In January-August, Interpipe decreased railroad products output by 2.9% YoY, to 130 thousand tons.
Steel output dropped by 20.5%, to 514 thousand tons, and pipes – by 29.8%, to 308.3 thousand tons.
In August, the company produced 64.2 thousand tons of steel, 14.1 thousand tons of railroad products and 40.7 thousand tons of pipes.
Sales of round billets in 8 months grew by 57.6%, to 24.4 thousand tons, while railroad products dropped by 1.3%, to 131.4 thousand tons. Pipes sales decreased by 25.6%, to 310 thousand tons.
CIS accounted for 42% of railroad products purchases, Europe – 36%, Ukraine – 14% and MENA – 5%. The main pipes customers were Europe (30%), MENA (23%), Ukraine (19%), CIS (13%) and the USA (12%). (Ukrainian metal)