Today, June 24, Turkish domestic rebar spot prices have decreased by TRY 300-600/mt ($15-29/mt) amid weaker import scrap prices.12 mm rebar spot prices in Turkey have settled at TRY 12,250-12,800/mt or $597-624/mt ex-warehouse, depending on the region.
Icdas has kept its official rebar price at $660/mt ex-works today. Sources report workable rebar prices are available at $630-640/mt ex-works in the Marmara region.
One Izmir-based mill is applying an aggressive pricing policy to generate sales. According to sources, around 25,000 mt of rebar were traded in this region at $600/mt ex-works yesterday. In addition, a sizeable discount is also offered today and even $580/mt ex-works level is rumored, though not confirmed by the time of publication.
In the Iskenderun region, one re-roller opened its rebar sales and closed them after a couple of hours, at TRY 12,700/mt ($619/mt) ex-warehouse today.
Some local traders are panicking and are not in a rush to restock material under these unclear market conditions.
As of today, rebar offers in the Turkish spot market are as follows:
Region |
Dimension |
Price ($/mt) |
Price (TRY/mt) |
Price changes ($/mt) |
Price changes (TRY/mt) |
23.06.2022 |
23.06.2022 |
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Marmara |
8 mm |
634 |
13,000 |
-19 |
-400 |
Marmara |
12 mm |
624 |
12,800 |
-20 |
-400 |
Iskenderun |
8 mm |
607 |
12,450 |
-15 |
-300 |
Iskenderun |
10 mm |
602 |
12,350 |
-15 |
-300 |
Iskenderun |
12 mm |
597 |
12,250 |
-15 |
-300 |
Izmir |
8 mm |
607 |
12,450 |
-22 |
-450 |
Izmir |
10 mm |
602 |
12,350 |
-22 |
-450 |
Izmir |
12 mm |
597 |
12,250 |
-22 |
-450 |
Karabuk |
8 mm |
610 |
12,500 |
-29 |
-600 |
Karabuk |
12 mm |
600 |
12,300 |
-29 |
-600 |
All prices are ex-warehouse and on actual weight basis. Prices on Turkish lira basis include 18 percent VAT, while prices on US dollar basis exclude VAT.
$1 = TRY 17.38