ʻEulopa kūlokoʻōwili welaʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i kēia manawa ua paʻa mau ma 768 euros / ton EXW, pule i kēlā me kēia pule e paʻa mau ana, ʻaʻole nui ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā kālepa.ʻO ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o 750 euros no ka ton.Ke noʻonoʻo nei kekahi mau hale kila ʻEulopa i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kumukūʻai no ka coil wela i ka hapaha ʻelua.ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana i nā lako a me ka nele o nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū hoʻopukapuka e hoʻonui hou i nā kumukūʻai kūloko.ʻO nā kumukūʻai wela Italia no ʻApelila a me Mei ka hāʻawi ʻana ma 800 euros no ka ton me ka uku ʻole.No ka mea he kiʻekiʻe ke kumu kūʻai o ka mākeke, ʻaʻohe manaʻo kūʻai kūʻai pololei, ʻoiai ua hoʻonui nui ʻia nā kauoha i Ianuali, akā i kēia manawa ke lawe nei ka hapa nui o lākou i kahi ʻano kali-a-ʻike, papa inoa kālepa mākeke.Ma kekahiʻaoʻao, ua makemake ka wili kila e kūʻai, maikaʻi ka nui o ke kauoha, no laila pono e nānā houʻia nā hoʻololi o nā kumukūʻai.

Ma ka kuai lawe mai, kumu kūʻai uncompetitiveness no hoi i kākoʻo no ka kūloko kumu kūʻai, menā ʻōwili welalawe ʻia mai India a me ʻAsia i kēia manawa ma 750 EUR/t CFR (ka hoʻouna ʻana o ʻApelila), akā liʻiliʻi nā kauoha.ʻAʻole loaʻa ʻo Iapana, South Korea, Turkey i kahi hāʻawi a hana i kēia pule.A ʻaʻole nui ka ʻokoʻa kumu kūʻai o ka ʻāina a me nā ʻāina ʻē, lōʻihi ka manawa o ka lawe ʻana, no laila ʻaʻohe pono o nā waiwai i lawe ʻia mai.