According to data released by China’s Customs, China’s exports of seamless steel pipes totaled 394,373 tons in October, rising by 6% from a month ago and up by 1% year on year.

In the January-October period, the country exported 4.27 million tons of seamless steel pipes, down slightly by 0.26% year on year.

Meanwhile, China’s production of seamless steel pipes totaled 25.97 million tons in the first 10 months of this year, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).