In the first four months of 2010, the pipe producing subsidiaries of Ukraine's Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) increased their steel pipe output by 2.03 times to 244,700 mt.
Specifically, in January-April this year, Interpipe NTRP registered a 67.6 percent increase in its pipe production to 103,900 mt, Interpipe NMPP saw its pipe output increase by 78.3 percent to 54,200 mt, while Interpipe Niko Tube's pipe output rose by 3.08 times to 86,600 mt, all compared to the same period last year.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, in the first four months of 2010 Ukraine's production of steel pipes increased by 10.2 percent year on year to 496,400 mt.