Proposal to amend specifications of European imported flat steel price assessments: pricing notice

Fastmarkets proposes to amend the specifications for its CFR Europe flat steel import price assessments to better reflect the most typical sizes of spot market transactions.

The tonnage specifications will be updated to a minimum of 500 tonnes (previously 500-5,000 tonnes), recognizing that higher tonnages are often transacted in the physical market. 

Fastmarkets also clarifies that these assessments do not include EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) costs. 

The new specifications are as follows with amendments in italic: 

MB-STE-0047 – Steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main port Southern Europe, €/tonne 
Quality:
 Width 1,200-1,300 mm, thickness 3-4 mm. Standard extras for dimensions excluded 
Quantity: Minimum 500 tonnes 
Location: CFR Southern Europe 
Timing: 8-12 weeks  
Unit: EUR/tonne  
Publication: Weekly. Wednesday, 2-3pm London time 
Notes: CBAM costs not included 

MB-STE-0046 – Steel hot-rolled coil import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne 
Quality: Width 1,200-1,300 mm, thickness 3-4 mm. Standard extras for dimensions excluded 
Quantity: Minimum 500 tonnes 
Location: CFR Northern Europe 
Timing: 8-12 weeks 
Unit: EUR/tonne 
Publication: Weekly. Wednesday, 2-3pm, London time 
Notes: CBAM costs not included 

MB-STE-0044 – Steel cold-rolled coil import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne 
Quality: Width 1,200-1,300 mm, thickness 1 mm. Standard extras for dimensions excluded 
Quantity: Minimum 500 tonnes 
Location: CFR Northern Europe 
Timing: 8-12 weeks 
Unit: EUR/tonne 
Publication: Weekly, Wednesday, 2-3pm, London time 
Notes: CBAM costs not included 

MB-STE-0045 – Steel cold-rolled coil import, cfr main port Southern Europe, €/tonne 
Quality:
 Width 1,200-1,300mm, thickness 1mm. Standard extras for dimensions excluded 
Quantity: Minimum 500 tonnes
Location: CFR Southern Europe 
Timing: 8-12 weeks 
Unit: EUR/tonne 
Publication: Weekly. Wednesday 2-3pm London time 
Notes: CBAM costs not included 

MB-STE-0091 – Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil import, cfr main port Northern Europe, €/tonne 
Quality:
 Standard 1-2 mm thickness. Includes Z120 coating 
Quantity: Minimum 500 tonnes 
Location: CFR Northern Europe 
Timing: 8-12 weeks  
Unit: EUR/tonne  
Publication: Weekly, Wednesday, 2-3pm, London time 
Notes: CBAM costs not included 

MB-STE-0048 – Steel hot-dipped galvanized coil import, cfr main port Southern Europe, €/tonne 
Quality:
 Standard 1-2 mm thickness. Includes Z120 coating 
Quantity: Minimum 500 tonnes 
Location: CFR Southern Europe 
Timing: 8-12 weeks 
Unit: EUR/tonne 
Publication: Weekly. Wednesday 2-3pm London time 
Notes: CBAM costs not included 

These prices are a part of the Fastmarkets steel package. 

The consultation period for this proposed amendment starts from Wednesday November 26 and will end on Wednesday December 24. The amendment will then take place, subject to market feedback, on December 31. 

To provide feedback on these prices or if you would like to provide price information by becoming a data submitter to any of the prices, please contact pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please add the subject heading “re: European import flat steel prices.” 

Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request. 

You can find the updated methodology for ferrous products here. 

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page

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