Present Situation of Domestic Steel Tube Industry in 2019 and Prospect Forecast

Introduced in the paper are the production and the import& export of the domestic steel tube industry from 2018 to May 2019.Analyzed is the current situation the industry is facing.Pointed out are the concerns of the industry for the second half of 2019 as well as the expectation for the future.The analysis indicates that both the output and the apparent consumption of our steel tubes, seamless steel tubes and weld steel tubes from 2018 to May 2019 have grown.In 2018, the import& export of steel tubes showed an increasing trend both in amount and price;the export of seamless steel tubes showed an increasing trend both in amount and price while the import showed an increasing trend in amount and a decreasing trend in price;the export of weld steel tubes showed a decreasing trend in amount and an increasing trend in price while the import showed an increasing trend both in amount and in price.From January to May 2019, the import& export of steel tubes showed an increasing trend both in amount and price.The domestic steel tube industry will present a developing trend in 2019 as a whole, but there are still many uncertainties in the industry.