International Flat Product Market Analysis

摘要

Despite rising steel demand, coil prices have continued to fall in the USA; HR coil now sells forabout the same price as it did in the middle of 2009, CR coil for around the level in the finalquarter of 2009. Plate has had mixed fortunes in recent years; current prices represent a returnto around two years ago. Rising imports, which are taking an ever larger bite of the market(spurred by the rising value of the dollar) are the obvious culprits – imported HR coil is on offerfor $510-510/tonne cfr.