Importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 77.71% of their annual quota (up to the end of September 2012) for imports of steel seamless casing and tubing with diameters up to 406.4 mm.
For the period from October 1 2011 to September 30 2012, the quota in question is 16,753 tons. Of this figure, the unused quota volume is 3,733 tons. In particular, Russia used 99.92% of its quota for exports of the mentioned products to Ukraine and Austria used 45.6% of its quota. (SteelOrbis)