Fastmarkets to discontinue three European seamless and welded tube and pipe prices

Fastmarkets will discontinue three European seamless and welded tube and pipe prices from May 13, 2026.This is due to very limited activity in these markets, meaning there is insufficient data to continue pricing them.

May 6, 2026

By Fastmarkets pricing team

Asia Europe Pricing notice

Fastmarkets had proposed to discontinue eight European and Indian prices, but following a review of market feedback received during the consultation period, will continue to publish five of them.

The following prices will be discontinued:

MB-STE-0807 Seamless mechanical tube (EN10297) fob Europe €/tonne
MB-STE-0808 Cold-drawn Seamless precision tube (EN10305) fob Europe €/tonne
MB-STE-0809 Seamless boiler tube (EN10216b) fob Europe €/tonne

No feedback was received for these three prices.

The following prices were proposed for discontinuation but will continue to be published:

MB-STE-0825 Europe welded Spiral DSAW linepipe API 5L X65 fob €/tonne
MB-STE-0823 Europe welded ERW linepipe API 5L X42 fob €/tonne
MB-STE-0835 India welded LSAW linepipe API 5L X65 export fob US$/tonne
MB-STE-0834 India welded ERW linepipe API 5L X65 export fob US$/tonne
MB-STE-0806 Seamless gas and water pipe (EN10255) fob Europe €/tonne

The consultation opened on December 22, 2025, and was extended to April 24 on March 31.

Please send any questions or comments to pricing@fastmarkets.com and steel@fastmarkets.com. Please indicate if comments are confidential. Fastmarkets will consider all comments received and will make comments not marked as confidential available upon request.

To see all Fastmarkets pricing methodology and specification documents, go to the Fastmarkets methodology page.

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