EU steel pipe and tube production is expected to increase by 1.3 percent in 2026, following marginal growth of 0.1% in 2025, according to the European Steel Association’s (EUROFER) third-quarter Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2026-2027, which points to a gradual recovery amid persistent uncertainty across European manufacturing.
The projected expansion follows three consecutive years of contraction, with EU tube output falling by 1.3% in 2022, 1.4 percent in 2023 and 2.4 percent in 2024, before stabilizing in 2025. EUROFER forecasts a further increase of 1.2% in 2027, indicating that the sector’s recovery will remain modest.
Tube production growth is expected to lag behind the overall recovery in EU steel-using industries, whose steel-weighted output is forecast to increase by 1.5 percent in 2026 and 2.5 percent in 2027, following a decline of 0.1 percent in 2025.
Author: SteelOrbis Editorial Team
