During the week ending February 12, average prices of steel plate in the Chinese domestic market have been stable, 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, most downstream users have been on holiday, resulting in quiet activity in the domestic steel plate market. It is expected that steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market will move on a stable trend in the coming week. As for the week after the Chinese New Year holiday (February 15-21), traders are mostly optimistic on the prospects for the market, which will likely contribute to a rising trend in domestic steel plate prices.
Medium plate prices in local Chinese market
|
Product Name |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly Change (RMB/mt) |
|
8 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,350 |
687 |
0 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,300 |
679 |
0 |
||
|
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,590 |
725 |
0 |
||
|
Average price |
- |
4,413 |
697 |
0 |
||
|
20 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,100 |
648 |
0 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,000 |
632 |
0 |
||
|
Lecong |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,180 |
660 |
0 |
||
|
Average price |
- |
4,093 |
647 |
0 |
||
|
30 mm common carbon medium plate |
Q235 |
Shanghai |
Ansteel |
4,160 |
657 |
0 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,000 |
632 |
0 |
||
|
Average price |
- |
4,080 |
645 |
0 |
||
|
20 mm low alloy medium plate |
Q345 |
Shanghai |
Magang |
4,300 |
679 |
0 |
|
Tianjin |
Tiangang Steel |
4,150 |
656 |
0 |
||
|
Average price |
- |
4,225 |
667 |
0 |
Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market
|
Product Name |
Spec. |
Quality |
City |
Steel Plant/Origin |
Price (RMB/mt) |
Price ($/mt) |
Weekly Change (RMB/mt) |
|
Boiler plate |
20 mm |
20G |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,500 |
711 |
0 |
|
Beijing |
Anyang Steel |
4,660 |
736 |
0 |
|||
|
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
4,720 |
746 |
0 |
|||
|
Average |
- |
4,627 |
731 |
0 |
|||
|
Container plate |
8 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,900 |
774 |
0 |
|
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
5,260 |
831 |
0 |
|||
|
Average |
- |
5,080 |
803 |
0 |
|||
|
20 mm |
16MnR |
Shanghai |
Xinyu Steel |
4,600 |
727 |
0 |
|
|
Beijing |
Jinan Steel |
4,760 |
752 |
0 |
|||
|
Guangzhou |
Liuzhou Steel |
4,770 |
754 |
0 |
|||
|
Average |
- |
4,710 |
744 |
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 |
4,730 |
747 |
0 |
|
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Steel |
4,720 |
746 |
0 |
||
|
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,820 |
761 |
0 |
||
|
Average |
- |
- |
4,756 |
751 |
0 |
||
|
20 mm |
Shanghai |
CCSA/B |
Xinyu Steel |
4,450 |
703 |
0 |
|
|
Jinan |
CCSA/B |
Jinan Stee |
4,500 |
711 |
0 |
||
|
Guangzhou |
CCSA/B |
Shaoguan Steel |
4,610 |
728 |
0 |
||
|
Average |
- |
- |
4,520 |
714 |
0 |
17 percent VAT is included in all prices and all prices are ex-warehouse.
$1 = RMB 6.33