ʻO ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o nā pāpaʻi Palakila i kēia manawa ma kahi o $570-580 / tona FOB, ua emi ma kahi o $10 / tona ma kēlā me kēia pule ma muli o nā hāʻawi hoʻokūkū kumuwaiwai mai ʻAsia.

I kēia manawa, ʻo ke kumukūʻai o kekahi mau mea hoʻokuʻu aku i nā papa Palakila he haʻahaʻa loa ia ma US $560-575 / tona FOB, ma kahi o US $640-650 / tona CFR Italia, aʻo kekahi mau kumu mai Indonesia a me Kina he haʻahaʻa loa ia ma US $620-630 / tona CFR, e kau ana i kekahi kaomi ma luna o nā mea hoʻokuʻu aku i nā papa Palakila.

ʻOiai ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o nā papa Palakila, makemake mau nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai, a ʻaʻohe ʻaelike hou i lohe ʻia.

ʻAʻole makemake nā mea kūʻai aku Palakila i nā loli nui i nā mākeke a lākou e hana nei a makemake lākou e hoʻāʻo e mālama i nā mea kūʻai nui, wahi a nā kumu. Aia nā mea kūʻai aku papa Palakila ma Mekiko, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ʻEulopa.