Angles, shapes and sections prices by country (HS 7216)

Beams, channels and angles are the structural backbone of the long-product trade. The heading spans a 25 mm angle and a 600 mm beam, so the unit value is best read as an index of what a market builds with rather than as a price for any one profile.

• 861 USD/tmedian paid at the border, 2024
• 22countries in the table
• HS 7216tariff heading

What each market paid at the border

Export declarations by country

Reading the angles, shapes and sections numbers

• Sections range from Iraq at 324 USD per tonne to Spain at 1,164, a 259 % difference. Profile size drives it: small angles roll in short campaigns and cost more per tonne than heavy beams.
• Structural sections moved 8,117,143 tonnes into the reporting markets in angles, shapes and sections of 2024, worth 7,041 million dollars, with Germany taking 23 %.
• Australia stands out at 1,103 USD per tonne of positive spread, typical of a market that imports commodity profiles and exports fabricated steelwork.

What sits inside HS 7216

Unit values sit above flat products because sections roll in smaller lots and ship in bundles rather than coils, and because the heading spans everything from a 25 mm angle to a 600 mm beam.

• European IPE and HEA profiles, British UB and UC, and American W shapes are not interchangeable, and substituting one for another is a design decision, not a purchasing one.
• Rolling campaigns matter: a mill rolls a given profile a few times a year, so lead time on an off-campaign size can exceed two months.
• Sections carry a higher freight cost per tonne than coil because bundles do not stow as densely as coils.
• In the EU, structural steelwork requires CE marking under EN 1090 and a declaration of performance; the paperwork follows the fabricator, not the mill.

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