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AISI 1020 Steel: Supply & Demand

Buyer RFQ demand against seller listing supply for AISI 1020, broken down by form. Signals are indicative and derived from listings and RFQs.

Last updated: 16 Oct 2026, 1:00 AM

Live Signal Lifetime

Lifetime: This grade’s supply and demand by form, across everything ever listed on M-EX. Use this for the long view. For example, “Has this grade historically drawn more buyers than sellers?”

Shortage

In Demand

Healthy

Oversupplied

Deep Supply

Low Activity

Form	Supply	Demand	Status	Price Band (Rs./MT)
Round Bar	50	1	Deep Supply	62,809 to 86,846 median 78,006

AISI 1020's demand ranks in the top 38% of all 484 tracked grades platform-wide.

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.

AISI 1020 is a Carbon Steel grade: Low-medium carbon steel. Typical applications: Shafts, pins, keys, lightly stressed parts.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (10)

Grade	Standard	Region
EN3A	BS 970	UK
S20C	JIS	Japan
080A20	BS 970 (Part 1)	UK
1017	SAE J403	USA
1020	SAE J403	USA
1021	SAE J403	USA
1022	SAE J403	USA
1023	SAE J403	USA
1025	SAE J403	USA
EN2C	BS 970	UK

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Mn	S	P
0.18–0.23	0.30–0.60	≤0.050	≤0.030

Mechanical Properties

Tensile Strength	420–560 MPa
Elongation	≥23%
Hardness	≤149 HB