The development of steel pipe industry has shown a rapid growth trend

As an important part of seamless steel pipe steel products, steel pipes play a major role in the development of the national economy. At present, the general trend of the development of the world steel pipe industry is: the growth rate of welded steel pipe is faster than the growth rate of seamless steel pipe; the proportion of welded steel pipe production is far greater than that of seamless steel pipe; the market for seamless pipe in various fields; Hot-dip galvanized pipe In the welded steel pipe type, ERW welded steel pipe dominates the output, and it competes for the market with straight seam submerged arc welded pipe and spiral submerged arc welded pipe in the field of oil and gas long-distance pipeline and urban gas pipeline.

    With the rapid development of China's economy, the consumption of stainless steel pipes in China has also shown a rapid growth trend. From 1990 to 2005, the average annual growth rate of apparent consumption of stainless steel pipes in China was 23.4%, which was four times that of the international growth rate in the same period. The rapid growth of China's stainless steel pipe consumption has stimulated the rapid development of the domestic stainless steel pipe industry. With the support of relevant government policies, in less than ten years, China's stainless steel pipe production has increased from more than 200,000 tons in 1998. By the level of 5 million tons in 2006, the production capacity has increased to more than 10 million tons.

    In China's stainless steel pipe consumption structure, in addition to some high-end products such as ultra-wide, ultra-thin and other specifications still rely on imports, low-end products can basically achieve self-sufficiency, stainless steel pipe consumption is completely dependent on imports, the situation is greatly improved, and the export volume is also improved. It is expanding rapidly. Statistics show that in 2006, the actual output of China's stainless steel pipe was about 5.1 million tons, with a growth rate of about 60%, the import volume dropped to 2.6 million tons, and the export volume increased to 600,000 tons.

    China is already the world's largest producer and consumer of building materials. The main building materials products such as cement, flat glass, building sanitary ceramics, stone and wall materials have ranked first in the world for many years. At the same time, the quality of building materials has been continuously improved, the consumption of energy and raw materials has been declining year by year, various new building materials have emerged, and building materials have been continuously upgraded.

    There are many tube manufacturers in North China, such as Purui Steel in Hebei, among which Mengcun Village in Hebei Province is known as “the capital of China's pipe fittings”. It is the main gathering place for the production and sales of stainless steel pipe fittings in China. About 70% of the pipe fittings in the country are It is produced in this area and is also the export base of Chinese pipe fittings. International Hardware Pipe City, covering an area of 600 acres, with first-class facilities, including property and logistics, is a modern pipe fitting city with epoch-making significance.

    The “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” infrastructure investment has been moved to the middle plate. The outbreak of investment in infrastructure construction such as roads and railways and the steady growth of investment in ordinary civil buildings have made the construction industry in the ascending stage. At the same time, under the background of building an energy-saving society and strengthening the country's ability to innovate independently, the theme of energy conservation and technological innovation will be a hot spot for the development of the industry.