As of November 30, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 78 percent of their annual quota (up to the end of September 2012) for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.
For the period from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, the quota in question is 16,753 mt. Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 3,686 mt. In particular, Russia used 99.92 percent of its quota for exports of the mentioned products to Ukraine, while Austria used 47.54 percent of its quota.