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SAE J403 1018 Steel: Price Gap

Demand price (median buyer ceiling from RFQs) versus offer price (median seller reserve from listings), and the gap between them, for SAE J403 1018 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

Buyers bidding higher

Price gap (National)

+Rs. 10,125

Current

+Rs. 10,125

99 RFQs · 200 listings

7 days ago

+Rs. 10,125

Buyers were willing to pay the same as today

99 RFQs · 200 listings

15 days ago

+Rs. 10,155

Buyers were willing to pay Rs. 30 more than today

98 RFQs · 200 listings

30 days ago

+Rs. 10,082

Buyers were willing to pay Rs. 43 less than today

96 RFQs · 197 listings

This gap is narrower than typical for Carbon Steel nationally (13.7% vs a 22.2% category average).
Direction has held at “buyers bidding higher” for 146 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.

SAE J403 1018 is a Carbon Steel grade: Nonresulfurized carbon steel SAE 1018 (UNS G10180) to SAE J403 JUN2014, a chemistry-only grade for semifinished products for forging, hot rolled and cold finished bars, wire rods, plates, strip, sheets, welded tubing and seamless tubing. Carbon 0.15-0.20% and manganese 0.60-0.90%. Typical applications: Chemistry-only grade; product scope as listed in the composition notes.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (8)

Grade	Standard	Region
C15	DIN	Germany
EN3B	BS 970	UK
S15C	JIS	Japan
XC18	NF A35-551	France
1018	SAE J403	USA
080A15	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK
080M15	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK
EN3D	BS 970	UK

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Mn	P	S
0.15-0.20	0.60-0.90	<=0.030 (flat rolled), <=0.040 (long products)	<=0.035 (flat rolled), <=0.050 (long products)