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Market information
World Steel Tube Production – Forecast
In the rst quarter of 2019 the World Steel Tube Pro- duction reaches 43,6 million tons, an increase of 0.7 %. The production of seamless tubes increased 1.2 % to 11 Mio to, signi cant is the increase in India with 20 %. Germany reached with a loss of -10.1 %
a negative result in the seamless tubes market, and a minus of 26.5 % in total productions. Chinese steel tube producers achieved a production of 24 million metric tons, a plus of 1.6 %, the USA with a production of 3 million tons an increase of 9.5 %.
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37500
25000
12500
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15 7,5 0 -7,5 -15 -22,5 -30
Region/ country
Germany
EU USA
Japan
GUS
India
China
welded tubes
Other
World
TOTAL
1. Quarter 2019
1. Quarter 2018
Total in Tto.
EU
USA
Japan
GUS
India
China
Other
World
985 1,038 -5.1 2,173 2,127 2.2 224 429 -47.8 2,397 2.556 -6.2 3,382 3.594 -5.9
581 557 4.3 2,050 1,987 3.2 468 285 64.2 2,518 2,272 10.8 3,099 2,829 9.5
351 346 1.4 894 863 3.6 315 342 -7.9 1,209 1,205 0.3 1,560 1,551 0.6
1,170 1,187 -1.4 1,352 1,408 -4.0 638 860 -25.8 1,990 2,268 -12.3 3,160 3,455 -8.5
150 125 20.0 400 400 0.0 500 500 0.0 900 900 0.0 1,050 1,025 2.4
7,000 6,875 1.8 15,000 14,750 1.7 2,000 2,000 0.0 17,000 16,750 1.5 24,000 23,625 1.6
777 752 3.3 5,447 5,338 2.0 1,173 1,158 1.3 6,620 6,496 1.9 7,397 7,248 2.1
11,014 10,880 1.2 27,316 26,873 1.6 5,318 5,574 -4.6 32,634 32,447 0.6 43,648 43,327 0.7
seamless tubes
welded tubes <406
welded tubes >406
1. Qtr 1. Qtr in % 1. Qtr 1. Qtr in % 1. Qtr 1. Qtr in % 1. Qtr 21. Qtr in % 1. Qtr 1. Qtr in % 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Germany 295 328 -10.1 218 228 -4.4 100 278 -64.0 318 506 -37.2 613 834 -26.5
Wirtschaftsvereinigung Stahlrohre e.V. gures include estimations
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