In January-June major Ukrainian pipe companies produced 398.4 thousand tons of pipes, down by 7.1% YoY, with June output on the level of 69.3 thousand tons down from 70.5 thousand tons in May.
Khartsyzsk Pipe Works, situated in the ATO zone, produced 2.8 thousand tons of pipes as opposed to 66.3 thousand last year. In June the works was idle.
Interpipe-NTZ output dropped by 14.6% YoY, to 74.5 thousand tons (14.6 thousand tons in June), Interpipe NMTZ produced 52.9 thousand tons, up by 43% YoY, with 7.2 thousand in June. Niko Tube dropped output by 23%, to 95.3 thousand tons (13.5 thousand tons).
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works produced 43.9 thousand tons of pipes, up by 96.9% YoY (8.9 thousand tons in June). Lugansk Tube Plant was idle.
Kominmet saw a YoY rise of 38.4%, to 104.6 thousand tons (19.4 thousand tons), Centravis decreased output to 8.7 thousand tons (down by 10.3%), with 1.4 thousand tons produced in June.
AG Stal has been idle since 2015. Dniepropetrovsk Tube Works increased pipe output 3.2 times YoY, to 13.1 thousand tons, with 3.8 thousand tons produced in June. (Ukrainian metal)