I kēia mau lā iho nei, ʻo Lūkiniʻōwili welake kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku ma $560/ton FOB Kai ʻEleʻele, emi iho i kēlā me kēia mahina he $20/ton. Wahi a Mysteel, Lūkiniʻūlū welalUa piʻi aʻe ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku i ka hoʻomaka o Kepakemapa a me ka hopena o ʻOkakopa (ma kahi o $600/ton) a ua hāʻule mai ia manawa. Aia ke kumukūʻai o kēia manawa ma kahi o $550- $560/ton FOB.

Ua hāʻule ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o ka ʻōwili wela Lūkini, ʻoiai ʻo nā kumuwaiwai haʻahaʻa ma Asia he mau pono hoʻokūkū ma ka mākeke, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o ka ʻōwili wela Kina he $520/ton FOB. Ua maopopo e loli ke kumukūʻai o nā ʻōwili wela Lūkini e like me ka mamao, ʻo ka lōʻihi o ka mamao, ʻo ka haʻahaʻa o ke kumukūʻai. No ka laʻana, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻāina Hikina Waena, he pōkole ka mamao o Turkey, no laila ʻo ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o ka ʻōwili wela Lūkini i loaʻa i nā hale kila kila Tureke he $600/ton CFR, ʻoiai ʻo ke kumukūʻai o kekahi mau ʻāina ma ka Hikina Waena a me ʻApelika ʻĀkau he $580/ton CFR. Inā nui ka nui o ke kauoha, hiki ke kūkākūkā ʻia ke kumukūʻai kikoʻī i $530-540/ton FOB. Akā, nāwaliwali ka nui o nā kauoha i kēia manawa.

No ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku Tureke no ka ʻōwili wela Lūkini, e kūkākūkā hou ʻia ana ka emi ʻana o ka wahi. ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia, ʻo ka nui o nā kūʻai mai ʻAsia i ʻelua pule i hala aku nei, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he hoʻokūkū mau nā kumuwaiwai ʻAsia ma ka mākeke, a ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua kau ʻia nā kumuwaiwai Lūkini i nā hoʻopaʻi he nui, e kaupalena ana i kā lākou hoʻohana.