World steel prices

Monthly Steel Price Data 2008-2025 [archive]

The steel industry is constantly evolving, with market fluctuations driven by global supply and demand, raw material costs, and economic conditions. Whether you're a manufacturer, trader, or an investor, staying up to date with steel prices is crucial for making informed decisions. At SteelOnTheNet, we provide regularly updated steel price data, covering a wide range of products, including hot-rolled coil, rebar, wire rod, and more.

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Price of carbon steel products in US $ / metric tonne.

World Steel Prices
Year	Month	HRC	CRC	HDG	OCS	Tinplate	Rebar
2008	1	592	708	851	1143	1069	602
2008	2	607	708	866	1239	1015	668
2008	3	648	745	896	1202	1057	715
2008	4	712	807	952	1277	1086	782
2008	5	777	851	970	1337	1120	861
2008	6	844	900	1022	1378	1165	991
2008	7	930	979	1068	1379	1204	1037
2008	8	967	998	1088	1366	1223	1081
2008	9	949	1003	1077	1348	1199	1023
2008	10	872	949	1031	1266	1174	702
2008	11	728	883	973	1272	1175	512
2008	12	594	778	947	1215	1195	479
2009	1	515	717	892	1178	1217	484
2009	2	483	691	831	1113	1198	462
2009	3	485	660	808	1098	1209	454
2009	4	452	612	790	1063	1166	443
2009	5	431	598	806	1090	1223	465
2009	6	426	595	793	1030	1187	451
2009	7	438	614	792	1002	1185	449
2009	8	460	652	799	1005	1122	459
2009	9	506	693	836	1047	1115	485
2009	10	534	669	845	1123	1104	510
2009	11	533	696	845	1041	1096	467
2009	12	513	677	813	1027	1067	467
2010	1	516	694	832	1048	1086	459
2010	2	525	689	805	991	1037	474
2010	3	545	687	818	1072	1043	516
2010	4	574	703	817	1011	1053	546
2010	5	622	717	814	1045	1047	611
2010	6	634	742	832	1096	1035	604
2010	7	651	781	875	1135	1099	566
2010	8	617	790	880	1082	1128	551
2010	9	611	790	885	1102	1152	602
2010	10	638	813	937	1112	1164	601
2010	11	626	804	928	1071	1147	580
2010	12	610	800	909	1036	1124	598
2011	1	621	799	903	1061	1160	641
2011	2	658	818	925	1142	1180	681
2011	3	715	835	940	1093	1215	689
2011	4	747	883	975	1093	1234	696
2011	5	752	900	994	1159	1276	697
2011	6	738	901	997	1162	1269	715
2011	7	726	883	997	1160	1290	740
2011	8	719	883	1008	1112	1309	717
2011	9	702	862	982	1121	1245	720
2011	10	701	861	991	1113	1231	713
2011	11	691	839	970	1075	1206	685
2011	12	641	814	946	1036	1148	651
2012	1	635	792	910	1049	1160	682
2012	2	641	803	917	1050	1155	684
2012	3	648	787	899	1035	1138	687
2012	4	662	805	905	1037	1141	687
2012	5	659	793	907	1020	1135	660
2012	6	648	783	886	1040	1132	655
2012	7	633	770	880	1070	1121	647
2012	8	615	762	876	1072	1136	651
2012	9	614	753	879	1032	1126	642
2012	10	596	735	870	1037	1134	637
2012	11	564	716	880	1021	1089	633
2012	12	556	696	843	966	1052	615
2013	1	567	713	857	1010	1081	613
2013	2	579	715	855	1059	1077	615
2013	3	588	714	843	1055	1059	629
2013	4	605	725	825	1063	1070	616
2013	5	603	719	850	1058	1092	625
2013	6	588	718	848	1017	1084	602
2013	7	567	688	825	1035	1095	616
2013	8	552	689	823	1015	1091	630
2013	9	563	691	826	1003	1095	608
2013	10	565	673	813	1028	1040	618
2013	11	573	693	840	1006	1058	625
2013	12	568	697	836	968	1046	616
2014	1	564	695	829	973	1064	620
2014	2	571	700	841	1024	1069	616
2014	3	577	704	838	989	1087	607
2014	4	569	693	834	981	1082	602
2014	5	567	690	829	978	1076	594
2014	6	560	668	803	963	1061	604
2014	7	563	683	813	943	1067	582
2014	8	558	681	803	924	1056	573
2014	9	553	670	782	928	1025	587
2014	10	552	657	779	906	1014	576
2014	11	540	646	760	891	994	559
2014	12	524	630	750	866	968	529
2015	1	504	608	725	858	954	502
2015	2	475	606	714	839	932	492
2015	3	440	578	680	817	912	470
2015	4	423	556	668	800	913	461
2015	5	405	557	673	764	919	467
2015	6	400	541	663	806	911	472
2015	7	386	532	650	807	901	449
2015	8	379	512	638	761	891	438
2015	9	378	508	631	734	885	423
2015	10	352	493	616	727	855	404
2015	11	324	458	588	696	823	372
2015	12	309	459	578	650	812	364
2016	1	298	455	571	626	786	355
2016	2	295	462	556	628	773	347
2016	3	299	462	557	661	742	351
2016	4	315	478	563	698	758	382
2016	5	330	495	591	693	752	418
2016	6	377	512	610	735	760	448
2016	7	407	514	621	728	778	428
2016	8	412	526	635	736	783	413
2016	9	409	521	634	740	790	406
2016	10	406	526	632	770	786	411
2016	11	407	535	632	750	768	403
2016	12	421	535	630	730	759	411
2017	1	465	569	666	811	784	442
2017	2	496	604	693	880	828	442
2017	3	509	619	705	875	876	448
2017	4	517	630	733	874	895	458
2017	5	520	634	744	909	923	465
2017	6	496	629	746	871	910	457
2017	7	487	606	735	884	897	476
2017	8	481	610	739	897	909	487
2017	9	506	643	764	935	909	526
2017	10	538	652	773	947	924	548
2017	11	552	656	773	955	911	546
2017	12	561	657	775	935	943	548
2018	1	572	674	808	1016	969	559
2018	2	582	683	818	1024	986	587
2018	3	587	693	823	1006	988	593
2018	4	602	704	826	1020	1040	608
2018	5	616	697	811	999	1011	589
2018	6	602	697	813	1001	1016	586
2018	7	603	689	812	1003	1041	583
2018	8	598	680	800	990	1024	571
2018	9	594	680	805	974	1021	564
2018	10	593	672	803	980	986	554
2018	11	578	674	791	958	979	548
2018	12	562	670	772	929	986	530
2019	1	547	657	775	921	967	524
2019	2	529	646	742	946	966	521
2019	3	518	633	734	921	958	523
2019	4	518	629	736	906	953	541
2019	5	528	610	742	927	949	514
2019	6	526	646	751	924	949	525
2019	7	514	632	748	960	964	511
2019	8	510	624	738	914	957	504
2019	9	499	624	720	899	948	494
2019	10	482	617	728	909	943	474
2019	11	450	609	714	917	913	461
2019	12	435	580	691	877	893	457
2020	1	440	596	701	913	911	465
2020	2	450	587	688	889	887	467
2020	3	475	593	681	890	890	462
2020	4	460	580	655	881	880	441
2020	5	430	558	662	885	885	432
2020	6	402	542	678	904	903	433
2020	7	408	555	678	903	903	477
2020	8	420	568	708	905	905	448
2020	9	437	594	710	890	889	455
2020	10	466	606	711	880	880	455
2020	11	511	628	747	893	893	472
2020	12	526	647	765	913	913	484
2021	1	550	686	791	952	951	524
2021	2	618	711	817	1054	980	546
2021	3	673	736	845	1085	1011	590
2021	4	728	792	863	1112	1058	628
2021	5	804	847	966	1259	1120	656
2021	6	877	903	1034	1399	1110	704
2021	7	955	961	1086	1444	1185	745
2021	8	981	1005	1179	1485	1227	749
2021	9	987	1047	1210	1541	1274	759
2021	10	971	1041	1186	1574	1282	738
2021	11	953	1062	1246	1597	1364	756
2021	12	909	1069	1223	1539	1384	712
2022	1	882	1052	1233	1503	1545	843
2022	2	834	1058	1212	1535	1606	762
2022	3	836	1043	1187	1554	1595	787
2022	4	867	1024	1204	1625	1626	892
2022	5	914	1046	1184	1594	1586	965
2022	6	927	1044	1232	1622	1636	931
2022	7	873	1024	1178	1541	1664	869
2022	8	780	955	1153	1481	1634	766
2022	9	683	923	1058	1362	1615	755
2022	10	634	912	957	1342	1527	765
2022	11	634	870	1037	1338	1431	744
2022	12	602	868	996	1318	1462	731
2023	1	587	862	1035	1358	1422	724
2023	2	615	813	992	1336	1388	732
2023	3	658	871	1032	1454	1403	733
2023	4	680	863	1030	1299	1418	721
2023	5	689	860	1007	1159	1431	686
2023	6	670	844	997	1134	1354	664
2023	7	620	818	979	1068	1338	647
2023	8	576	783	934	1062	1328	587
2023	9	592	788	911	1031	1300	596
2023	10	586	780	905	1020	1287	615
2023	11	580	792	903	1017	1207	587
2023	12	581	774	901	996	1226	606
2024	1	593	789	927	1004	1196	620
2024	2	607	786	932	1083	1191	632
2024	3	615	789	903	1028	1233	628
2024	4	599	799	902	1020	1226	612
2024	5	587	788	897	1021	1211	623
2024	6	580	772	894	982	1192	621
2024	7	584	761	874	1051	1211	611
2024	8	569	747	883	998	1220	613
2024	9	560	751	847	983	1207	599
2024	10	532	734	843	946	1235	595
2024	11	515	689	819	937	1171	579
2024	12	515	689	798	903	1196	584
2025	1	530	713	815	888	1205	578
2025	2	527	715	810	942	1215	579
2025	3	521	702	788	888	1228	561
2025	4	524	715	815	909	1273	591
2025	5	525	711	836	930	1264	576
2025	6	511	686	783	868	1220	571
2025	7	502	671	791	846	1246	568
2025	8	488	602	716	782	1035	535
2025	9	483	596	709	774	1024	530

Table last updated: 22nd October 2025 (final update).

Notes and Steel Price Definitions

1) World steel prices are in US dollars per metric ton. They describe average monthly global export fob prices.

2) Product definitions are as follows (for further detail, see harmonised system 6-digit codes listed below). For further clarifications on HS codes for commodity goods, visit U.N. trade statistics website.

HRC, wide strip unpickled hot rolled sheet and coil <3mm gauge.
CRC, cold rolled sheet 0.5-1mm thick.
HDG, hot dip zinc galvanised coil [often also called GI, galvanised iron] width > 600mm.
OCS, organic coated sheet with HDG substrate [also called PPGI or pre-painted galvanised iron].
Tinplate, under 0.5mm gauge.
Rebar prices are for hot-rolled deformed reinforcing bar (excl rod).

3) Pricing data is compiled by MCI. It originates from an analysis of national customs statistics of larger exporting countries. Figures cover the following 6-digit codes within the harmonised tariff schedule: Hot rolled coil 720839, Cold rolled sheet and coil 720917, HDG or galvanised iron 721049, OCS or PPGI 721070, tinplate 721012, reinforcing bar 721420.

4) Note that the latest price points (the last two months in particular) for each product may change, as more current customs declarations become available from international markets.

5) Final data point normally shows steel prices per ton that are ~2 months old. This is because a short time delay is necessary for data collection.

6) Please contact us for costs of raw materials or for other product pricing data covering heavy plate, merchant bar, light sections, rod, drawn wire, carbon or stainless pipe and tube etc.

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