During the week ending October 19, steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market have moved on a stable trend, while overall transaction activity in the market is still on the slack side. Average steel plate prices in China are presented in the tables below.
During the given week, there have been fewer arrivals of new plate volumes in the market. Meanwhile, demand has remained on the sluggish side, which weakens the support for steel plate prices. It is expected that steel plate prices in the Chinese domestic market will continue their stable trend or indicate a slight downtrend in the coming week.
| Product Name | Category | City | Steel Plant/Origin | Price (RMB/mt) | Price ($/mt) | Weekly Change (RMB/mt) | |
| 8 mm common carbon medium plate | Q235 | Shanghai | Xinyu Steel | 2,230 | 351 | ↓10 | |
| Tianjin | Tiangang Steel | 2,220 | 349 | 0 | |||
| Lecong | Shaoguan Steel | 2,380 | 374 | ↑10 | |||
| Average price | - | 2,277 | 358 | 0 | |||
| 20 mm common carbon medium plate | Q235 | Shangai | Magang | 1,970 | 310 | ↓10 | |
| Tianjin | Tiangang Steel | 1,920 | 302 | 0 | |||
| Lecong | Shaoguan Steel | 2,040 | 321 | ↑10 | |||
| Average price | - | 1,977 | 311 | 0 | |||
| 30 mm common carbon medium plate | Q235 | Shanghai | Magang | 2,040 | 321 | ↓10 | |
| Tianjin | Tiangang Steel | 1,940 | 305 | 0 | |||
| Average price | - | 1,990 | 313 | ↓5 | |||
| 20 mm low alloy medium plate | Q345 | Shanghai | Magang | 2,170 | 341 | 0 | |
| Tianjin | Tiangang Steel | 2,120 | 333 | 0 | |||
| Average price | - | 2,145 | 337 | 0 | |||
| Boiler and container plate prices in local Chinese market | |||||||
| Product Name | Spec, | Category | City | Steel Plant/Origin | Price (RMB/mt) | Price ($/mt) | Weekly Change (RMB/mt) |
| Boiler plate | 20 mm | 20G | Shangai | Xinyu Steel | 2,350 | 369 | 0 |
| Beijing | Anyang | 2,350 | 369 | 0 | |||
| Guangzhou | Liuzhou Steel | 2,800 | 440 | 0 | |||
| Ortalama | - | 2,500 | 393 | 0 | |||
| Container plate | 8 mm | 16MnR | Shangai | Xinyu Steel | 2,850 | 448 | 0 |
| Guangzhou | Jinan Steel | 3,340 | 525 | 0 | |||
| Ortalama | - | 3,095 | 487 | 0 | |||
| 20 mm | 16MnR | Shangai | Xinyu Steel | 2,450 | 385 | 0 | |
| Beijing | Jinan Steel | 2,450 | 385 | 0 | |||
| Guangzhou | Liuzhou Steel | 2,900 | 456 | 0 | |||
| Ortalama | - | 2,600 | 409 | 0 | |||
| Shipbuilding plate prices in local Chinese market | |||||||
| Product Name | Spec, | City | Category | Place of Origin | Price (RMB/mt) | Price ($/mt) | Weekly change (RMB/mt) |
| Shipbuilding Plate | 8 mm | Shanghai | CCSA/B | Xinyu Steel | 2,570 | 404 | 0 |
| Jinan | CCSA/B | Jinan Steel | 2,240 | 352 | 0 | ||
| Guangzhou | CCSA/B | Shaoguan | 2,460 | 387 | 0 | ||
| Average | - | - | 2,423 | 381 | 0 | ||
| 20 mm | Shanghai | CCSA/B | Xinyu Steel | 2,290 | 360 | 0 | |
| Jinan | CCSA/B | Jinan Steel | 2,070 | 325 | 0 | ||
| Guangzhou | CCSA/B | Shaoguan | 2,200 | 346 | 0 | ||
| Average | - | - | 2,187 | 344 | 0 | ||
17 percent VAT is included in all prices and all prices are ex-warehouse.
$1 = RMB 6.36