Export and Import Levels
Chinese HRC export price soften a bit (WEEK 27) - 07 Jul, 2008
It is reported that export offer for Chinese hot rolled steel coil remain stable this week.

Domestic scenario
Domestic HRC prices have witnessed small rebound of CNY 50 per tonne to CNY 60 per tonne
HRC
4.75mm
Grade: Common

LocationOriginCurrency3-Jul
ShanghaiBaotou SteelCNY5830
HangzhouAnshan SteelCNY5900
NanjingMa'anshan SteelCNY5900
JinanHandan SteelCNY5950
HefeiJiuquan SteelCNY6000
FuzhouBenxi SteelCNY5950
NanchangLianyuan SteelCNY5880
GuangzhouTangshan SteelCNY5880
ChangshaLianyuan SteelCNY6000
WuhanHandan SteelCNY5920
ZhengzhouTaiyuan SteelCNY5950
BeijingTangshan SteelCNY5930
TianjinTaiyuan SteelCNY5880
ShijiazhuangTaiyuan SteelCNY5950
TaiyuanTaiyuan SteelCNY6000
ShenyangBenxi SteelCNY6130
HarbinTonghua SteelCNY6150
ChongqingPanzhihua SteelCNY6050
ChengduPanzhihua SteelCNY6030
KunmingPanzhihua SteelCNY6080
XianHandan SteelCNY5950
LanzhouJiuquan SteelCNY5850
UrumchiJiuquan SteelCNY6150

Price per tonne
Delivery: FOT
VAT: Included

Export offers softened a little due to less international demand.
HRC
SS 400
4.5-11mm

27-Jun4-Jul
1050-10801020-1050

(Sourced from www.steellprices-china.com)


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28 Aug, 2008
USD 1.0000
AUD 1.1648
BRL 1.6226
CAD 1.0461
CNY 6.8293
EUR 0.6802
GBP 0.5431
INR 43.8023
JPY 109.3490
RUB 24.6111
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