In January-July Ukraine increased pipes output by 3.3% YoY, to 664.5 thousand tons.
In July 86.6 thousand tons were produced.
In particular, Ukrtruboprom association enterprises increased pipe output by 2.8%, to 487.3 thousand tons, with 62.5 thousand tons produced in July.
Khartsyzsk Pipe Works is still idle.
Interpipe-NTZ produced 154.9 thousand tons of pipes, down by 10.6% (19.5 thousand tons in July), Interpipe NMTZ – 65.7 thousand tons, up by 6.3% (11.9 thousand tons), and Interpipe Niko Tube – 237.2 thousand tons, up by 10% (27.9 thousand tons).
Dneprovsky Pipe Works increased output by 47.5%, to 14.6 thousand tons (1 thousand tons), Centravis – by 12.7%, to 13.3 thousand tons of stainless pipes (1.9 thousand tons), but Trubostal decreased by 11.1%, to 1.6 thousand tons (0.3 thousand tons).
Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works, which is not a part of the association, produced 92 thousand tons of pipes, up by 20.1% (9.9 thousand tons), while Kominmet – 85.3 thousand tons, down by 7.7% (14.3 thousand tons). (Ukrainian metal)
