21 Oct 2022 | 12:32 UTC

Platts to change India domestic hot-rolled coil, rebar incoterms to ex-works

Following market consultation, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, will change the incoterm for its daily India domestic hot-rolled coil and rebar assessments to ex-works from delivered, effective Nov. 21, 2022.

The change aims to better reflect trading practice in India's domestic spot market.

Platts has observed that spot market HRC trading activity from local distributors, dealers and traders is actively being undertaken on an ex-stock Mumbai basis, within the state of Maharashtra and neighboring states.

Similarly, spot market rebar trading activity from secondary mills around the production hub of Raipur is primarily on an ex-plant Raipur basis across consumers based in different parts of India.

In line with globally accepted definitions, the ex-works incoterm represents a buyer assuming all costs and responsibilities involved with transporting goods from the named place of delivery, including the seller's factory, warehouse, service center, office or any other distribution center, as well as loading the goods on the buyer's collecting vehicle.

The assessments will be renamed as follows:

Current
Revised
Code (Unit of measurement)
HRC India Domestic Delivered Mumbai
HRC India Domestic Ex-works Mumbai
TS01046 (Rupee/mt); TSIDD00 ($/mt)
Rebar India Domestic Delivered Raipur
Rebar India Domestic Ex-works Raipur
STRIA00 (Rupee/mt); STRIB00 ($/mt)

Platts first proposed the change on Oct 3: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/en/our-methodology/subscriber-notes/100322-platts-proposes-to-change-india-domestic-hot-rolled-coil-rebar-incoterms-to-ex-works

Existing specifications for quantity, dimensions, timing and payment terms will remain unchanged.

The assessments are published in Platts Steel Alert, SBB Daily Briefing, Steel Markets Daily, Global Market Outlook, World Steel Review, Steel Price Report, Platts Price Analyzer and Platts Market Data Category SQ.

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