As of August 31, 2012, according to information from Ukraine's Ministry of Economy, importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 94.74 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 881 mt. In particular, Russia used 99.92 percent of its quota (11,900 mt) for exports of the mentioned products to Ukraine, Austria used 99.97 percent (2,454.380 mt) of its quota, Poland used 52.97percent (584.210 mt) of its quota, Romania used 91.39 percent (191 mt) of its quota, while other countries used 94.80 percent (742.252 mt) of their quotas.