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Delayed publication of Manila steel billet price

The publication of Fastmarkets’ CFR Manila billet price was delayed on Tuesday December 19 due to a technical error.

December 20, 2023
By Paul Lim
Pricing notice Steel

The price was scheduled for publication at 6pm Singapore time, but was published six hours late. Fastmarkets’ pricing database has been updated.

The following prices were affected:

MB-STE-0141 Steel billet import, cfr Manila, $/tonne

The prices are part of the Fastmarkets steel price package.

For more information or to provide feedback on the delayed publication of these prices, or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to these prices, please contact Nabilah Awang by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading: “FAO: Nabilah Awang re: CFR Manila steel billet price.”

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 https://www.fastmarkets.com/methodology.

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