According to Chinese Customs, 455,000 metric tons of seamless pipes have been exported from
China's Tianjin port in January-July period. The quantity is 64.1 percent higher than that of the same period in 2005.
The value of the seamless
pipe exports from the port also recorded a sharp increase of 110 percent year on year and reached $530 million.
Tianjin Port's seamless
pipe exports mostly consist of OCTG pipes and have accounted for 62.9 percent of the total seamless
pipe exports from
China in the mentioned period.
The first three export destinations; the US, Algeria and
Canada accounted for 47.9 percent of the seamless
pipe exports from the port.
The increase in exports is attached to both the improvement in international market demand and the development of seamless
pipe production technology in
China.
China had produced approximately 4.5 million metric tons of seamless pipes in 2005.