According toS.Aleschenko,mainlycasing, pump
andcompressoranddrillpipesare imported from
China.The total of102.7kt casing tubes (against
7.5kt in2012), 62.8ktofpumpandcompressor tubes
(against27.2kt), and25.3ktofdrillpipes (against
12.2kt)were imported fromChina in2013.After
theAgreementonRegulationof SomeTypesof
SteelTubesSupplies fromUkraine,Belarus, and
Kazakhstan toRussiaexpired in2013, supplies from
thesecountriesdropped167kt.
TheCISproducers increasecapacities (diagram2).
Over the last twoyears, forexample, seamless
tubesoutput capacitieshave increased200ktdue to
depreservationofTPA-400mill atRustavskSteel
Works in2012andMill 140atChTPZ in2013,while
electric-welded tubes segment shows1.3Mt increase.
Sucha sharp increase inoffer in theelectric-
welded tubes segment isdue toextensive
commissioningof tubesmillsby small andmedium
companies turning themarket fromglobal into
regional. In2007, forexample, small andmedium
producersaccounted for20%of thedomesticmarket,
while in2013 theirmarket sharegrewup to35%.
Their share in small andmediumdiameterwelded
tubes segmentgrew from52 to71%.
According toA.Trofimov,DeputyGeneralManager,
TMKTradeHouse, themarketbalancehasbeen
seriouslybroken for todayRussiaoperatesabout9Mtof
smallandmediumdiameter tubes facilitieswhile their
consumptionranges from3.5 to4Mty. It isbecoming
moredifficult forbigcompanies tocompetewith
regionalproducers themajorityofwhichare located in
thevicinityof theircustomers.Manyofsuchcompanies
are located in theSouthand theUralswhere thereareno
problemswithsemi-finishedrolledstocksupplies.
S.Aleschenkoestimatesprocessutilization
rate in the segment at45%. S. Spivakov,Marketing
Dept., Severstal,whenanalyzing thedynamicsof
productionandconsumptionof constructionwelded
tubes in thefirst10months2013, pointsout increase
in themarket capacityby7% (diagrams3, 4).
V. Shipunov,Chairmanof theBoard,Korolev
TubesWorks, reviewinghollow sectionsmarket,
pointsout itskeyproducersandchanges in their
marketpositions in2013comparedwith2012.
The top threeproducers (SeverstalBentShapes
Plant, SheksnaTubesWorks, and IsaevskHeavy
EngineeringWorks)havekept, even increased their
market shares.Their totalmarket share in2013
reachedabout31%.
Inaddition to thatTEM-POandKuzmin
NovosibirskSteelWorkshave increasedhollow
sectionsoutputby26%and43% respectively.DIA
increasedoutputby17%, SoyuzTradeand Industrial
Company:+38%,UralsSteelProcessingCompany:
+19%,KorolevTubesWorks:+39%,Oktan
ZelenokumskTubesWorks:+39%,TaganrogSteel
Works:+36%, andMashprofil:+480%.
Diagram 3. ConstructionWelded Tubes Output in
Russia
Diagram 4. ConstructionWelded Tubes Consumption in
Russia
Diagram 2. The CIS Steel Tubes
Facilities Dynamics
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