 |
702 |
↓13 |
||
20 mm |
Shanghai |
CCSA/B |
Xinyu Steel |
4,420 |
642 |
↓20 |
|
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,710 |
685 |
0 |
||
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,500 |
654 |
0 |
||
Average |
- |
- |
4,542 |
660 |
↓7 |
13 percent VAT is included in all prices and all prices are ex-warehouse.
$1 = RMB 6.88
