Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant and Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant (ChTPZ Group’s largest tube and pipe manufacturers) supplied their consumers with 256,800 tons of tubular goods in two months of 2008, which falls short of the figures for January-February 2007 (298,100 tons) by 14%, the Group’s press officer said to UrBC.

ChTPZ Group sold 134,500 tons of tubes and pipes in two months of the year, which falls short of the figures for a year earlier (that is, 163,500 tons) by 18%. These figures include a 27% decrease in the amount of large-diameter pipes: his came to 70,800 tons compared with 96,800 tons of LDPs in January-February 2007.

Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant delivered 76,300 tons of tubular goods to consumers in February 2008 (which falls short of last year’s figures (81,800 tons) by 7%), including 36,700 tons of LDPs, which falls short of figures for February 2007 (45,200 tons) by 19%.

Pervouralsk New Pipe Plant delivered 72,600 tons of tubular goods to consumers in February 2008 (which is 7% better than the 68,000 tons delivered a year earlier) and 122,300 tons since the beginning of the year, which is 9% less than the 134,600 tons delivered in January-February 2007.