The expansion of the global copper pipe and tube industry is forecast to reach 5.8% p.a. in the coming years. Between 2007 and 2013 the market increased with an average annual growth of 1.3%. Currently, refined copper pipes and tubes account for 49.8% of the global demand while the remaining market share is divided between copper alloy pipe and tube fittings (31.1%), brass pipes and tubes (6.3%), refined copper pipe and tube fittings (5.2%), cupro-nickel and nickel silver pipes and tubes (3.9%) and other copper pipes and tubes (3.7%).