ʻEulopa kūlokoʻōwili welaʻO ka hāʻawi hou i kēia manawa ua paʻa ma 768 euros/ton EXW, ʻo ka pule ma ka pule e paʻa mau ana, ʻaʻole nui ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā hana. Aia ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o 750 euros no ka tone. Ke noʻonoʻo nei kekahi mau hale hana kila ʻEulopa i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kumukūʻai no ka coil wela i ka hapaha ʻelua. ʻO ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka lako a me ka nele o nā kumukūʻai hoʻokūkū mai waho e hoʻonui hou aku i nā kumukūʻai kūloko. ʻO nā kumukūʻai coil wela Italia no ka lawe ʻana i ʻApelila a me Mei he 800 euros no ka tone me ka ʻole o ka hoʻēmi. No ka mea, kiʻekiʻe ke kumukūʻai mākeke, ʻaʻohe manaʻo kūʻai pololei o nā mea kūʻai, ʻoiai ua piʻi nui nā kauoha i Ianuali, akā i kēia manawa ua lawe ka hapa nui o lākou i kahi ʻano kali a ʻike, papa inoa hana mākeke. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ua mākaukau ka hale hana kila e uku, maikaʻi ka nui o nā kauoha, no laila pono e nānā hou ʻia nā loli kumukūʻai ma hope.

Ma ka mākeke lawe mai, hāʻawi pū ka hoʻokūkū ʻole o ke kumukūʻai i ke kākoʻo no nā kumukūʻai kūloko, menā ʻōwili welaʻO ke kumukūʻai i lawe ʻia mai India a me ʻAsia i kēia manawa he 750 EUR/t CFR (hoʻouna ʻia ʻana o ʻApelila), akā he liʻiliʻi nā kauoha. ʻAʻohe makana a me kahi ʻaelike i Iapana, Kōlea Hema, a me Turkey i kēia pule. ʻAʻole nui ka ʻokoʻa o ke kumukūʻai kūloko a me nā haole, lōʻihi ka manawa halihali, no laila ʻaʻohe pono maopopo o nā kumuwaiwai i lawe ʻia mai.