Importers of steel pipes to Ukraine used 78% 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 3,686 tons. In particular, Russia used 99.92% of its quota for exports of the mentioned products to Ukraine, while Austria used 47.54% of its quota. (Steel Orbis)