For buyers & sellers: Act on Iran’s ban deadline, South Africa’s tariff rebates, and China’s price consolidation with week‑on‑week data. Download Report

For Procurement Managers, This Report Helps You Solve:

Whether to lock in billet and HRC orders right now before Iran’s May 30 export‑ban deadline and the US‑Iran peace‑talk outcome change supply availability and prices overnight, or hold off in case a deal is signed and Iranian volumes start returning—even though damaged capacity means the return would be gradual.
How to avoid paying South Africa’s new 10–30% steel tariffs by identifying which of your imported products qualify for the full duty rebate because they are not manufactured locally, and exactly what steps to take to file the rebate application so you can maintain supply without prohibitive costs.
How to secure stable landed costs now by taking advantage of the current buyer’s market where Chinese mills are holding firm but letting offers soften slightly, while the Nigerian naira stays stable, Egypt’s pound strengthens, and Nigeria’s July 1 tax deadline is only weeks away.

For Sales Managers, This Report Helps You Solve:

Whether to hold firm on export offers despite three consecutive weeks of price correction, using the decelerating decline and the Iran binary event as justification that the market is consolidating—not collapsing—and that discounting now could mean leaving money on the table if the ban is extended.
How to redirect structural steel volumes away from South Africa’s prohibitive combined duties and instead capture the strongest procurement markets in Africa right now—Nigeria with its approaching tax deadline and Egypt with surging rebar demand—while using China’s zero‑tariff policy as a competitive edge that no other major exporter can match.
How to price CFR quotes now that freight costs are rebounding after a brief pullback, and which East African port to route cargo through to avoid the ongoing Mombasa strike and benefit from Dar es Salaam’s improving rail connectivity that will accelerate in June.

The core value of this report, in one sentence:
Iran’s steel export ban expires in three days while a US‑Iran peace deal hangs in the balance—this binary outcome will determine whether a 10‑million‑tonne supply gap persists through Q3 or begins to close, just as South Africa opens a tariff‑rebate pathway that smart buyers can use to avoid the new duties altogether.

This weekly report includes a detailed week‑on‑week comparison of price movements, policy shifts, currency changes, freight cost trends, and trade‑remedy compliance updates, so you can quantify exactly how much the market moved in seven days and where the next catalyst will take it.

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