Page 6 - VAK_Broschuere_II_18.indd

Market information
World Steel Tube Production – Forecast
At the end 2017 the World Steel Tube Production reaches 167.2 million tons, an increase of 0.6%. The production of seamless tubes increased 7.4 % to 41.8 Mio
to, significant is the increase in the USA with 74.1 %.
Germany reached with an increase of 87.0 % a positive result in the large diameter pipe market.
Total in Tto.
Chinese steel tube producers achieved a production of 92,0 million metric tons, a minus of 6.1 %, the USA with a production of 10.5 million tons a plus of 34 %.
180.000
135.000
90.000
45.000
0
40 30 20 10
0 -10
Region/ country
Germany
EU USA
Japan
GUS
India
China
Other
World
Germany 1,213 1,045 16.1 909 868 4.7 1,165 EU(+Germany)3,962 3,296 20.2 8,357 8,056 3.7 1,599
USA
Japan
CIS
India
China
Other
World
Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahlrohre e.V.
IV. Quarter 2017
IV. Quarter 2016
welded tubes <406 in % in %
welded tubes
2016 in % in % in %
623 87.0 2,074 1,491 39.1 3,287 2,536 29.6 1,086 47.2 9,956 9,142 8.9 13,918 12,438 11.9 1,211 -7.3 8,442 6,657 26.8 10,510 7,845 34.0 1.507 -4,6 4.832 4.772 1,3 6.126 5.966 2,7 2.535 5,1 8.700 8.097 7,4 13.276 12.096 9,8 2.000 0,0 3.600 3.500 2,9 3.980 3.840 3,6 9.400 0,0 65.000 71.000 -8,5 92.000 98.000 -6,1 4,554 2.4 24,811 24,107 2.9 27,391 26,061 5.1
seamless tubes
2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017
2,068 1,188 74.1 7,319 5,446 34.4 1,123 1.294 1.194 8,4 3.394 3.265 4,0 1.438 4.576 3.999 14,4 6.035 5.562 8,5 2.665
380 340 11,8 1.600 1.500 6,7 2.000 27.000 27.000 0,0 55.600 61.600 -9,7 9.400 2,580 1,954 32.0 20,147 18,845 6.9 4,664
41,860 38,971 7.4 102,452 104,982 -2.4 22,889 22,293 2.7
125,341 127,275
-1.5 167,201 166,246 0.6 figures include estimations
6 ITAtube Journal No2/July 2018
welded tubes >406
2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change
TOTAL