Welded pipe prices to drop in December

摘要

Domestic prices for welded pipes from AMT are steady, so are seamlesspipes imports.Prices for AMT's HR strip to Kazakh small and medium producers of weldedpipes will be static despite duller conditions in the global flat product market.Prices will be kept stable also due to modest buying in the traders' market forpipes and flat products, Metal Expert assumes. Traders' sales of standard pipesremain relatively stable despite worse weather conditions. Recovered exportdemand and increased production cost of flat products on higher raw materialexpenditures will stabilize domestic prices for AMT's HR strip. As a result, pricesfor AMT's feedstock to Kazakh pipe makers will be stable, Metal Expertforecasts. Steady production costs of small and medium players in the pipemarket will not let finished product quotes go down.