According to preliminary data, in the January-February of the current year
Ukraine increased its steel
pipe output by 65.6 percent year on year to 348,000 mt.
This increase was due to the significant growth in output of
Metinvest's subsidiary Khartsyzsk
Pipe Works (KhPW), which in January-February this year produced 101,300 mt of steel pipes - up from 19,230 mt produced in the same period last year.
On the other hand, the
pipe producing subsidiaries of
Ukraine's Interpipe Corporation (Interpipe) increased their steel
pipe output by 22 percent to 139,100 mt as compared to January-February 2010.
Specifically, in the first two months of this year, Interpipe NTRP registered a 34 percent increase in its steel
pipe production to 65,100 mt, Interpipe Niko Tube saw its steel
pipe output increase by 29 percent to 48,200 mt, while Interpipe NMPP's steel
pipe output decreased by seven percent to 25,800 mt, all compared to January-February 2010.