Delayed publication of Turkish long and semi-finished steel prices

The publication of Fastmarkets’ Turkish long and semi-finished steel price assessments will be delayed due to a public holiday.

Due to the Labor Day public holiday in Turkey on Thursday May 1, these prices will be published instead on May 2, in accordance with Fastmarkets’ policy.

This change was not initially noted on Fastmarkets’ 2025 pricing schedule. The pricing schedule has now been updated.

The affected prices are:

MB-STE-0119 steel reinforcing bar (rebar), export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0784 steel reinforcing bar (rebar), domestic, exw Turkey, lira per tonne
MB-STE-0120 steel wire rod (mesh quality), export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0785 steel wire rod (mesh quality), domestic, exw Turkey, lira per tonne
MB-FE-0001 steel merchant bar, export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0116 steel billet, import, cfr main port Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0115 steel billet, domestic, exw Turkey, $ per tonne
MB-STE-0117 steel billet, export, fob main port Turkey, $ per tonne

These 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 Cem Turken by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Cem Turken, re: Turkish steel.”

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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