Stability will not last long

摘要

Ukrainian market of flat products with high added value is dull. Consumptionwill stay low till the end of Q1. Within this period, traders. prices for theseproducts are expected to stay stable, Metal Expert believes.A weakness of demand remains the main factor of influence. Though inDecember, flats sales to companies dealing with coating and shaping werenot as low as expected, they will definitely reduce in future. As these companieshardly have any orders from the construction industry, their flats consumptionwill not exceed some 5,000t per month in Q1 (same as in Q1 2009, onaverage).