THE LINE PIPE MARKET

摘要

In total, line pipe shipments in 2017are expected to exceed the 2016 level by justunder a million tons with 80% of the growth inthe 0-16” segment. In the standard pipesection, we discuss the price relationship thatresulted in imports destined for standard pipeapplications brought in as line pipe in 2016.The balance of the growth was related tostronger upstream activity and inventory build.