Key tasks for 2020 in the steel pipe industry

According to general requirement of government, the steel industry should focus on the following aspects.
1. Unified thoughts, guided expectations, and maintained the smooth operation of the industry.The iron and steel industry should completely change the old way of relying on scale expansion and low price competition, and realize to improve the quality and efficiency of structural steel pipe. Enterprises should maintain concentration, strengthen self-discipline, control the production pace reasonably, and jointly maintain market stability. The association will make great efforts to collect, analyze and release information on both ends of the supply and demand, timely report problems and appeals to relevant national departments, increase market transparency, and effectively guide market expectations.

2. Consolidate the achievements of supply-side structural reform and prohibit new production capacity of rectangular hollow section. At present, the association is cooperating with government departments to find out the bottom of steel production capacity and output to provide real data support for scientific decision-making.On the special inspection found in the dismantling of the intermediate frequency furnace after the violation of the furnace, we should maintain high pressure situation and eliminate the violation of new capacity; We will strictly implement the new catalogue of industrial structure adjustment guidelines, and eliminate the backward process of producing mild steel tube. We will cooperate with the relevant industrial policy making and revision, give full play to the effect of policy combination, and oppose the relocation of cities within the boundaries of local administrative regions.

3. Establish and implement steel raw material safeguard strategy. One is to strengthen information disclosure and market supervision. The association will in the state department support, improve the iron ore and other bulk raw fuel information release system. We will standardize the bidding practices of international mining enterprises and crack down on market monopoly and malicious speculation. We will promote the effectiveness of the futures market in serving the steel industry, improve the system, strengthen supervision, and strictly investigate illegal trading and behavior. Second, we will study and improve the pricing mechanism for square steel pipe other commodities.Continue to strengthen high-level interactions with major iron ore suppliers, strengthen and implement the consensus on building a mutually beneficial upstream and downstream industrial chain; We will encourage iron ore suppliers and steel companies to make more use of spot trading platforms to improve the sample size and transparency of spot trading.We will promote non-single index pricing and improve the pricing mechanism for imported iron ore. Third, take multiple measures to broaden iron ore supply channels. We will further reduce taxes and fees on domestic mines and stabilize domestic production of iron ore and limestone.