Quotas for imports of seamless casing and compressor pipes irrespective of the country of origin or export have been prolonged from October 1, 2014 till March 31, 2015.
The total volume of quotas for 6 months is 9328 tons.
Russian special quota volumes constitute 6631 tons, that of Austria – 1367 tons, Poland – 614, Romania – 117, Slovakia – 95, India – 40, China – 27, other countries – 437 tons.
In June 2008 Ukraine implemented a quota for import of these pipes at 14.5-15.9 thousand tons per year from October 1, 2008 till September 30, 2011.
In September 2011 Ukraine prolonged the import quoting of the steel seamless casing and compressor pipes with up to 406.4 mm outer diameter till October 2014. (Ukrainian metal)