In the first half of the current year, seamless steel
pipe exports from the Chinese province of Sichuan amounted to 98,000 mt, worth a value of $100 million, according to local media sources. The total export volume and total export value of seamless
pipe exports from Sichuan in H1 this year both increased by 16 percent year on year, but average seamless steel
pipe prices per metric ton decreased by 2.5 percent year on year.
In H1 this year, Sichuan Province's seamless steel
pipe exports increased sharply to the UAE and South Korea. In the given period, state-owned enterprises contributed 84 percent to Sichuan's total seamless steel
pipe exports.