KIEV, Aug. 4 - Steel pipe production in Ukraine plummeted 41.6% year-on-year to 886,200 tons in January-July, reports Ukrtruboprom, the Dnipropetrovsk-based Ukrainian pipe producers' association.

March output was 162,100 tons.

The Metinvest holding's Khartsyzsk Pipe Mill boosted output 110% in the seven months to 350,799 tons, including 48,116 tons in July.