Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd &lt;SMIT.T> said it and four other firms jointly concluded negotiations to export a total of over 400000 tonnes of seamless pipes in the six months to end-September to China and the Soviet Union. Export prices for that period for both countries were set 100 to 150 yen per tonne higher than previous contracted prices due to the yens gains against the dollar it said. Contracted export volume for China is likely to be over 200000 tonnes against 350000 for Oct 1986-March 1987 and 420000 for April-Sept 1986 and for the Soviet Union over 200000 tonnes. No direct Soviet comparison was available.
JAPAN MAKES SEAMLESS-PIPE DEALS WITH CHINA, USSR