[SMM Steel] Indian steel billet export offer rose to $470/mt FOB, while Vietnamese buyers have limited acceptance for higher hot rolled coil offers.
[India] Indian steel billet export offers strengthened to around $470/mt FOB India, but this price level is only heard in the market with no deals confirmed yet. Indian HRC offers to Vietnam rose to $520–525/mt CFR, but Vietnamese buyers were unwilling to accept this level, limiting market trading activity. The steel scrap market also remained firm, with European shredded scrap offers at $420–422/mt CFR Port Qasim. The above regional price signals supported market sentiment and compressed the room for downward price adjustments in the Indian market. Overall, seller price expectations and raw material prices are strengthening, but finished steel buyers continue to resist high prices, still limiting actual transaction activity.