Chinese Domestic Billet Market Update, 12 Sep'19

Billet: Yesterday, the ex-factory price of general carbon square billet in Tangshan, Changli and Qian'an was settled at RMB 3,370/MT, down RMB 20; today, steel market shows weak trend with overall plain transactions on billet while price of finished steel slightly slipped. Mill direct sales are smooth. The ex-warehouse spot price is offered at around RMB 3,430-3,440/MT tax-included with some transactions. The billet inventory at warehouses of Xianggu Zhengfeng and Haiyi Hongrun is 330,000 MT, down 13,700 MT from last working day. The overall transactions on finished steel is somewhat weak and it is expected that billet price in the afternoon may run downward by RMB 10-20.