Ua hōʻemi ʻo Formosa Ha Tinh, kahi hale wili kila nui o Vietnam, i ke kumukūʻai o kāna wili wela SAE1006 no ka lawe ʻana i Dekemaba i $590 no ka tonne CFR Vietnam home i ka Pōʻalima. ʻOiai ua emi ma kahi o $20 no ka tonne mai ka lawe ʻana mai Nowemapa, ke kiʻekiʻe nei nā kumukūʻai ma ʻAsia.

I kēia manawa, ʻo ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o ka nui wela SS400 nui mai nā hale wili kila ma Kina ʻĀkau he $555 / tona FOB, a ʻo ka ukana kai i Asia Hikina Hema he $15 / tona. No laila, he pono ke kumukūʻai o ke kumukūʻai piha i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā kumuwaiwai kūloko ma Vietnam. Eia kekahi, i ka pule i hala, ua hōʻemi pū nā hale wili kila nui o India i ke kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku o ka wili wela i $560- $570 / tona FOB, hiki ke kūkākūkā ʻia kekahi mau kumukūʻai kumuwaiwai. ʻO ke kumu nui, ua nāwaliwali ke koi kila kūloko a ʻaʻole makemake nā hale wili kila e hōʻemi i ka hana ʻana, me ka manaʻolana e hoʻonui i nā mea hoʻokuʻu aku e uku i ka hemahema o ke koi kūloko. Ua ʻōlelo pū kekahi hale wili kila nui alakaʻi o Korea Hema he nui nā waihona o ka pepa metala no ka liʻiliʻi o ʻelua mahina, no laila e noʻonoʻo ia e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai e hoʻonui i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā kauoha hoʻokuʻu aku i ka pepa metala. I kēia manawa, hāʻawi pinepine nā hale wili kila Korea Hema i US $580 / tona CFR no ka hoʻokuʻu aku i ka nui wela no ka lā hoʻouna i Dekemaba i Asia Hikina Hema, me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia o ke kumukūʻai.

Ma muli o ka nāwaliwali o nā kumukūʻai kila Kina i hala koke aku nei, ʻaʻole i hilinaʻi nā hale wili kila ma waho i ka mākeke e hiki mai ana, manaʻo kekahi mau ʻoihana e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia paha ke koi kila o Kina i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa, akā ʻoi aku ka nui, he paʻakikī ka hana ʻana i kahi hāʻule nui, e hāʻule hou ana nā kumukūʻai kila ma waho.