China Steel Export Summit
March 5-6, 2008, Shanghai International Convention Center, China

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Introduction

China shifted from a net importer of steel products to a net exporter in 2006. China’s steel export maintained a rapid momentum in 2007. Meanwhile, the Chinese government promulgated series of policies to control steel export, arousing disputes among market participants.

Analysis of Demand in Domestic and Overseas: Global steel demand will remain strong in 2008. Apart from major destinations like EU, Korea and the US, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Syria in the Gulf region will also import more steel products from China. The European Confederation of Iron & Steel Industries expressed explicitly that steel raw material supply at European market was far from sufficient and imports from China could just offset the gap.

Analysis of restrictive factors: Given the dual-drive from domestic and overseas demand, China’s steel consumption will reach or even surpass 600 million tons (full scale range), or no less than 550 million tons for crude steel (including export), in 2008, up by at least 10% than 2007. Meanwhile, anti-dumping investigations against Chinese steel products are increasing; the margin of domestic steel industry is squeezing by the falling USD and the higher costs of iron ore, oil and ocean freight. Moreover, the Chinese government is strengthening the policies on energy saving, emission reduction and eliminating backward production capacity. These will be the new potential restrictive factors for Chinese steel export.

Anti-dumping: Eurofer decided to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese cold-rolled stainless coil and sheet and hot-dip galvanized steel products in Q4 2007. Is it only a prelude for 2008?

Tax rate adjustment: The Ministry of Finance of PRC has nailed down the general direction of to further control the export of products of high pollution, high energy consumption and resource by using tax rate. Whether domestic steel exporters can successfully cope with the tax rate adjustment or not? What changes will these exporters make in their export strategies?

Steel futures: LME made the debut of steel futures in April. CSRC and Sino Steel are preparing for the listing of steel futures and have determined to make the IPO in 2008, which will surely strike the steel export market again. What impact will steel futures exert on steel export market?

What’s the Prospect of Chinese Steel Export in 2008? CBI along with MEsteel invites insiders to make in-depth discussions on the future of Chinese steel export at “2008 China Steel Export Summit” at SHICC during March 5-6, 2008.

Who will attend?

Export business managers, Chinese steel producers, Export business managers, Chinese steel trading companies, Purchasing managers, Overseas steel users, Officials, headquarters of overseas steel trading companies, Officials, Chinese offices of overseas steel trading companies, Iron and Steel Alliance and Association of various countries/regions, Consulting institutes, investment institutes and logistics service suppliers
 

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Conference Agenda

 Note: This program is provisional only. Both speaker and content may be subject to change for any paroxysmal conflict.

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