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Sheet Metal Price Today: Price, Trends and Forecast 2026 | Tacto
22.06.2026
Current sheet metal price based on Fastmarkets CRC and HDG Northwest Europe (CRC around 800 EUR/t as of 10 June, HDG similar; premium over HRC around 110 EUR/t, within the normal range). Trend analysis on the EU Council's formal adoption of the steel safeguard on 8 June, the TRQ regime from 1 July, the melt-and-pour requirement from 1 October, and the CRC anti-dumping case against five countries. Despite weak demand, tight import availability supports domestic prices. Scenarios and procurement recommendations for European industrial buyers.
METHODOLOGY
CRC and HDG ex-works Northern Europe (Fastmarkets) capture the factory-gate price for domestic flat steel after the cold-rolling step. CRC is the closer reference than HRC for industrial sheet parts. Real procurement costs additionally include alloy or coating logic, semi-finished product premiums, energy, logistics and currency.
AT A GLANCE
- CRC Northern Europe around 800 EUR/t (Fastmarkets, 10 June), HDG similar; premium over HRC around 110 EUR/t, within the normal range.
- Despite weak demand, domestic prices hold because the import side is tight ahead of the 1 July regime change.
- CRC anti-dumping case against five countries (around 70 percent of EU CRC imports); provisional measures expected this summer. Imported CRC CFR Asia 640 to 660 EUR/t.
- From 1 July, new safeguard (quota 18.3 Mt, 50 percent duty); book the last import tranche before, require melt-and-pour docs.
Contents
What is moving the price right now?
CRC Northern Europe prints around 800 EUR/t ex-works in the Fastmarkets weekly of 10 June, with HDG at a similar level. The premium over hot-rolled coil (HRC around 686 EUR/t) is therefore around 110 EUR/t, within the normal range, not compressed. Despite weak end demand, domestic prices hold because the import side is tight: buyers and mills are holding back ahead of the 1 July change of trade regime.
On the import side, two cases work at once. Alongside the safeguard, an anti-dumping case runs against CRC imports from India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam, together around 70 percent of EU CRC imports. Provisional measures are expected this summer. Imported CRC CFR from Asia lands at 640 to 660 EUR/t, around 150 EUR/t below domestic, but that edge is at risk with the measures.
The EU Council formally adopted the new steel safeguard on 8 June. From 1 July, CRC and HDG as finished flat-steel products fall under it: duty-free volumes halve to 18.3 million tonnes, the out-of-quota duty rises to 50 percent, and from 1 October the melt-and-pour requirement applies.
Together with the CBAM burden, these cases narrow import options more than any one alone. EUROMETAL reports the market is positioning for higher prices once the new trade regime and CBAM reshape supply.
What we watch: the timing of the provisional anti-dumping measures and the Official Journal publication of the safeguard.
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What does this mean for procurement in DACH?
For 12-month anchors on CRC and HDG, close this week with an index clause on the Fastmarkets monthly average, cap-and-floor band plus 8 to minus 10 percent. Contrary to the impression from the steel headline, CRC has not collapsed: the premium over HRC is normal, and the tightening import side argues for rising rather than falling prices.
Secure the last import tranche before the anti-dumping measures and the 1 July TRQ switch. Imported CRC is around 150 EUR/t below domestic, but require the melt-and-pour documentation as a contract annex.
Separate the conversion share from the steel base price. While the import side stays tight, the base price is less negotiable than the conversion.
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Sheet Metal Price Forecast: Our Procurement Intelligence Team's Assessment
Base Scenario
CRC holds around 800 EUR/t. Weak demand caps the upside, but the tight import side, the CRC anti-dumping case (around 70 percent of EU imports) and the 1 July TRQ switch support the floor.
Risk Scenario
Provisional anti-dumping measures in summer, restocking before 1 July, CBAM fully effective. Probability 30 to 35 percent.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Buy America Act (BABA) requirements on federal infrastructure projects require domestic-origin materials and add a structural cost premium because they limit supplier competition and require domestic mill sourcing. Clarify the definition of ‘domestic-origin’ with your customer (some interpret it as mill-produced and processed; others accept mill-converted material). Lock in domestic suppliers early on BABA projects, as availability can tighten on high-volume work.
Cold-rolled coil (CRC), galvanized, and painted finishes are showing the tightest supply and highest premiums. Specialty gauges (particularly thinner grades under 0.080"), HSLA (high-strength low-alloy), and weathering steels also have longer lead times. Standard hot-rolled commodity gauges have more flexibility.
Imported sheet metal carries a 25% Section 232 tariff, which typically makes it uncompetitive with domestic mills for commodity grades. Imported material is viable only in rare cases: specialized grades not readily available domestically, volume play at significant discount, or country exemptions. Any import sourcing decision must include the full tariff in the landed-cost calculation.
The CRU Midwest HRC price is a market anchor for domestic mill selling prices on hot-rolled flat steel. Your actual procurement cost depends on additional factors: gauges, grades, finish (cold-rolled, galvanized, painted), mill quantity minimums, lead time, service center margin, and logistics. CRC and coated finishes command premiums of $150–250/ST over HRC base pricing.
