Russia's Federal State Statistics Service disclosed that the country's steel
pipe output rose 8.8 percent year on year to 6.06 million tons in the first eleven months of the year.
The 11-month
production includes 2.54 million tons of seamless
pipe with an increase 3.7 percent and 3.33 million tons of ERW pipes with an increase of 12.6 percent.
In November alone,
Russia's
pipe production rose 29.6 percent year on year to 590,000 tons. However, November
production indicates a month-on-month decrease of 2.8 percent.