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    March 16, 2021

    CRU: Asian Sheet Prices Pause, But USA and Europe Rise Again

    Written by George Pearson

    By CRU Prices Analyst George Pearson, from CRU’s Steel Sheet Products Monitor 21

    Sheet prices in China and the Vietnamese import market paused this week as buyers slowed their pace of restocking. European prices continued to rise very sharply by historical standards, particularly for CR and HDG coil, for which the material shortage has become worse. In the USA prices are still also going up, despite being far above other regions.

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