Foreign buyers have shown little interest in buying seamless pipes from Russian and Ukrainian suppliers due to seasonal factors. As a result, export quotations of seamless pipes from the CIS have stayed almost unchanged over the past month. CIS suppliers plan to revise their prices in April as demand from foreign consumers is expected to become firmer. An expected increase in production costs will also contribute to an upward adjustment of seamless pipe prices.
Export prices from Ukrainian mill Interpipe for March production hot-formed seamless pipes of 42-159 mm diameter as per GOST or ASTM currently vary in the range of $980-1,000/mt FOB, while quotations of pipes of 168-325 mm diameter are at $1,040-1,080/mt FOB. Export offers of seamless pipes with 355.6 mm diameter, made to DIN EN 10210-1 of steel grade S355J2H, are at $1,380-1,400/mt FOB.
Duferco is offering seamless pipes (Dnepropetrovsk Tube Works, Ukraine) of 60-168 mm diameter as per GOST at around $1,050-1,100/mt FOB from March production, while pipes of 42-48 mm diameter are quoted at $1,100-1,130/mt FOB.
Export offers of March-April production seamless hot-formed pipes with diameter of 57-245 mm made to GOST or ASTM from Russian producer TMK's subsidiary Volzhsky Pipe Plant are at $1,030-1,050/mt FOB, while quotations of seamless pipes with diameters up to 425 mm are at $1,100-1,110/mt FOB. Export offers of seamless pipes with 57-425 mm diameter, made to DIN or EN, from Volzhsky PP are at $1,300-1,360/mt FOB.
Seamless pipes with 60-219 mm diameter as per GOST or ASTM from Tagmet (TMK Group) are quoted in the range of $1,060-1,080/mt FOB for March-April production, while pipes made to DIN or EN are at $1,130-1,150/mt FOB.
Export offers of Russian seamless pipes of 33-219 mm diameter, made to GOST, from Uraltrubostal (Pervouralsky Novotrubny Works) are at $1,000-1,020/mt FOB, for March-April output.