Amendment to Turkey steel pipe export price assessment

Following feedback from market participants, Fastmarkets changed the payment terms for the price assessment to “10-15% prepayment and payment 30 days after invoice date/LC,” replacing the previous “Standard 30-60 days after invoice Date/LC.”

Fastmarkets also amended the quantity to 500-1,000 tonnes, from the previous 200-500 tonnes.

The amendments better reflect current dynamics in the market, according to sources in Turkey.

The new specifications are as follows:

MB-STE-0166 Steel structural pipe export S235JR grade EN10219 2mm wall thickness, fob main port Turkey, $/tonne
Quality: S235 to EN10219 standard, width 12-273 mm, thickness 2mm, length 4,000-12,000 mm
Quantity: 500-1,000 tonnes
Location: FOB Turkey
Timing: 6-8 weeks
Unit: USD/tonne
Payment terms: 10-15% prepayment and payment 30 days after invoice date/LC
Publication: Monthly. Second Wednesday of each month, 2-3pm London time

The price is part of the Fastmarkets steel price package.

To provide feedback on these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Serife Durmus by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Serife Durmus re Turkey export pipe price assessment.”

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To see all Fastmarkets’ pricing methodology and specification documents, go to https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.