Agricultural Pipes and Tubes Market

Agricultural Pipes and Tubes Market: Market Introduction

Agriculture is considered one of the oldest sector of business and the advancements in the irrigation techniques are helping it to improve the related techniques and practices. The modern agricultural practices have been helping farmers to save water and increase productivity in the irrigation practices has been possible due to the agricultural pipes and tubes.

These agricultural pipes and tubes are available in various types depending on their nature of usage. The agricultural pipes and tubes are made up of polymers which makes them rust free, safe from micro-organism attack, and these pipes are also resistant to oxidants in the soil and atmosphere.

These pipes have proven to be very effective in utilization of water to a higher extent. Agricultural pipes and tubes are available in different sizes for different regions where water requirement varies according to soil and crop types. In cases of water logging, pipes are used to drain out the water as sub-surface drainage. The agricultural pipes and tubes are used to supply optimum water and fertilizers needed.

The agricultural pipes and tubes are also used in sprinklers to supply water for sprinkler irrigation. The polymeric agricultural pipes and tubes absorb negligible amount of water and are very tough and rigid for rough use.

These pipes are easy to install with minimal use of pipe fittings due to their available sizes. The sub-surface agricultural pipes and tubes have filters installed in them to avoid entrance of coagulants.

Market Dynamics

Agricultural pipes and tubes market is expected to grow as the polymer pipes have many advantages over the traditional metal pipes. The easy installation of drip tubes in non-uniform lands with elevations is also one of the factor for the use of agricultural pipes and tubes in irrigation.

The subsidies given by the governments in various regions will help agricultural pipes and tubes in capturing the market which was not much recognized up to that extent earlier. The high yield of crops using the drip technology is another cause for a rise agricultural pipes and tubes market.

The newest advancements like hydroponics may create a barrier in the growth of agricultural pipes and tubes market. The climatic conditions in some regions are very extreme and the irrigation practices are not followed to a great extent and such regions slow down agricultural pipes and tubes demand.

A good service life period of PE pipes may also retard the growth of agricultural pipes and tubes market to a certain extent.

Regional Outlook

The rise in cereal production in Southeast Asian region will prove to be a booster for the agricultural pipes and tubes market. While the moderate growth in crop production in Australian region will help keeping the growth of the agricultural pipes and tubes market up to certain limit.

Some of growing economies like China who have very high cereal productions are adopting the micro-irrigation techniques and giving a platform for agricultural pipes and tubes market. Few states in Northern America are major producers of crops and use the agricultural pipes and tubes for irrigation.

The Middle East and African regions have low availability of water and the irrigation practices are not much popular and the growth of agricultural pipes and tubes market in this region is not much appreciable.

The European Union holds prominent market in cereal production which is adapting new technologies of piping to increase their agricultural yield. India being a prominent producers of crops is another key player in agricultural pipes and tubes market due to various subsidies given to the agricultural sector.

Key Participants

Global industries in agricultural pipes and tubes are listed below:

• JM Eagle, Inc.
• Mexichem
• Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.
• Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
• Diamond Plastics Corporation.
• Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.
• Advanced Drainage Systems.Inc.
• Chevron Phillips Chemical Company.
• Prinsco Inc.
• Pipelife International GmbH.
• Flo-Tek Group.

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• Technology
• Value Chain

Regional analysis includes

• North America (U.S., Canada)
• Latin America (Mexico. Brazil)
• Western Europe (Germany, Italy, France, U.K, Spain)
• Eastern Europe (Poland, Russia)
• Asia Pacific (India, ASEAN, Australia & New Zealand)
• China
• Japan
• Middle East and Africa (GCC Countries, S. Africa, Northern Africa, Turkey)

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Market Segmentation

The agriculture pipes and tubes market is segmented by –

Material type:

• Polyethylene Pipe (PE)
• High Density Polyethylene (HDPE).
• Moderate Density Polyethylene (MDPE).
• Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
• Polypropylene Pipes (PP).
• Poly Vinyl Chloride Pipe (PVC).
• Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (cPVC).
• Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride (uPVC).

Pipe Type:

• Corrugated Pipe.
• PE Perforated Pipe.
• Column Pipe
• Riser Pipe.
• Drop Pipe.

Pipe Diameter:

• Internal Diameter: 14 mm - 339 mm.
• Outer Diameter: 16 mm – 401.2 mm.

Tubes:

• Tough Hose.
• Vinyl Tube.
• Oval Hose.
• Extension Tube.

Tube Diameter:

• Internal Diameter: 3.3 mm – 8.7 mm.
• Outer Diameter: 5 mm – 12 mm.