In the January-April period of the current year, Ukrainian companies produced 779,400 mt of steel pipes, up 5.3 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the figures issued by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers. In April alone, Ukraine's steel pipe production decreased by 14.2 percent compared to March, dropping to 184,800 mt.
Ukraine: steel pipe production, (January-April 2012)
Company | 2011 | 2012 |
Interpipe Niko Tube | 118,4 | 143,7 |
Interpipe Nizhnedneprovsky Pipe Plant | 132 | 141,1 |
ISD Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works | 38,8 | 29,4 |
Interpipe Novomoskovsk Pipe Works | 65,8 | 77,5 |
Metinvest Khartsyzsk Tube Works | 210 | 246,4 |
Lugansk Tube Plant | 78,5 | 64,1 |
Kominmet | 56,2 | 58 |
Others | 40,3 | 19,2 |
Total | 740 | 779,4 |