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Chinese CRC, HDG export offers rise for May shipment

March 01, 2010 - 05:37 GMT Location: Shanghai

KEYWORDS: china , crc , hdg , export , price , may shipment

Export offers of Chinese cold rolled and hot-dipped galvanized coil have increased for May shipment, tracking hot rolled coil offers.

Rising raw material prices and higher international market prices have bolstered the rise. Prevailing export quotations were $700-710 per tonne fob for 1.0mm cold rolled coil and $750 fob for 1.0mm hot-dipped galvanized coil, an increase of $20-30 per tonne from early...

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