December 03, 2008
Russian pipe output up by 25% YoY in January to May 2007
Interfax citing Russian the Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat reported that Russia has increased steel pipe production by 25% YoY in January to May 2007 to 3.689 million tonnes. The total includes 1.333 million tonnes of seamless pipes up by 14.2% YoY and 2.254 million tonnes of welded pipes up by 32.2% YoY.
The production data for various categories of pipes during January to May 2007 is as under
| May'07 | J-M'07 | J-M'06 | Change | |
| Total | 789.3 | 3688.5 | 2951.3 | 25% |
| Seamless | 282.2 | 1332.5 | 1166.5 | 14% |
| Welded | 486.8 | 2254.3 | 1705.4 | 32% |
| Casing | 89.8 | 435.1 | 418.3 | 4% |
| Drilling | 3.5 | 17.0 | 12.3 | 38% |
| Oil well tubing | 35.3 | 168.9 | 148 | 14% |
In '000 tonnes
Sources Rosstat
The production data for Russia’s major pipe makers during January to May 2007 is as under
| May'07 | J-M'07 | J-M'06 | Change | |
| Vyksa Metals Plant | 157.5 | 783.1 | 571.4 | 37% |
| Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant | 103.7 | 469.7 | 350.1 | 34% |
| Pervouralsk Novotrubny Pipe Mill | 75.8 | 342.7 | 280.1 | 22% |
| Volzhsky Pipe Mill | 102.8 | 470.2 | 384.9 | 22% |
| Sinara Pipe Mill | 50.6 | 249.9 | 238.3 | 5% |
| Taganrog Metals Plant | 58.3 | 289.0 | 282.9 | 2% |
| Seversky Pipe Mill | 51.2 | 264.4 | 258.8 | 2% |
| Almetyevsk Pipe Mill | 13.8 | 52.5 | 45.2 | 16% |
| Novosibirsk Metal Works | 16.7 | 73.0 | 70.5 | 4% |
| Uraltrubprom | 22.4 | 105.8 | 81.8 | 29% |
| Volgograd Pipe Mill | 7.9 | 30.4 | 11.8 | 158% |
| Bor Pipe Mill | 8.4 | 33.7 | 28.5 | 18% |
| Leningradsky Trubostal Pipe Mill | 6.0 | 23.7 | 16.1 | 47% |
In '000 tonnes
Sources Rosstat
