Domestic welded pressure tubeshipments have all but fallen off the mapover the last few months. We find the YTDtotal shipments about 22% behind last yearand about 25% behind our forecast. Giventhe way shipments pattern in this productthat may very well mean we will bereforecasting this product once we get fullfirst quarter data including imports. To addto the welded troubles, the domesticseamless shipment activity has been slowover the last two months as well.Remember these are orders placed late lastyear most likely, as the seamless items aretypically special in one way or another. Thatdelay in ordering has given us theimpression that projects and repair workactivity was delayed.
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