Launch of import steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel assessments

Fastmarkets launches MB-STE-0914 steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, and MB-STE-0915 steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, non-South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports on Tuesday April 16.

After a consultation period, Fastmarkets has launched steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, and steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, non-South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, on Tuesday, which will shed light on import competition to Fastmarkets’ MB-STE-0187 steel coil Galvalume, fob mill US, price.

The launch is aimed at the domestic construction market, in which aluminium-zinc coated sheet is used as a roofing and paneling material.

The prices specifications are as follows:

MB-STE-0914 Steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, $/cwt
Quality: AZ55 Acrylic Coated Galvalume steel sheet, 26 gauge, Structural Steel Grade 80, 0.018- inch thick x 43 inches wide
Quantity: Minimum 500 tons
Location: ddp Gulf Ports
Unit: US dollar per hundredweight
Publication: Monthly, third Tuesday, 4-5 PM EST
Notes: Standard packaging

MB-STE-0915 Steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel import, non-South Korean-made, ddp Gulf Ports, $/cwt
Quality: AZ55 Acrylic Coated Galvalume steel sheet, 26 gauge, Structural Steel Grade 80, 0.018- inch thick x 43 inches wide
Quantity: Minimum 500 tons
Location: ddp Gulf Ports
Unit: US dollar per hundredweight
Publication: Monthly, third Tuesday, 4-5 PM EST
Notes: Standard packaging

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets Steel Physicals Price package.

To provide feedback on this price or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to this price, please contact Dan Hilliard/Rijuta Dey by email at: pricing@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “FAO: Dan Hilliard/Rijuta Dey re: steel coil 55% Al-Zn coated steel pricing.”

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

Galvalume® is a registered trademark of BIEC International.

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