• Southeast Asia Is Producing More Steel, So Why Are Chinese Steel Pipe Exports Still Rising?

    Southeast Asia’s steel industry is undergoing a structural transformation. Governments and private investors across Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand are expanding domestic steelmaking capacity to improve supply security and reduce reliance on imported commodity-grade products. New electric arc furnaces, rolling facilities, and pipe fabrication plants have enabled regional producers to increasingly serve construction, water infrastructure, and low-pressure industrial segments.

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