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BS 4659 BH13 Steel: Supply & Demand

Buyer RFQ demand against seller listing supply for BS 4659 BH13, 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	36	1	Deep Supply	164,048 to 193,204 median 175,363

BS 4659 BH13's demand ranks in the top 38% of all 484 tracked grades platform-wide.

The Round Bar form most recently moved into Deep Supply, 117 days ago.

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.

BS 4659 BH13 is a Tool & Die Steels grade: British hot work tool steel, equivalent to H13. Typical applications: Die casting dies, forging tools, extrusion dies.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (7)

Grade	Standard	Region
H13	AISI	USA
X40CrMoV5-1	DIN	Germany
SKD61	JIS	Japan
GOST 4H5MFS1	GOST 5950	Russia
GB/T 4Cr5MoSiV1	GB/T 1299	China
XT35Cr5MoV1	IS 1570 (Part 6)	India
XT35Cr5Mo1V3	IS 3748	India

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Si	Mn	Cr	Mo	V
0.35–0.42	0.80–1.20	0.30–0.50	4.75–5.50	1.20–1.75	0.80–1.20

Mechanical Properties

Hardness HRC (hardened)	42–54
Hardness HB (annealed)	≤235