The brass billet market faces "high costs, weak demand, pessimistic expectations"

Published: Jun 23, 2026 14:48

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[SMM Brass Billet Flash] The core contradiction of "high costs, weak demand, and pessimistic expectations" in the brass billet market has not fundamentally reversed. On the one hand, international copper prices hover at highs, continuously raising production and import costs for brass billets, squeezing profits of domestic processing enterprises, and making import purchase willingness increasingly cautious. On the other hand, the recovery pace of traditional end-use consumption sectors such as real estate, home appliances, and hardware remains slow, downstream finished product orders are mediocre, overall spot trades are sluggish, and there is insufficient momentum for large-scale restocking.

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