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SAE J403 1008 Steel: Supply & Demand

Buyer RFQ demand against seller listing supply for SAE J403 1008, 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	8	91	In Demand	56,000 to 74,000 median 66,497
Wire Rod Coil	50	0	Deep Supply	45,139 to 48,936 median 46,434

SAE J403 1008's demand ranks in the top 4% of all 484 tracked grades platform-wide.

The Wire Rod Coil form most recently moved into Deep Supply, 124 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.

SAE J403 1008 is a Carbon Steel grade: Nonresulfurized carbon steel SAE 1008 (UNS G10080) 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 up to 0.10% and manganese 0.30-0.50%. Typical applications: Chemistry-only grade; product scope as listed in the composition notes.

Equivalent / Similar Grades (4)

Grade	Standard	Region
C8C	DIN	Germany
EN3A	BS 970	UK
SPCC	JIS	Japan
1008	SAE J403	USA

Chemical Composition (%)

C	Mn	P	S
<=0.10	0.30-0.50 (long products), <=0.50 (flat rolled)	<=0.030 (flat rolled), <=0.040 (long products)	<=0.035 (flat rolled), <=0.050 (long products)