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[Europe] European hot-rolled coil (HRC) steel prices continued their upward trend today. With buyers facing highly constrained procurement choices and elevated raw material input costs providing baseline support, domestic mills maintained strong bargaining leverage and successfully pushed offer levels higher. The majority of European producers have either filled or are close to completing their fourth-quarter order books, enabling them to selectively accept business at higher price points. Producers are holding back official first-quarter allocations while awaiting an upcoming key industry event next week to better gauge market reaction. On the pricing front, the Northwest European HRC ex-works price edged up to 743 EUR/mt EXW (~831 USD/mt), while the Italian domestic price matched the gains, rising to 739 EUR/mt EXW (~826 USD/mt). Broadly speaking, underlying fundamentals remain largely unchanged with weak downstream end-user demand, leaving supply contraction and cost pressures as the primary drivers of current price momentum. On imports, market participants are actively tracking the precise duty calculations and quota drawdowns for October import arrivals, particularly regarding Turkish and Indian shipments.

[Turkey] As the domestic market is widely seen as having completed its final wave of concentrated restocking for the year, coupled with lingering pessimism in overseas markets, dual weakness in domestic and export demand has forced prices into a downward trend. In terms of pricing, Turkish rebar FOB export prices fell by 5 USD/tonne to 610 USD/tonne FOB, while domestic ex-works prices held temporarily flat at 610 USD/tonne EXW (excluding VAT). On the procurement side, EU buyers have yet to return to book November shipments, while buyers in other regions remain largely in wait-and-see mode given the slowdown in Turkish domestic demand, holding out for deeper export price cuts. Regionally, a Marmara mill reduced its rebar ex-works price by 10 USD/tonne to 630 USD/tonne EXW; an Izmir mill conceded to 613 USD/tonne EXW; and reference prices in Iskenderun hit lower levels at 605 USD/tonne EXW. With buyers retaining residual stock from September purchases and regional construction activity slowing down, mills are broadening discounts to accelerate destocking, yet overall market demand remains fundamentally constrained.

[Vietnam] El mercado de bobinas laminadas en caliente importadas de Vietnam se debilitó en la actualización del 13 de octubre, con la evaluación de BLC de la ASEAN cayendo 1 USD/tonelada hasta 540 USD/tonelada CFR Vietnam. Un productor indonesio mantuvo su oferta de BLC SAE1006 en 542 USD/tonelada CFR, mientras que los comerciantes indicaron niveles viables de 535–540 USD/tonelada CFR, por debajo de los 538–540 USD/tonelada del 9 de octubre. Algunos comerciantes buscaban ofertas de 532 USD/tonelada CFR. El productor indonesio se mostró reacio a reducir las ofertas en medio de limitaciones en el suministro de agua industrial, mientras que el interés de compra seguía siendo cauteloso.