What information do I need to provide?

This is dependent on what level of price of assessment to which you are contributing. There are two types of assessment, Level 1.5 and Level 2.0.

Level 1.5 data providers

Our level 1.5 assessments include: German Hot-rolled coil, French Hot-rolled coil, Italian Hot-rolled coil, Spanish Hot-rolled coil

Requirements from Level 1.5 data providers:

  • Sign a non-disclosure agreement
  • 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 and U.S. Cold-Rolled-Coil.

Requirements from Level 2.0 data providers:

  • Sign a non-disclosure agreement that allows CRU to verify their submissions
  • 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