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Market information
World Steel Tube Production – Review
In 2020, 145.7 million tonnes of steel pipes were produced. Compared to the previous year 2019, this represents a decrease of 15.1%. The production of seamless tubes decreased by 9.8 % to 38.9 Mio tons; the decrease in the USA was particularly significant at 39.2%.
Germany, with a loss of 30.2%, displayed a negative result in the seamless tubes market, and a minus of 9.8% in total productions. Chinese steel tube producers produced 82 million metric tons, a minus of 14.6%, the production in the USA fell by 23.6% to 9.0 tons.
Total in Tto.
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180.000
135.000 -
90.000 -·
45.000
0
0
-6
-12
-18
-24
Region/ country
EU
Japan
India
Other
Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahlrohre e.V.
USA 1.349 2.219 -39,2
GUS 3.794 4.465 -15,0
2020 2019
6.520 7.892 -17,4
2.920 3.300 -11,5
6.359 6.248 1,8
1.600 1.600 0,0
1.198 1.762 -32,0
607 1.137 -46,6
1.685 3.038 -44,5
1.600 2.000 -20,0
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China
Other
3.527 4.437 -20,5
3.200 3.600 -11,1
World
2020
10.854 12.690 -14,5
4.526 5.767 -21,5
3.680 4.200 -12,4 23.739 27.368 -13,3
figures include estimations
2020
2.725 3.542 -23,1
2019
in %
2019
in %
welded tubes <406
welded tubes
999 1.330 -24,9
9.067 11.873 -23,6
480 600 -20,0 2.603 3.036 -14,3
8.044 9.286 -13,4
11.838 13.751 -13,9
China 27.000 28.000 -3,6
49.000 60.000 -18,3
6.000 8.000 -25,0
55.000 68.000 -19,1
82.000 96.000 -14,6
17.209 18.845 -8,7
3.927 4.554 -13,8
21.136 24.332 13,1
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seamless tubes
World 38.950 43.192 -9,8
2020 2019 in %
91.006 106.919 -14,9
welded tubes >406
2020 2019 in %
15.748 21.538 -26,9 106.754128.457 -16,9
2020 2019 in %
TOTAL
Germany 759 1.087 -30,2
694 830 -16,4
7.398 8.220 -10,0
311 391 -20,5
1.005 1.221 -17,7
731 928 -21,2
8.129 9.148 -11,1
1.764 2.308 -23,
7.718 9.654 -20,1
145.704 171.649 -15,1