Hot rolled coil HRC steel Pakistan import - Raw Easy Corp

Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) Supplier in Pakistan

Hot rolled coil goes into welded pipe and tube, structural frames and general engineering. Rolling hot leaves mill scale on the surface and a wider thickness tolerance than cold rolled, with the weldability expected of a low-carbon structural grade. Raw Easy Corp imports and trades it from Moin Steel Market, Karachi.

Specification range supplied

The table below is the range Raw Easy Corp supplies against; thickness, width and grade are bought consignment by consignment. For the hot rolled lines that carry a rate, see the steel rate list, which shows the date it was last updated. For anything else, put the specification to us and we will tell you where it stands.

MM	Width	Grade
3.0 mm	1210	Q195
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 12 mm	1250/1500	Q235b
2.0, 2.3 & 2.5 mm	1250	1006 Soft Grade
0.8, 1.0, 1.2 & 1.5 mm	1250	Q235b

Raw Easy Corp is a leading importer of Hot Rolled Coil (HRC) in Pakistan, sourcing directly from Chinese steel mills and delivering to construction, pipe manufacturing, and automotive-frame customers nationwide. We carry a full specification range — from 0.8mm to 12mm, grades Q195 to Q235B — with landed-cost pricing quoted against your specification. Raw Easy Corp trades HRC, CRC, GP, PPGI and Galvalume from Moin Steel Market, Karachi

HRC specifications

Attribute	Range / Standard
Product	Hot rolled coil and sheet, non-alloy steel
Thickness	0.8 mm – 12.0 mm
Width	1210 / 1250 / 1500 mm
Grades	Q195, Q235B, 1006 soft grade (GB/T 700); SS400 (JIS G3101); A36 (ASTM A36/A36M)
Surface	Mill finish with scale, or pickled and oiled (HRPO)
Edge	Mill edge or slit edge
PCT heading	72.08 (flat-rolled, hot-rolled, width 600 mm or more)
Certification	Mill test certificate to EN 10204 (type as agreed at order)

Hot rolled coil grades and what they are used for

Grade	Standard	Typical use
Q195	GB/T 700	Low-strength forming, light sections, general fabrication
Q215	GB/T 700	General structural work where Q235 strength is not required
Q235B	GB/T 700	The common structural grade — pipe, tube, frames, general structure
SS400	JIS G3101	Japanese-standard structural equivalent, broadly comparable to Q235B
A36	ASTM A36/A36M	American-standard structural plate and shapes

All hot rolled coil in Pakistan is imported

Pakistan has no operating hot strip mill, so every tonne of hot rolled coil consumed in the country is imported. HRC arrives either as finished product for fabrication, or as the substrate that domestic mills pickle and cold-roll into cold rolled coil and then galvanise into GP coil.

With no local mill price list to anchor it, an HRC rate is built from the international coil price at the time that lot was bought, the rupee against the dollar, and freight, port and clearing cost. Two honest traders can quote the same specification some way apart, each against a landed cost he has already committed to. Establish the origin, the mill, whether the material is prime or secondary, and whether the figure is duty-paid or ex-bond before concluding that one is cheaper. Our notes on local versus imported flat steel and steel coil brands go further.

Duty position on hot rolled coil

Hot rolled coil currently carries no anti-dumping duty from any origin. The coated products are different: Chinese galvanised carries it at mill-specific rates, with a higher residual rate for exporters not named in the determination; Chinese colour coated has carried it since 2018; and Chinese-origin Galvalume carries anti-dumping duty at a flat 40.47%, imposed as an anti-circumvention measure and notified to run to February 2027. If you are comparing HRC against a coated product, the duty position is a material part of the landed-cost comparison. Positions are revised, so confirm where each stands on the day you cost the job — see anti-dumping duty on galvanised steel, the Finance Bill 2026-27 steel tariff changes, and how to read a mill test certificate before you accept a coil.

Choosing between the grades

For most work here the choice is between Q195 and Q235B, both carbon structural grades to GB/T 700. Q195 is the softer, lower-strength grade, used for light forming and general fabrication where the specification does not call for Q235B. Q235B is the ordinary structural grade for welded pipe and tube, frames and structural work; the B suffix is the impact-test class, which matters when the work is checked against a structural specification. Q215 sits between the two. The thinner lines on the size table are supplied to 1006, a low-carbon soft grade for forming rather than structural work, and on imported material you will also see SS400 to JIS G3101, close to Q235 in strength but with no impact test specified. Specify the grade rather than assuming it, and check the mill test certificate against the order.

Grade strengths

Grade	Standard	Minimum yield	Tensile strength
Q195	GB/T 700	195 MPa	315–430 MPa
Q215	GB/T 700	215 MPa	335–450 MPa
Q235B	GB/T 700	235 MPa	370–500 MPa
SS400	JIS G3101	245 MPa	400–510 MPa
A36	ASTM A36/A36M	250 MPa	400–550 MPa

Yield figures are the standard minimum for thickness up to 16 mm. The mill test certificate carries the actual figures for the coil you are buying.

Working out length from tonnage

Hot rolled coil is bought by weight and used by length, so the conversion decides how much material a tonne actually buys. Weight per running metre is thickness in millimetres multiplied by width in millimetres multiplied by 0.00785, the figure coming from a steel density of 7.85 g/cm³.

2.0 mm × 1250 mm runs 19.6 kg per metre, so a tonne is about 51 metres.
3.0 mm × 1250 mm runs 29.4 kg per metre, so a tonne is about 34 metres.
5.0 mm × 1500 mm runs 58.9 kg per metre, so a tonne is about 17 metres.
6.0 mm × 1500 mm runs 70.7 kg per metre, so a tonne is about 14 metres.

Work the figure out before agreeing a tonnage, and allow for hot rolled carrying a wider thickness tolerance than cold rolled. Material on the thin side of the band still weighs what the invoice says but yields fewer metres than the nominal figure suggests, and may not hold a thickness called up in a structural specification. Agree which standard’s tolerance table applies, measure the coil against it, and read it alongside the mill test certificate.

What to have ready when you enquire

An HRC enquiry is answered against a complete specification:

Thickness in millimetres, the actual figure, not a gauge number.
Width in millimetres — 1250 and 1500 mm are the widths most often asked for here.
Grade — Q195, Q235B, 1006 soft grade, or the equivalent specified to you.
Surface — mill finish with scale, or pickled and oiled.
Edge — mill edge or slit edge.
Tonnage, so the enquiry can be quoted properly.

Then come to Office No. 85-A, Moin Steel Market, Karachi, or get in touch on +92 314 3279729.

Hot rolled coil FAQs

Is hot rolled coil produced in Pakistan?

No mill here currently rolls it, so all of it is imported. The two local mills, International Steels and Aisha Steel, buy hot rolled coil as substrate, cold-roll it into CRC and galvanise that into GP coil.

How many metres of hot rolled coil are in a tonne?

Multiply thickness in millimetres by width in millimetres by 0.00785 for kilograms per running metre, then divide 1,000 by that figure. At 3.0 mm by 1250 mm the coil runs 29.4 kg per metre, so a tonne is about 34 metres.

What thickness tolerance should I expect on hot rolled coil?

Wider than on cold rolled. The permitted band is set by the standard the coil is ordered to, so agree which tolerance table applies before the order and measure the coil against it. Material on the thin side still weighs what the invoice says but yields fewer metres.

What is the difference between mill finish and pickled and oiled?

Mill finish carries the oxide scale left by hot rolling. Pickled and oiled has had that scale removed in acid and an oil film applied, which suits work that will be painted, coated or closely formed. In Karachi’s salt-laden coastal air the oil film also matters for how the coil keeps while it waits.

Does hot rolled coil carry anti-dumping duty in Pakistan?

Not currently, from any origin. Galvanised, colour coated and Galvalume of Chinese origin do. Positions are revised, so confirm where each stands on the day you cost the job.