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Monday Market Monitor - China (WEEK 05) - Post Lunar Holiday hopes - 08 Feb, 2010
The steel prices remained stagnant in China last week. The Chinese Long Product Price Index CLPPI lost mare 8 points whereas the Chinese Flat Products Index CFPPI lost 7 points. The overall price index CHISPI decreased by 8 points.
Class29-Jan05-FebChange%
CLPPI61656157-8-0.1%
CFPPI63626355-7-0.1%
CHISPI62776269-8-0.1%

CLPPI - Chinese Long Product Price Index
CFPPI - Chinese Flat Product Price Index
CHISPI - Chinese Steel Price Index

Long Products
Category29-Jan05-FebChange%
PI-WRC53775367-10-0.2%
PI-Rebar71197113-5-0.1%

PI - Product Index

Flat Products
Category29-Jan05-FebChange%
PI-PLTS55825581-10.0%
PI-HR62046198-5-0.1%
PI-CR74077385-21-0.3%
PI-GP67066705-10.0%

PI - Product Index

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1. Long products

Billets
150*150
Q235
LocationCNYUSD
Fujian-32-5
Hebei00
Jiangsu00
Shandong-28-4
Shanxi203
Tianjin00

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

WRC
6.5mm
Common
LocationCNYUSD
Changsha00
Chengdu-42-6
Guiyang00
Hangzhou254
Kunming00
Nanjing-55-8
Shanghai51
Urumchi00
Zhengzhou00

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

Rebars
20mm
HRB 400
LocationCNYUSD
Beijing304
Changsha-18-3
Chengdu-20-3
Chongqing-10-1
Fuzhou467
Guangzhou00
Guiyang00
Hangzhou00
Harbin00
Hefei00
Jinan-32-5
Kunming00
Lanzhou00
Nanchang-31-5
Nanjing-20-3
Shanghai-4-1
Shenyang-33-5
Shijiazhuang00
Taiyuan00
Tianjin203
Urumchi00
Wuhan00
Xian00
Zhengzhou00

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

2. Flats products

HRC
4.75mm
Common
LocationCNYUSD
Beijing-14-2
Changsha-20-3
Chengdu00
Chongqing-56-8
Fuzhou-20-3
Guangzhou00
Hangzhou-10-1
Harbin00
Hefei00
Jinan497
Kunming-33-5
Lanzhou00
Nanchang00
Nanjing203
Shanghai00
Shenyang00
Shijiazhuang396
Taiyuan213
Tianjin142
Urumchi00
Wuhan203
Xian00
Zhengzhou304

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

Plates
20mm
Common
LocationCNYUSD
Beijing00
Changsha00
Chengdu00
Chongqing00
Fuzhou00
Guangzhou-20-3
Hangzhou-10-1
Harbin00
Hefei507
Jinan-11-2
Kunming00
Lanzhou00
Nanchang00
Nanjing00
Shanghai-11-2
Shenyang-21-3
Taiyuan00
Tianjin00
Urumchi00
Wuhan223
Xian00
Zhengzhou00

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

CR
1.0mm
Common
LocationCNYUSD
Beijing-48-7
Changsha203
Chengdu00
Chongqing00
Fuzhou-149-22
Guangzhou00
Hangzhou00
Harbin-100-15
Hefei193
Jinan00
Kunming00
Lanzhou507
Nanchang00
Nanjing00
Qingdao00
Shanghai00
Shenyang-120-18
Shijiazhuang-41-6
Taiyuan00
Tianjin00
Urumchi00
Wuhan00
Xian00
Zhengzhou00

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

HDG
0.5mm
Common
LocationCNYUSD
Beijing-28-4
Boxing00
Chongqing00
Fuzhou00
Guangzhou00
Hangzhou00
Harbin-30-4
Nanchang507
Shanghai00
Shenyang00
Tianjin00
Wuhan00
Xian00
Zhengzhou00

Change is on February 5th 2010 as compared to January 29th 2009
Change is per tonne

Going forward, ie post Lunar Holiday season, most of the market players are optimistic that Chinese domestic prices for both longs and flats would look up when buyers come back to market.

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Price Index - MEA
  Aug-26 Aug-19
MLPPI 4670 4519 Up
MFPPI 6079 6028 Up
MEASPI 5097 4976 Up
Currency Rates
09 Sep, 2010
USD 1.0000
AUD 1.0855
BRL 1.7260
CAD 1.0384
CNY 6.7875
EUR 0.7866
GBP 0.6471
INR 46.5482
JPY 83.7340
RUB 30.8504
ZAR 7.2323
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