Merchant bar prices in the Italian domestic market

Merchant bar prices in the Italian domestic market

4-09-2009

In the post-holiday period, Italian producers are tending to increase their merchant bar prices depending on the increases seen in scarp prices. In the market question merchant bar prices are currently in the range of 450-470€/mt ex-works on actual weight and open account basis. Producers domestic merchant bar offers are higher than their export offers, while it is reported that a certain degree of recovery has also been observed in terms of local demand.


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