Ua lohi nā hana kūʻai mākeke i kēia pule ma muli o ka lā hoʻomaha Easter ʻEulopa (ʻApelila 1-ʻApelila 4). Ua makemake nā hale wili Nordic i kekahi manawa e hoʻokiʻekiʻe i ke kumukūʻai oʻŌwili welai €900/t EXW ($980/t), akā manaʻo ʻia ke kumukūʻai kūpono ma kahi o €840-860/t. I hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā ahi ʻelua, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kekahi o ArcelorMittal'sNā ʻōwili kilaUa hoʻopau ʻia ka lako, kahi i hoʻopilikia ai i nā mea kūʻai aku ma ka hema o ʻEulopa nāna i kauoha mua i ka coil wela, a pono nā mea kūʻai e ʻimi i nā kumuwaiwai coil wela i lawe ʻia mai. ʻO ka manawa hāʻawi o nā kumuwaiwai coil wela ma ʻEulopa waena e kau nui ʻia ana i Iune, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai mākeke ma kahi o 870 euros/ton. ʻO ke kumukūʻai ma ʻEulopa ʻĀkau ma kahi o 860 Euro/ton. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ua piʻi ka HRC kūloko ma ʻEulopa ma kahi o 15 Euro/ton i kēlā me kēia pule a me 50 Euro/ton i kēlā me kēia mahina.

He kaʻina hana lōʻihi ItaliaKe kilaHāʻawi ka wili i nā wili wela ma 890 Euros/ton EXW no ka lawe ʻana i Iune-Iulai, akā ʻo ke kumukūʻai hiki ke hana ʻia ma kahi o 870 Euros/ton EXW. ʻO ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻia o ka manawa lawe a me ka noi haʻahaʻa mai nā mea kūʻai aku hope loa ua alakaʻi i ka mākeke Italia. Ua mālie hoʻi ka mākeke i ka wā hoʻomaha Easter. I ka manawa like, ua hoʻonui hou ʻia ka ʻokoʻa kumukūʻai ma waena o nā mākeke kūloko a me nā mākeke ʻē, a ua hoʻonui ʻia ka manawa lawe o nā wili kila kūloko ʻEulopa (ʻaneʻane like me ka manawa lawe mai), no laila ua lilo nā kumuwaiwai i lawe ʻia mai i mea hoihoi i nā mea kūʻai. I kēia manawa, lawe mai ʻo India iā HRC ma EUR 770/ton CFR Italia, lawe mai ʻo Vietnam a me Korea Hema iā HRC ma EUR 775/ton CFR Italia, a lawe mai ʻo Iapana iā HRC ma kahi o EUR 830/ton CFR Italia.