PRICING NOTICE: Discontinuation of EU export stainless steel grade 304 cold-rolled sheet price

Metal Bulletin has today discontinued its weekly assessment for 2mm grade 304 cold-rolled stainless sheet export fob Northern European ports.

August 2, 2018

By Ross Yeo

After a consultation period, Metal Bulletin has suspended its EU export price assessment for grade 304 stainless steel cold-rolled sheets. European exports of commodity-grade stainless steel products such as 2mm grade 304 cold rolled stainless sheet have fallen in recent years amid the strong rise of lower-cost production in Asia.

This has led to a less-liquid spot market; as a result, Metal Bulletin has discontinued assessing export prices for this product.

If you have any comments on the discontinuation of this price, please contact Ross Yeo by email at: pricing@metalbulletin.com. Please add the subject heading FAO: Ross Yeo re: EU grade 304 export stainless steel sheet price.

All historical data relating to this price prior to its suspension will remain available in the pricing section of the Metal Bulletin website.

To see all Metal Bulletin’s pricing methodology and specification documents go to https://www.metalbulletin.com/prices/pricing-methodology.html.

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