Demand for Turkish merchant bar improves in Middle East

Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:47:32 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul

SteelOrbis has learned from market sources that ex-Turkey merchant bar offers have weakened slightly as compared to early January, in line with the downward trend of raw material prices. Market sources state that demand has been decent and especially demand from the Middle East market has seen some improvement lately.

Export offers from Turkish merchant bar producers are at the following levels:

 

Product

Price ($/mt) FOB

Angle

530-550

IPN-UPN

530-550

Flat bar

560-570

IPE

570-580


 


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Marketplace Offers

Equal-Leg Angle
Thickness:  10 mm
Edge Length1:  120 mm
Edge Length2:  120 mm
FEROCOM JSC
Equal-Leg Angle
Thickness:  12 mm
Edge Length1:  125 mm
Edge Length2:  125 mm
FEROCOM JSC
Equal-Leg Angle
Thickness:  10 mm
Edge Length1:  140 mm
Edge Length2:  140 mm
FEROCOM JSC