German steel product sales fell 5.8% year over year in June to 782,667 mt, but were up 4.4% from May, data from the German steel stockholders’ association BDS showed July 29.
The majority, or 56.9%, of the sales were from the flat product category at 44,479 mt, down 11.2% year over year, but 1.7% higher month over month.
Long sales increased 5.8% year over year in June to 268,673 mt, and rose 10.5% month over month, the data showed.
The sales total for the first half of 2025 was 4.8 million mt, down 1.8% year over year, with flat sales down 4.8% at 2.9 million mt and long sales up 1.8% at 1.5 million mt.
Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, assessed domestic HRC in Northern Europe at Eur550/mt ($636.12/mt) ex-works Ruhr July 28, down 2% since the start of 2025.
Meanwhile, BDS data showed stocks of German steel products totaled 1.85 million mt in June, slipping 3% year over year and down 0.4% from May.
Flat products comprised 62.35% of total inventories in June at 1.16 million mt, which was 7.6% lower year over year and down 1.5% month over month.
Long products stocks totaled 659,874 mt, or 35.6% of the total inventory, rising 7.1% year over year and up 1.2% from May.
