In January-April of the current year, Ukrainian companies produced 740,600 mt of steel pipes, up 49 percent compared to the same period last year. In April alone, Ukraine's steel pipe production declined by 8 percent compared to March, falling to 185,700 mt.
In 2010, Ukrainian pipe companies had increased their production by 10.7 percent year on year to 1.754 million mt.
Ukrainian steel pipe production (‘000 mt):
Company | Jan-Apr 2010 | Jan-Apr 2011 |
Interpipe Niko Tube | 84,5 | 118,4 |
Yutist Pipe Plant | 3,6 | 8,3 |
Centravis | 3,9 | 5,2 |
Trubolit | 1,1 | 0,8 |
Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Pipe Plant | 104,0 | 132,6 |
ISD Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works | 26,9 | 38,8 |
Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Works | 55,0 | 65,8 |
Metinvest Khartsyzsk Tube Works | 71,4 | 210,0 |
Lugansk Tube Plant | 66,3 | 78,4 |
AG STEEL LLC | 1,6 | 7,1 |
Ilyich | 27,5 | 19,0 |
Kominmet | 51,1 | 56,2 |
Donetsk Steel Works | 0 | 0 |
Total | 496,9 | 740,6 |