China Seamless Steel Pipe Export Markets Shrinking Proportion Of Super-Half -

January 25, China Steel Pipe Association vice chairmanof difficulty of the steel pipe exports, in particular
of the village, said steel by the rising trade frictionseamless steel pipe is likely to lose more than 50%
factors, in 2009 substantially reduced the amount ofof the export market, export of steel situation has
annual exports of seamless pipes, seamless full-yearbecome even more severe."
export volume is expected to only 3 million tons,    He also said that in 2009 the national policy to
down 50%; while in 2010 the export or to be flat.stimulate demand-pull is limited to the seamless steel
    China Iron and Steel Industry Association, istubes as well as by Europe and the United States
expected to be announced shortly in 2009 detailed"double anti-China" and is expected to seamless steel
data on exports of steel products. China's Generalpipe output was only 20.1 million tons, an increase of
Administration of Customs January 10 newsletternearly 10 years, the lowest level.
published statistics show that in 2009 China exported    "Because of the impact of receipt of
2460 tons of steel products, down just 60%.anti-dumping, we are now almost stopped the export
Industry experts said that shrinking overseas demandto the European and American markets. The Middle
for Chinese exports on the one hand reduces theEast and some emerging market countries, will be the
other hand, also stimulated the emergence of tradefocus of our future export market," a large
friction.state-owned Iron and Steel Group's executives to
    Since 2009, China's steel industry as a trade"financial," told reporters.
frictions "hardest hit." The United States, Canada,    China Iron and Steel Industry Association on
Mexico, the state has six times on China's exports ofJanuary 20 convened by Baosteel, Tianjin Pipe, Valin
seamless steel pipe ignited some of the anti-dumpingbalance tube, and dozens of enterprises in Changshu
or countervailing duty investigations. January 12, 2010,seamless emergency consultations on the case of
Indian Commerce and Industry Anti-DumpingIndia to discuss anti-dumping measures. "At present,
Authority issued a public notice, originating in China,most enterprises have expressed their Yaoda this
the Customs Code of the seamless steel pipe for thecase." 1 do not want to be named told reporters
7304 launch anti-dumping investigations.involved business representatives. He also told
    Zhuang steel have said: "India's domesticreporters, "how to fight, who play" not determined
anti-dumping investigations made seamless steel pipe,yet.
which undoubtedly have greater and greater degree