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Reportlinker Adds Global Steel Pipes & Tubes Industry


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NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Global Steel Pipes & Tubes Industry

http://www.reportlinker.com/p092525/Global-Steel-Pipes--Tubes-Industry.html

This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Steel Pipes and Tubes in Thousands of Tons by the following Product Segments: Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, & Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America. Annual estimates and forecasts are provided for the period 2007 through 2015. A seven-year historic analysis is also provided for these markets. The report profiles 746 companies including many key and niche players such as AB Sandvik Materials Technology, Al Jazeera Steel Products Company SAOG, Arabian Pipes Company, Arcelor-Mittal, Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Centravis Ltd., Choo Bee Metal Industries Berhad, Corus Group, Europipe GmbH, Evraz Inc. NA, Gerdau MACSTEEL, Inc., JFE Steel Corporation, Kobe Steel Ltd., Man Industries Ltd., Melewar Industrial Group Berhad, National Pipe Company Ltd., Nippon Steel Corporation, Northwest Pipe Company, OAO TMK, TMK IPSCO, Volzhsky Pipe Plant, PT Bakrie Pipe Industries, Salzgitter Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH, Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited, Techint Group, Tenaris S.A., Maverick Tube Corporation, Siderca Sociedad Anonima Industrial Commercial, Tenaris S.A., Tenaris Dalmine S.p.A., Tubos de Acero de Mexico SA, Ternium S.A., Ternium Siderar, Tianjin Pipe Corp., The Timken Company, Tubacex S.A., United States Steel Corporation, Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes, Welspun Corp Ltd., and Wheatland Tube Company. Market data and analytics are derived from primary and secondary research. Company profiles are mostly extracted from URL research and reported select online sources.

STEEL PIPES AND TUBES MCP-2769

A GLOBAL STRATEGIC BUSINESS REPORT

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION, METHODOLOGY & PRODUCT DEFINITIONS 1

Study Reliability and Reporting Limitations 1

Disclaimers 2

Data Interpretation & Reporting Level 2

Quantitative Techniques & Analytics 3

Product Definitions and Scope of Study 3

Electric Resistance Welded Pipes 3

Mechanical Steel Tubing 4

Structural Tubing 4

Structural Steel Pipes 4

Pressure Tubing 4

Standard Pipes 4

Oil Country Tubular Goods 4

Line Pipes 4

Seamless Pipes & Tubes 5

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes 5

Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes 5

Miscellaneous Pipes and Tubes 5

2. GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW 6

Economic Development: Determining Market Growth 6

Current & Future Analysis 6

Steel Industry and Recession 6

Impact of Recession on Steel Pipes and Tubes 7

Global Steel Tubes Production - An Overview 7

Competition in the Global Steel Pipes Market 8

Table 1: Leading Manufacturers in the Global Steel Pipes

Market (2007) (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 8

Large Diameter Steel Pipe Segment 8

Table 2: Leading Global Manufacturers of Large Diameter

Steel Pipes (2007): Percentage Share Breakdown of Production

Volume for Salzgitter/ Europipe, Welspun, JFE, Sumitomo,

Evraz, Nippon Steel, Riva, PSL, JSW, Arcelor Mittal, Stupp,

and Others (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 9

3. STEEL INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 10

Steelmaking - Tracing the Roots 10

From Ore to Finished Product - A Complex Journey 10

Stainless Steel - Varying Forms with Varying Proportions 11

Finished Products - Ultimate in Applications 11

Ultra-Light Steel - Answer to a Sustainable Market Share 11

Flat Products - Dominating the Stainless Steel Market 11

From Cars to Houses - Steel, Ubiquitous in Nature 11

Global Steel Production 12

Table 3: Global Steel Production in Million Tons (2006-2009)

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 12

Table 4: Global Steel Production (2008): Percentage Share

Breakdown of Production Volume for Asia-Pacific, Europe,

NAFTA, CIS, Middle East & Africa, and Others (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 12

Table 5: Leading Global Producers of Crude Steel (2008):

Percentage Share Breakdown of Production Volume for China,

Japan, US, Russia, India, South Korea, and Others (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 13

4. PRODUCT OVERVIEW 14

Electric Resistance Welded Pipes & Tubes 14

Classification of ERW Pipes and Tubes Based on Size 14

Small Diameter Pipes 14

Large Diameter Pipes 14

A Product-Wise Categorization 14

Mechanical Steel Tubing - Highly Equipment Oriented 15

A Categorization 15

Cold Drawn Mechanical Tubing: Economy - A Key Parameter 15

Production Process of Drawn Tubing 15

Diverse Applications 16

Structural Tubing 16

Structural Steel Pipes 16

Automotive and Heavy Equipment - Emerging Application Areas 16

Pressure Tubing 16

Standard Pipes 16

From Plumbing & Transportation to Construction 17

Structural Tubing & Standard Pipe: An Analogy 17

Oil Country Tubular Goods 17

Drill Pipes 17

Line Pipes 17

Seamless Pipes & Tubes 18

For Strong Applications 18

Classification of Seamless Pipes and Tubes by End-Use

Application 18

Oil and Gas Sector - A Dominant End-User 18

Engineering Sector 18

Standardized Vs Specialized Tubes - A Product Wise

Classification 18

Premium Pricing - An Effective Entry Barrier 19

Offshore Drilling and Exploration - Key to a Bright Future 19

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes 19

Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes - Superior Shock Resistance 19

Submerged Arc Welded Pipes & Tubes - Gas Transmission, an

Important Application 19

Miscellaneous Pipes and Tubes 19

5. PRODUCTION PROCESS 20

High-Pressure Hydroforming - For Lightweight Steel 20

Hot Finished Process 20

Cold Finished Process - For a Smoother Finish 20

Seamless Tubes 21

Stages in the Production of Seamless Pipes and Tubes 21

Higher Yield through Conical Piercing Technology 21

Efficient Manufacturing Process - A Vital Factor in a Capital

Intensive Industry 21

Extruded Pipes - Stronger than Welded Products 22

6. ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS: PROVIDING CONSIDERABLE COMPETITION 23

Plastics - Growing in Stature 23

Lightweight Cars - Consumer's Choice Increases Growth 23

A Star Performer in the Future 23

Wood: Nature at its Competitive Best 23

Stainless Steel Tubes - Environmental Concerns Spurring Growth 23

Zircalloy Tubes - For a Fluid Environment 24

7. END-USE APPLICATIONS 25

Oil and Natural Gas Industry: The Primary Customer 25

Petrochemical Industry: Another Major End-Use Market 25

Construction Industry 25

Water Transmission 25

Sewerage Pipelines 26

Building Construction 26

Automotive Industry 26

Agricultural Applications: Mechanization Promoting Growth 26

Telecommunication Sector 26

Industrial Equipment 27

Defense Equipment 27

Exercise Equipment 27

Fire Protection 27

Hospital Equipment 27

8. RECENT INDUSTRY ACTIVITY 28

JFE Steel Buys Minority Stake in SUNSCO 28

Nord Stream and EUROPIPE Ink Agreement 28

JFE Steel Signs Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Mycron

Steel Berhad 28

Tata Steel and Nippon Steel to Enter into Joint Venture 28

Nittetsu Steel Pipe Takes Over Toshida's Subsidiary 29

Irestal and Tsinghan to Establish Facility for Stainless Steel

Tubes 29

Marcegaglia Signs Agreement with Praxair Technology 29

MSL to Establish Integrated Steel Plant 29

Bihar Tubes Limited Sets Up Steel Tube Plant in Bangalore 29

Precision Castparts Acquires Stake in Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube 29

Essar Steel Limited Merges Four Entities 30

Shougang to Ink Agreement for Acquiring Tonggang 30

Welspun to Take Over Aziz European Pipe Factory 30

Ternium to Buy Stake in Ferrasa 30

Zenith Birla (India) Demerges Tool Division 31

Nittetsu Steel Pipe Acquires Wuxi TSD 31

Precision Castparts Buys Stake in Yangzhou Chengde Steel Tube 31

Surya Roshni to Establish New Steel Facility 31

Nippon Steel Collaborates with VNSteel to Establish Steel

Facility 31

Jiangsu Sandeli Starts Construction of Welded Steel Pipe Plant 31

Sumitomo Metal to Enhance Steel Tubes Capacity 32

JSK Metalex to Set Up Steel Tube Manufacturing Facility 32

Boomerang and Access Industries Tube Fund Construction of

Manufacturing Unit 32

Wilh. Schulz to Set Up Steel Pipe Manufacturing Unit 32

Lakeside Steel to Take Over Barzel's Assets 32

Four Government Steel Mills Merge to Form a Single Group 33

Xinyu Iron and Steel Co. to Acquire Jiangxi Hongdu Steelworks 33

Tenaris Takes Over Seamless Pipe Indonesia Jaya 33

SMS Meer Takes Over Majority Holdings in PWS Automatisierungs 33

Shougang Group to Take Over Changzhi Iron and Steel Group 33

VAM USA Merges with V&M Atlas Bradford 33

TMK Acquires US Assets and Companies of IPSCO 34

Nippon and Sumitomo Signs Definitive Agreement 34

Baosteel to Commission Seamless Steel Pipe Project 34

Yalian Signs Agreement with Tongyu 34

OAO TMK Acquires Outstanding Stake in NS Group 35

Northwest Pipe Receives Pipe Delivery Order from COP Construction 35

Northwest Pipe Obtains Pipe Delivery Order from Oscar Renda

Contracting 35

Northwest Pipe Receives LOI from Slayden Construction Group 35

Sumitomo Metal Industries and Bhushan Steel Ink MoU 35

Northwest Pipe Company Announces the City Trunk Line South

Unit 2 Project 36

Tubacex and Vallourec Ink Cooperation Agreement 36

U. S. Steel Tubular Announces Exit from DOM business 36

Welspun Gujarat Spins Off Plate-cum-Coil Mill 36

Welspun Gujarat Sets Up Pipe Mill in the US 36

Welspun Gujarat Obtains LSAW Pipes Order from GAIL 37

Tianjin Pipe Announces Stake Acquisition and Joint Venture

with Shanxi Taigang 37

HTVB to Acquire Stake in Eastern Steel Sdn Bhd 37

TISCO Enters Into Joint Venture with Tianjin Pipe 37

Wuhan Steel Enters Into Agreement with Husteel 38

Al Rajhi to Invest for Enhancing Capacity of Pipes and Tubes 38

Ratnamani Metals to Augment Gandhidham Plant 38

OJSC Urals Steel Forms Joint Venture with ChTPZ 38

POSCO Concludes the Construction of API Steel Pipe Factory 38

China Finalizes Vertical Extruder for Mass Production of Steel

Pipes 38

Sutor Technology to Acquire Ningbo Zhehua 39

Valin Steel to Invest CNY1.676 billion in Seamless Tube

Production 39

Surya Roshni to Invest in Southern India 39

Nisshin Steel to Commence Stainless Steel Tubes Production 39

Nezone Group Extends Production Capacity 39

Vallourec to Acquire DPAL FZCO 39

Toyota Acquires 1.5% stake in Tube Investments 40

Rama Group to Establish Manufacturing Plants 40

PTC Alliance Corporation to Venture into Indian Market 40

Surya Global Steel Tubes Commissions Spiral Pipe Plant 40

9. CORPORATE ACTIVITY IN RECENT PAST - A PERSPECTIVE BUILDER 41

Evraz Group Buys IPSCO Tubulars 41

Evraz Acquires Canadian Assets of IPSCO 41

ArcelorMittal Acquires Majority Stake in Manchester Tubos e

Perfilados S.A 41

Xinxing Steel Pipe Acquires Majority Stake in Huangshi Xinxing

Pipe 41

ArcelorMittal Acquires Unicon 42

Novolipetsk Steel Acquires Beta Steel 42

McJunkin Red Man Acquires LaBarge Pipe & Steel 42

General Steel Holdings to Acquire Majority Stake in Yantai

Steel Pipe 42

Heartland Steel Products Takes Over Assets of EWCO 43

Genesis Asset Managers Acquires Minority Stake in Welspun 43

Sandvik to Sell Division 43

YLI HOLDINGS to Acquire WIBAWA 43

Chongqing and Tianjin Setup a Joint Venture 43

ArcelorMittal Inks an Agreement to Take Over Bayou Steel 44

Maruichi Steel Tube Acquires Majority Stake in Leavitt Tube 44

Evraz Group Acquires Select Production Assets of Palmrose 44

CENTRAVIS and Handy & Harman Enter into Strategic Partnership 44

Pratibha Industries to Spin Off Steel Pipes Division 45

TW Metals Takes Over Stainless Tubular Products 45

WSP China Inks an Agreement to Acquire Mengfeng 45

Welspun Group to Acquire Remi Metals 45

Latvian Severstallat Acquires Technologie Buczek 46

TMK Takes Over Kaztrubprom 46

Watts Water Acquires Blucher Metal 46

China Drill to Acquire Yalian Steel 46

Egypt Kuwait Holding Acquires 25% Stake in IPIC 47

Inox Tubes to Set Up SS Pipe Plant in Jammu 47

Welspun Gujarat Bags European Order Worth $30 Million 47

GE Acquires Hydril Pressure Control Business of Tenaris 47

Kloeckner UK to Acquire Multitube 47

BTL and Kusakabe to Jointly Setup Stainless Steel Pipes and

Tubes Plant 47

Welspun Gujarat Secures Significant Spiral Pipes Supply Order 47

Welspun Gujarat Bags ERW Pipe Line Order 48

Usiminas Takes Over Zamprogna 48

Marcegaglia Initiates New Plant Construction in Vladimir 48

Northwest Pipe Company Bags $ 17 million Pipe Supply Order 48

Northwest Pipe Company Wins $7 million Order 48

Northwest Pipe Company Project from S.J. Louis Construction 49

Northwest Pipe Company Plans to Develop New Manufacturing

Facility in Houston 49

Northwest Pipe Company Bags $19 million Order from Don Kelly

Construction 49

TMK Inks Cooperation Agreement with Turkmenneft 49

Sandvik to Enhance Capacity for Steam Generator Tubes 49

Sumitomo Metal Expands Production Capacity for High-end

Seamless Pipes 50

Sumitomo Metals Bags Order for Super High- End Boiler Tubes

from Hitachi 50

Sumitomo Bags Order for Large-Diameter Welded Line Pipes from

IPIC 50

Tenaris to Establish Modern Rolling Mill 50

Northwest Pipe Bags Ranger Pipelines Order 50

ArcelorMittal and Saudi Bin Jarallah to Setup Joint Venture in

Saudi Arabia 51

Jindal Saw Wins Line Pipes Order from Cairn Energy India Pty Ltd 51

JSW Steel to Establish JV for New Steel Plant in Georgia 51

Samuel Son & Co Acquires Encore Metals from Reliance Steel &

Aluminum Co 51

Samuel Manu-Tech Inc. Acquires Tubular Products Co. 52

Corus Tubes to Supply Linepipe for Perdido Norte Project in

the Gulf of Mexico 52

JFE Steel and United States Steel Sign Cooperative Technical

Exchange Agreement 52

VALLOUREC & MANNESMANN TUBES Renames Hot-Rolled Tubes Division 52

OAO TMK Plans New Welded Pipe Plant in Volzhsky 53

ArcelorMittal Acquires Stakes in Gonvarri Brasil 53

Northwest Pipe Company to Supply Tubing for Steel Casings to

Major Tool & Machines 53

Centravis Ltd Launches New Production Line for Pipes 54

Tsingshan Group Plans Stainless Steel Pipe Production Line in

Shanghai 54

ArcelorMittal Acquires Steel Companies in Austria and Uruguay 54

Man Industries Exports Pipes to the US 54

UMW Holdings Enters into Joint Venture with Kamineni Group 54

Voestalpine Acquires Stakes in Meincol 55

U.S. Steel Acquires Stelco Inc. 55

NF Forgings to Establish Seamless Tube Facility in India 55

Haykala and Zamil Group Acquires Stake in Premiere 55

Tarpon Industries to Divest Steelbank Subsidiary 56

OneSteel Merges with Smorgon Steel Group 56

Valin Group to Acquire Majority Stake in Jiangsu Xigang Group 56

ArcelorMittal to Acquire Steel Tube Facilities of Vallourec 56

CMC Acquires Valjaonica Cijevi Sisak 56

Tubos Ipiranga to Expand Steel Pipes Production Capacity 57

JBM Auto Ltd Signs Joint Venture Agreement with Sumitomo

Corporation and Nisshim Steel Corporation 57

Tube Investments Plans to Make Overseas Acquisition 57

General Steel and Baotou Iron and Steel Group Sign Amended

Joint Venture Agreement 57

Man Industries Plans to Establish Joint Venture in the U.S. 57

NSG Takes Over Zamprogna 58

SSAB to Take Over Ipsco 58

BEAR, STEARNS Takes Over a Stake in Steel Tubes 58

Samuel Manu-Tech to Take Over Dofasco Elizabethtown 58

Commercial Metals Takes Over Valjaonica Cijevi Sisak 58

JSW Steel Takes Over Jindal Enterprises 59

United States Steel Takes Over Lone Star Technologies 59

RusSpetsStal Takes Over Red October Steel 59

John Maneely to Take over Sharon Tube 59

Standard Locknut LLC Takes Over Standard Locknut Inc 59

ValTubes Takes Over Valtimet 59

Marmon Group Takes Over Victory Tube 60

Gerdau Group Acquires MACSTEEL Steel Business from Quanex

Corporation 60

Tata Steel Acquires Corus Group 60

Dofasco Tubular Products to Divest Stainless Tube Making

Facility in Kentucky 60

Nord Stream Awards Steel Pipe Supply Contract to EURIPIPE and OMK 61

Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation Acquires Chaparral Steel Company 61

Gerdau Group to Form Joint Venture with Kalyani Group 61

Gerdau Group Acquires Siderurgica Zuliana 61

Evraz Group Acquires Oregon Steel Mills 62

Sandvik to Divest Stakes in Outokumpu Stainless Tubular Products 62

ArcelorMittal Acquires Cínter 62

ArcelorMittal Acquires Sicartsa 62

Northwest Pipe Company Acquires S Square Tube Products 62

Northwest Pipe Company Receives Pipe Supply Order from W.W. Clyde 63

Northwest Pipe Company Acquires Continental Pipe Manufacturing

Company 63

Sumitomo Signs MoU with Vallourec to Establish a Joint Venture

in Brazil to Produce Seamless Pipes 63

Timken Expands Steel Tubing Length 64

United States Steel, POSCO, and SeAH Steel in Joint Venture to

Establish Spiral Welded Pipe Facility 64

TMK-CPW Introduces New Product Line 64

Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Builds Plate and Coil Mill in India 65

Tata Steel Pockets Corus 65

10. FOCUS ON SELECT GLOBAL PLAYERS 66

AB Sandvik Materials Technology (USA) 66

Al Jazeera Steel Products Company SAOG (Oman) 66

Arabian Pipes Company (UAE) 66

Arcelor-Mittal (Luxembourg) 66

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. (China) 67

Centravis Ltd. (Ukraine) 67

Choo Bee Metal Industries Berhad (Malaysia) 67

Corus Group (The United Kingdom) 68

Europipe GmbH (Germany) 68

Evraz Inc. NA (USA) 68

Gerdau MACSTEEL, Inc. (USA) 69

JFE Steel Corporation (Japan) 69

Kobe Steel Ltd. (Japan) 69

Man Industries Ltd. (India) 70

Melewar Industrial Group Berhad (Malaysia) 70

National Pipe Company Ltd. (Saudi Arabia) 70

Nippon Steel Corporation (Japan) 70

Northwest Pipe Company (USA) 71

OAO TMK (Russia) 71

TMK IPSCO (Canada) 72

Volzhsky Pipe Plant (Russia) 72

PT Bakrie Pipe Industries (Indonesia) 72

Salzgitter Mannesmann Stainless Tubes GmbH (Germany) 73

Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited (Japan) 73

Techint Group (Italy) 73

Tenaris S.A. (Luxembourg) 74

Maverick Tube Corporation (USA) 74

Siderca Sociedad Anonima Industrial Commercial (Argentina) 74

Tenaris S.A. (Argentina) 75

Tenaris Dalmine S.p.A. (Italy) 75

Tubos de Acero de Mexico SA (Mexico) 75

Ternium S.A. (Luxembourg) 76

Ternium Siderar (Argentina) 76

Tianjin Pipe Corp. (Middle East) Ltd. (UAE) 76

The Timken Company (USA) 77

Tubacex S.A. (Spain) 77

United States Steel Corporation (USA) 77

Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes (France) 77

Welspun Corp Ltd. (India) 78

Wheatland Tube Company (USA) 78

11. GLOBAL MARKET PERSPECTIVE 79

Table 6: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Steel Pipes and Tubes by Geographic Region - US, Canada,

Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,

and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 79

Table 7: World Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 80

Table 8: World 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales

for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 81

Steel Pipes and Tubes Market by Product Segment 82

Table 9: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Electric Resistance Welded Pipes by Geographic Region - US,

Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle

East, and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with

Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 82

Table 10: World Historic Review for Electric Resistance Welded

Pipes by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,

Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America

Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in

Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 83

Table 11: World 11-Year Perspective for Electric Resistance

Welded Pipes by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of

Volume Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets for

Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 84

Table 12: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Electric Resistance Welded Pipes by Product Segment -

Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel

Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular

Goods, and Line Pipes Markets Independently Analyzed with

Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 85

Table 13: World Historic Review for Electric Resistance Welded

Pipes by Product Segment - Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 86

Table 14: World 11-Year Perspective for Electric Resistance

Welded Pipes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of

Volume Sales for Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing,

Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil

Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes Markets for Years 2005,

2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 87

Table 15: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Mechanical Steel Tubing by Geographic Region - US, Canada,

Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,

and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 88

Table 16: World Historic Review for Mechanical Steel Tubing by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 89

Table 17: World 11-Year Perspective for Mechanical Steel

Tubing by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding

Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005,

2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 90

Table 18: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Structural Tubing by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan,

Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin

America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 91

Table 19: World Historic Review for Structural Tubing by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 92

Table 20: World 11-Year Perspective for Structural Tubing by

Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales for

US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 93

Table 21: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Structural Steel Pipes by Geographic Region - US, Canada,

Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,

and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 94

Table 22: World Historic Review for Structural Steel Pipes by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 95

Table 23: World 11-Year Perspective for Structural Steel Pipes

by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales

for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 96

Table 24: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Pressure Tubing by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan,

Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin

America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 97

Table 25: World Historic Review for Pressure Tubing by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 98

Table 26: World 11-Year Perspective for Pressure Tubing by

Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales for

US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 99

Table 27: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Standard Pipes by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan,

Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin

America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 100

Table 28: World Historic Review for Standard Pipes by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 101

Table 29: World 11-Year Perspective for Standard Pipes by

Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales for

US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 102

Table 30: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Oil

Country Tubular Goods by Geographic Region - US, Canada,

Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,

and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 103

Table 31: World Historic Review for Oil Country Tubular Goods

by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 104

Table 32: World 11-Year Perspective for Oil Country Tubular

Goods by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding

Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005,

2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 105

Table 33: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Line Pipes by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,

Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America

Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in

Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 106

Table 34: World Historic Review for Line Pipes by Geographic

Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding

Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets Independently

Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years

2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 107

Table 35: World 11-Year Perspective for Line Pipes by

Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales for

US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 108

Table 36: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Seamless Pipes & Tubes by Geographic Region - US, Canada,

Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,

and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 109

Table 37: World Historic Review for Seamless Pipes & Tubes by

Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 110

Table 38: World 11-Year Perspective for Seamless Pipes & Tubes

by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales

for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan),

Middle East, and Latin America Markets for Years 2005, 2010 &

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 111

Table 39: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes by Geographic Region - US,

Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle

East, and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with

Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through

2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 112

Table 40: World Historic Review for Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,

Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America

Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in

Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 113

Table 41: World 11-Year Perspective for Continuous Welded

Pipes & Tubes by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of

Volume Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets for

Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 114

Table 42: World Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes by Geographic Region - US, Canada,

Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East,

and Latin America Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual

Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007 through 2015

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 115

Table 43: World Historic Review for Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes by Geographic Region - US, Canada, Japan, Europe,

Asia-Pacific (excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America

Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in

Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 116

Table 44: World 11-Year Perspective for Gas Spiral Welded

Pipes & Tubes by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of

Volume Sales for US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific

(excluding Japan), Middle East, and Latin America Markets for

Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 117

12. THE UNITED STATES 118

A.Market Analysis 118

Outlook 118

Recession and the US Steel Industry 118

Rising Imports - A Cause of Concern for Domestic Steel

Industry 118

Steel Pipes and Tubes Market Declines 119

Rising Imports of Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes 119

Anti-dumping Complaint Filed Against Chinese Steel Pipe

Importers 119

Prospects in the Tubular Segment 120

OCTG - High Degree of Correlation with the Oil Industry 121

Hollow Structural Section 121

Analysis by Select End-Use Industry 121

Automobile 121

Construction 122

Oil & Gas 122

B.Market Analytics 123

Table 45: US Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 123

Table 46: US Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes by

Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 124

Table 47: US 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume Sales

for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 125

13. CANADA 126

Market Analysis 126

Table 48: Canadian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis

for Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 126

Table 49: Canadian Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 127

Table 50: Canadian 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 128

14. JAPAN 129

A.Market Analysis 129

Outlook 129

Overview 129

B.Market Analytics 130

Table 51: Japanese Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis

for Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 130

Table 52: Japanese Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 131

Table 53: Japanese 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 132

15. EUROPE 133

A.Market Analysis 133

Outlook 133

Recession Challenges EU Steel Industry 133

Table 54: Crude Steel Production in EU-27 (2008):

Percentage Share Breakdown of Production Volume for

Germany, Italy, Spain, France, UK and Others (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 133

Steel Tubes Production in Europe 134

EU Imposes Pre-Emptive Penalties on Chinese Steel Pipe

Producers 134

EU Imposes Duties on Chinese Tubes and Pipes Imports 134

B.Market Analytics 135

Table 55: European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis

for Steel Pipes and Tubes by Geographic Region - France,

Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest of Europe Markets

Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand

Tons for Years 2007 through 2015 (includes corresponding

Graph/Chart) 135

Table 56: European Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Geographic Region - France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain,

Russia and Rest of Europe Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000

through 2006 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 136

Table 57: European 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Geographic Region - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for France, Germany, Italy, UK, Spain, Russia and Rest

of Europe Markets for Years 2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes

corresponding Graph/Chart) 137

Table 58: European Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis

for Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 138

Table 59: European Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 139

Table 60: European 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 140

15a. FRANCE 141

Market Analysis 141

Table 61: French Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 141

Table 62: French Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 142

Table 63: French 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 143

15b. GERMANY 144

Market Analysis 144

Table 64: German Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 144

Table 65: German Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 145

Table 66: German 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 146

15c. ITALY 147

Market Analysis 147

Table 67: Italian Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed

with Annual Sales Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2007

through 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 147

Table 68: Italian Historic Review for Steel Pipes and Tubes

by Product Segment - Electric Resistance Welded Pipes

(Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural

Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country

Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes,

Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes &

Tubes Markets Independently Analyzed with Annual Sales

Figures in Thousand Tons for Years 2000 through 2006

(includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 148

Table 69: Italian 11-Year Perspective for Steel Pipes and

Tubes by Product Segment - Percentage Breakdown of Volume

Sales for Electric Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel

Tubing, Structural Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure

Tubing, Standard Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line

Pipes), Seamless Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes &

Tubes, and Gas Spiral Welded Pipes & Tubes Markets for Years

2005, 2010 & 2015 (includes corresponding Graph/Chart) 149

15d. THE UNITED KINGDOM 150

Market Analysis 150

Table 70: UK Recent Past, Current & Future Analysis for

Steel Pipes and Tubes by Product Segment - Electric

Resistance Welded Pipes (Mechanical Steel Tubing, Structural

Tubing, Structural Steel Pipes, Pressure Tubing, Standard

Pipes, Oil Country Tubular Goods, and Line Pipes), Seamless

Pipes & Tubes, Continuous Welded Pipes & Tubes, and Gas

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