What information do I need to provide?

“The CRU index is what most mills in the US refer to. It seems to have the most credibility.”

This is dependent on whether you are contributing to a Level 1.5 or Level 2.0 price index.

Level 1.5 data providers

Our current level 1.5 assessments are: Italian Hot-rolled coil, Italian Cold-rolled coil, Italian Hot-dipped galvanised coil, Italian Plate, German Hot-rolled coil, German Cold-rolled coil, German Hot-dipped galvanised coil, German Plate

Requirements from Level 1.5 data providers:

  • Submit data relating to the average price of spot transactions conducted within the survey period, typically once a week

Level 2.0 data providers

Our Level 2.0 assessments currently include U.S. Hot-Rolled Coil, U.S. Cold-Rolled-Coil, U.S. Hot-Dipped Galvanised Coil and U.S. Plate.

Requirements from Level 2.0 data providers:

  • Sign a data providers agreement
  • In addition to price data, data providers also provide volume data each week, which is equal to the volume of orders to which the price submission refers

Data Licensing