I kēia mau lā, hikina Hikina Asia wili kila a me ka poʻe kālepa hoʻomaha, hoʻi i ka mākeke, ua piʻi nui ke kumukūʻai o ka billet square.

Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ke kumukūʻai kūʻai aku o Vietnam billet ma kahi o $580 / ton FOB, kahi piʻi nui o $10-15 / ton.ʻO ka kikoʻī o Indonesia ʻo 3SP, a ʻo ka ʻōlelo o 150mm billet ma kahi o $575 / ton FOB.ʻAʻole i hōʻano hou ʻia ka ʻōlelo a ka wili kila Malaysian.

Aia ka makeke billet o Asia Hikina Hema i ka "makeke a ka mea kūʻai aku", me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻōpala a mehaoʻO nā kumu kūʻai ʻai e kākoʻo ana i nā kumukūʻai kūʻai aku i kekahi ʻano, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ke koi i kēia manawa ma nā ʻāina he nui.Ke hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi nei ka noi ma Vietnam, pono e hoʻopiha kekahi mau hale wili i nā waihona waiwai, a pono hoʻi e kūʻai aku ʻo Philippines no nā hana kūkulu hapaha mua.Eia nō naʻe, ʻike ʻo Mysteel he palena palena ko nā mea kūʻai mai Philippine i nā kumu waiwai billet, a ʻo nā kumukūʻai i ʻae ʻia i kēia manawa aia ma kahi o $570- $580 / mt CFR.