The spring of 20 14 is coming. In March, the steel market price continued to fall endlessly. Although the price adjustment policy of mainstream steel mills in March was still dominated by steady upward adjustment, the amplitude modulation was significantly narrowed. Among them, the ex-factory price of plates is only raised by collective galvanizing, and other varieties are flat; The ex-factory price of outstanding talents has been lowered twice in a row, the spot market has been hitting new lows due to excessive inventory and poor delivery, and the futures market is also weak. At present, under the pressure of tight capital, large inventory and weak demand, where will the ex-factory price of mainstream steel mills go in April? The author analyzes this for reference only. I. Current situation of steel and raw material market Steel market: According to the monitoring data of Mysteel, as of March 7th, 20 14, taking the average price of the national steel market as an example, all the other varieties showed a downward trend except galvanized. On a ring-on-ring basis, rebar is still the biggest decline, with a ring-on-ring decline of about 2.8% (an increase from last month); Year-on-year, all varieties continue to show a downward trend; Among them, the biggest decline is still hot rolling, reaching 15.9%. Raw material market: According to the monitoring data of Mysteel, as of March 7th, 20 14, all kinds of raw materials except steel billets are in a weak downward trend. Specifically, the billet increased by 80 yuan/ton compared with the same period of last month, up about 2.8% from the previous month; PB powder (6 1.5%, Tianjin Port) showed the largest decrease, accounting for 9.7%. Year-on-year, all varieties showed a downward trend; Among them, the price of metallurgical coke dropped the most, by 26.8% compared with the same period of last year.