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ASTM A681 H13 Steel: Price Gap

Demand price (median buyer ceiling from RFQs) versus offer price (median seller reserve from listings), and the gap between them, for ASTM A681 H13 across India. Click a region to drill into states.

Live Signal Lifetime

Lifetime: The gap between buyer bids and seller asks, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade usually traded with buyers bidding above sellers?”

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Market direction

Sellers asking higher

Price gap (National)

Rs. -15,309

Current

Rs. -15,309

182 RFQs · 548 listings

7 days ago

Rs. -15,309

Sellers were charging the same as today

182 RFQs · 548 listings

15 days ago

Rs. -15,309

Sellers were charging the same as today

182 RFQs · 547 listings

30 days ago

Rs. -16,296

Sellers were charging Rs. 988 more than today

167 RFQs · 535 listings

This gap is wider than typical for Tool & Die Steels nationally (7.9% vs a 4.8% category average).
Direction has held at “sellers asking higher” for 143 days.

Demand above offer (positive gap)

Offer above demand (negative gap)

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Disclaimer: All information on this page is indicative only and derived from posted listings and RFQs on M-EX. It does not constitute a market price quote or investment advice. M-EX and GTE make no representations as to accuracy or completeness. Actual activity depends on quantity, quality, payment terms and other commercial factors agreed between buyers and sellers.

ASTM A681 H13 is a Tool & Die Steels grade: H13: hot work tool steel (UNS T20813). Specified in A681:2008. Typical applications: Die casting dies, extrusion dies, forging dies, hot stamping.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (5)

Grade	Standard	Region
X40CrMoV5-1	DIN	Germany
BH13	BS	UK
SKD61	JIS	Japan
4Cr5MoSiV1	GB	China
XT35Cr5MoV1	IS 1570 (Part 6)	India

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Mn	P	S	Si	Cr	V	Mo
0.32-0.45	0.20-0.60	<=0.030	<=0.030	0.80-1.25	4.75-5.50	0.80-1.20	1.10-1.75

Mechanical Properties

Hardness	<=235 HB
Condition	Annealed (maximum Brinell hardness)