Introduction to the factors that affect the welded steel pipe

It is very easy for us to find that steel pipe market is not always stable even find that the steel pipe price fluctuates sharply sometimes, but sometimes it is more stable. That means price fluctuation is generally less regular. However, do you know the factors that affect the welded steel pipe? Actually, the factors are quite various. Today, I will introduce some factors that influence the price of this kind of steel pipe in the market.

First of all, as a kind of steel material, the main factor affecting its price is steel. Generally speaking, the price of steel is relatively stable, but will be changed for a few factors. For example, government will put restraints on the steel pipe production such as China cold galvanized steel pipe as the limitation of policy for steel industry is very important. Besides, other materials with replacement situation can also affect steel pipe price, which can change the market share to some extent. In a word, all kinds of factors that can cause the price fluctuation of steel materials will lead to the price fluctuation of welded steel pipes.

Another factor is steel pipe shape, which may be strange to you as lots of people can not still be aware of this aspect. However, this factor is quite obvious and apparent. In the welded steel tube market, there are two main shapes, one is square steel pipe, the other one is round steel pipe. The common point is that square steel pipe is a kind of special pipe which has more narrow application scope compared with round steel pipe. As its special shape, the production process will be more complex than that of round steel pipe. Therefore, under the same production equipment, the production consumption of square steel pipe is more in terms of raw material.

At last, steel pipe manufactures who determine the steel pipe quality can also affect the steel pipe price. Different factories have different production technology. The one who adopt cutting-edge technology will undercut the production cost and technology can also improve the work efficiency. In addition, transportation can also belong to factor type. The factory with convenient situation will have advantages over those in isolated areas because transportation cost will be carried on steel pipes. So reducing cost is imperative for all the suppliers. With fierce market competition, both customers and manufacturers are sensitive to steel pipe price at different rates and understanding this topic is very necessary.