Playbook: two live scrap corridors and how to work them

This is a workflow illustration, not advice. Below are today's live corridors from the platform, ranked by indicative net margin, followed by how a user would actually work the strongest one on ArbiTrade.

Today's opportunities

• Aluminium Scrap (UBC) — Germany → India. Indicative spread ~12.8% (~$260/MT) on landed cost near $2,040/MT. Confidence 0.78, high priority.
• Copper Scrap (Millberry) — Poland → Turkey. Indicative spread ~5.0% (~$425/MT) on landed cost near $8,575/MT. Confidence 0.72, watch.

How it plays out: UBC, Germany to India

Take the aluminium corridor, the higher-confidence of the two, and walk it end to end.

• 1. Read the costed signal. The 12.8% is already net of freight, Indian duty, BIS inspection, and FX — a real starting margin, not a screen spread waiting to be eroded.
• 2. Sanity-check landed cost. Re-confirm the current Germany–India container rate and the duty and BIS inspection assumptions against the platform's basis. If freight has moved since the signal computed, the margin moves with it.
• 3. Build a structured RFQ. One click frames commodity, grade (UBC), a representative volume, route, and terms. On a single ~20-tonne container, a ~$260/MT spread implies roughly $5,200 of indicative gross margin before the buyer's own costs — clearly indicative, and only if cargo specs hold.
• 4. Route to verified counterparties. Dispatch the RFQ to curated, sanctions-checked recipients on the corridor. ArbiTrade coordinates the introduction; it does not take title or hold funds.
• 5. Negotiate and advance. Track responses, firm price and terms directly with the counterparty, and move the opportunity to deal stage. The transaction stays entirely yours.

What could break it

• FX swing. A USD/INR or EUR move can quietly compress the spread between signal and shipment.
• Duty or inspection change. A shift in Indian import duty or a BIS hold adds cost or delay.
• Demand softening. Indian secondary smelter appetite can ease, widening the bid–offer.
• Spec drift. UBC that arrives off-spec turns a clean margin into a claim.

The copper corridor follows the same five steps, but with a tighter margin and more FX sensitivity per tonne it rewards faster confirmation and a closer watch on the lira.

See it on the platform

ArbiTrade costs every corridor net of freight, duties, inspection, and FX, then routes structured RFQs to verified counterparties. Create a free account to explore live corridors and dispatch your first RFQ.

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