Chinese wire rod export prices flat amid year-end lull

摘要

Export prices for Chinese wire rod were unchanged over the past week amid inactivity over the year-end festive period. Fastmarkets’ weekly price assessment for January/February shipments of steel wire rod (mesh quality) export, fob China main port was $465-470 per tonne on Tuesday December 31, unchanged from a week earlier. A deal involving a small quantity of wire rod was heard to have been concluded at $465 per tonne fob late last week. Since then, no more transactions were reported.