Taiwan's Yusco raises stainless list prices for May sales

Yieh United Steel Corp (Yusco), Taiwan's largest stainless steel producer and headquartered in Kaohsiung, has decided to lift its stainless list prices for local sales in May in response to higher production costs, according to a market source in Taiwan.

For business discussions in May, the company's list prices for 304-grade hot-rolled and cold-rolled stainless products have been raised by TWD 4,000/tonne ($126/t), and those for 430-grade stainless products by TWD 500/t. The latest adjustment marks the sixth consecutive price hike in Yusco's stainless steel list prices, with the total increase