I kēia mau lā iho nei, ua hoʻi hou nā hale wili kila a me nā mea kālepa o ʻAsia Hikina Hema i ka mākeke, ua piʻi nui ke kumukūʻai o ka billet huinaha.

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

Aia ka mākeke billet Hikina Hema ma kahi "mākeke kūʻai aku", me ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻōpala a mehaonā kumukūʻai ʻai e kākoʻo ana i nā kumukūʻai hoʻokuʻu aku i kekahi ʻano, a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ke koi i nā ʻāina he nui. Ke hoʻomaikaʻi maopopo nei ke koi ma Vietnam, pono kekahi mau hale wili e hoʻopiha hou i ka waihona, a pono pū kekahi ʻo Pilipine e kūʻai no nā hana kūkulu hapaha mua. Eia nō naʻe, maopopo iā Mysteel he palena wale nō ke koho o nā mea kūʻai aku o Pilipine i nā kumuwaiwai billet, a ʻo nā kumukūʻai i ʻae ʻia i kēia manawa ma kahi o $570- $580 / mt CFR.