According to preliminary data, in the first ten months of 2010 the
pipe producing subsidiaries of
Ukraine's Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) increased their steel
pipe output by 60.2 percent to 706,300 mt as compared to the same period of last year.
Specifically, in January-October this year, Interpipe NTRP registered a 50.4 percent increase in its steel
pipe production to 295,600 mt, Interpipe NMPP saw its steel
pipe output increase by 20.5 percent to 155,000 mt, while Interpipe Niko Tube's steel
pipe output rose by 2.2 times to 255,700 mt, all compared to the same period last year.