US flat-rolled steel import prices dip, but deals said elusive

摘要

Prices for imported flat-rolled steel have edged downward, but theyaren’t attracting US buyers because domestic prices are falling evenfaster, market participants said.And with US mill lead times short - a matter of weeks as opposedto as much as three months for import orders - there is littleincentive to take the price and geopolitical risk associated withoffshore deals, they said