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Correction to Japan seamless linepipe assessments

Fastmarkets has corrected its MB-STE-0816 Japan seamless Linepipe API 5L B fob and its MB-STE-0817 Japan seamless Linepipe API 5L X65 fob assessments, which were published incorrectly on Wednesday April 8 due to a procedural error.

April 10, 2026
By Fastmarkets pricing team
Asia Pricing notice

MB-STE-0816 Japan seamless Linepipe API 5L B fob was incorrectly published at $14,500 per tonne. This has been updated to $1,450 per tonne.

MB-STE-0817 Japan seamless Linepipe API 5L X65 fob was incorrectly published at $16,500 per tonne. This has been updated to $1,650 per tonne.

Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated to reflect this change.

These prices are part of the Fastmarkets steel package.

For more information or to provide feedback on this correction notice or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: Japan seamless linepipe.”

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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