In January-November Ukraine increased pipe output by 5.7% YoY, to 1.019 million tons, including 78.2 thousand tons in November.
In particular, Ukrtrubprom enterprises produced 732.7 thousand tons of pipes in 11 months, up by 14.1% YoY, including 55.4 thousand tons in November.
Khartsyzsk Pipe Works and Lugansk Pipe Works were idle.
Interpipe-NTZ produced 255.6 thousand tons of pipes, up by 9.7% (15.4 thousand tons in November), Interpipe NMTZ – 103.7 thousand tons, up by 15% (8.3 thousand tons), and Interpipe Niko Tube – 337.9 thousand tons, up by 22.9% (28.3 thousand tons).
Dniepropetrovsk Pipe Works decreased pipe output by 10.4%, to 14.7 thousand tons (1.3 thousand tons), but Centravis decreased by 6.4%, to 18.2 thousand tons (1.9 thousand tons).
Trubostal produced 2.6 thousand tons, down by 3.7% (0.2 thousand tons).
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works and Kominmet, not parts of Ukrtrubprom, decreased pipe output by 9.3%, to 130.3 thousand tons (9.9 thousand tons) and by 12.5%, to 156.4 thousand tons (13 thousand tons) respectively. (Ukrainian metal)