[Ferro-alloys.com] The transaction of ferrosilicon export was unpromising after National Day and the whole market continued being in poor performance. More and more traders reclined to offer their export price. The traditional Golden September and Silver October did not activate the market effectively. At present, the mainstream price of ferrosilicon 75# is USD 1,150 - 1,200/mt while the price of ferrosilicon 72# is USD 1,130 - 1,150/mt.

There are four major reasons for the sluggish market: first, the world economy is recovering slowly and the global trading keeps in bad shape. Thus, China’s export is largely affected. Although the ferrosilicon price kept decreasing, the enquiries from foreign clients were few and the orders reduced; second, the exchange rate of RMB fluctuated frequently and this brought about considerable risks to the exporting enterprises. But judging from the present condition, the fluctuation of RMB’s exchange rate is beneficial to China’s export; third, China’s transaction price of ferrosilicon kept falling and in addition, the foreign clients took advantage of this chance to suppress the price, the suppliers and clients can’t make a deal; fourth, the irregular export continued disturbing the export market order. Affected by the explosion of Tianjin Port, the ferrosilicon export at Tianjin Port was not that smooth; besides, as high as 25% export tariff hampers ferrosilicon export. What’s worse, the smuggling is still rampant.

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