Ukraine’s steel pipe production to rise 15-20 percent in 2011

According to the Ukrainian association of tube producers UkrTruboProm, in the current year Ukraine's production of steel pipes may go up by 15-20 percent compared to 2010, to 2.2-2.3 million mt per year. However, the expected level of steel pipe production in 2011 is still lower than pre-crisis level of 2008, when Ukrainian companies produced 2.522 million mt of pipes.