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Market information
World Steel Tube Production – Forecast
In the rst half of 2018 the World Steel Tube Production reaches 85.3 million tons, an increase of 2.5 %. The pro- duction of seamless tubes increased 1.3 % to 21.0 Mio to, signi cant is the increase in the USA with 19.3 %. Germany reached with an increase of 9.4 % a pos-
itive result in the seamless tubes market, but a minus of 12.8% in large diameter tubes. Chinese steel tube producers achieved a production of 47.2 million metric tons, a plus of 3.6 %, the USA with a production of 5.9 million tons a plus of 17.7 %.
1. Half Year 2018
1. Half Year 2017
Total in Tto.
90.000
67.500
45.000
22.500
0
18 13,5 9 4,5 0 -4,5 -9
Region/ country
Germany
EU USA
Japan
GUS
India
China
welded tubes
Other
World
TOTAL
seamless tubes
welded tubes <406
welded tubes >406
1.HY 1.HY Change 1.HY 1.HY Change 1.HY 1.HY Change 1.HY 1.HY Change 1.HY 1.HY Change
2018 2017 in % 2018 2017 in %
2018 2017 in % 2018 2017 in %
547 627 -12,8 995 1.092 -8,9
867 848 2,2 5.054 5.072 -0,4
590 521 13,2 4.740 4.039 17,4
2018 2017 in %
1.648 1.689 -2,4
7.021 7.032 -0,2
5.931 5.037 17,7
3.091 3.052 1,3
7.003 6.286 11,4
2.025 1.990 1,8
Germany 653 597 9,4 448 465 -3,7
EU(+Germany) 1.967 1.960 0,4 4.187
4.224 -0,9
3.518 18,0
USA
Japan
CIS
India
China
Other
World
1.191 998 19,3 4.150
690 637 8,3 1.707
2.422 2.245 7,9 2.935
1.669 2,3 694 746 -7,0 2.401 2.415 -0,6
225 190 18,4 800 800 0,0
13.750 13.500 1,9 29.500 27.400 7,7
847 1.286 -34,1 9.905 10.592 -6,5
4.000 4.700 -14,9 33.500 32.100 4,4 47.250 45.600 3,6
2.241 2.342 -4,3 12.146 12.934 -6,1 12.993 14.220 -8,6
2.886 1,7
1.646 1.155 42,5 4.581 4.041 13,4
1.000 1.000 0,0 1.800 1.800 0,0
21.092 20.816 1,3 53.184 51.089 4,1 11.038 11.312 -2,4 64.222 62.401 2,9 85.314 83.217 2,5
Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahlrohre e.V. gures include estimations
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