Brazil's COMEX foreign trade authority reported average freight rates for the country's steel imports in November.
For coated flat products: US$54/ton from China, US$130/ton from South Korea, US$127/ton from Japan, US$30/ton from Germany and US$154/ton from Vietnam.
For HRC: 32 US dollars/ton from Vietnam. South Korea, $28/t from Egypt, $68/t from China and $202/t from Italy.
For CRC: $59/t from South Korea, $43/t from China and $18/t from Egypt.
For rebar: $64/t from Russia, $88/t from China, $111/t from South Korea and 36 $/t from Egypt.
For wire it was $102/t from China, $28/t from Egypt, $22/t from Spain, $89/t from France and $195/t from South Korea.
For beams: $72/t from China, $20/t from Turkey and US$26/t from South Korea. Spain.
For wire rod, $56/t from China, $65/t from Russia, $36/t from Egypt and $20/t from Germany.
In November, Brazil's imports of finished steel products from China by volume were equivalent to 63 percent of the total, versus 74 percent in October.
The average freight rate for steel imports to Brazil in November was $56/t versus $61/t in October
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