Masiku ano, mtengo wachitsulo ku China ndi wofooka. Mtengo wotumizira kunja kwa makina ena opangira zitsulo watsika kufika pa 520 USD/ton FOB. Mtengo wotsutsana ndi ogula aku Southeast Asia nthawi zambiri umakhala pansi pa 510 USD/ton CFR, ndipo malonda ake ndi chete.

Posachedwapa, cholinga chogula cha amalonda aku Southeast Asia nthawi zambiri chimakhala chotsika. Kumbali imodzi, pali zinthu zambiri zomwe zikufika ku Hong Kong mu Novembala, kotero kufunitsitsa kwa amalonda kudzaza zinthu sikolimba. Kumbali ina, maoda a kotala lachinayi opanga zinthu ku Southeast Asia anali ofooka kuposa momwe amayembekezeredwa, makamaka maoda otumiza kunja ku Europe. Mitengo yokwera yamagetsi ku Europe, kuphatikiza mphamvu yotsika yogula chifukwa cha chiwongola dzanja chokwera, kwapangitsa kuti pasakhale chidaliro mu nyengo yogula ya Khrisimasi komanso kuchepetsa maoda ogulira katundu wa ogula. Malinga ndi deta ya Eurostat pa Okutobala 19, CPI yomaliza yogwirizana m'dera la euro mu Seputembala inali 9.9% pachaka, ikukwera kwambiri kuposa zomwe msika ukuyembekezera. Chifukwa chake posachedwa mpaka pakati, chuma cha ku Europe sichingasinthe kwambiri.

Kuphatikiza apo, kufunikira kwa chitsulo ku European Union kukuyembekezeka kuchepa ndi 3.5% mu 2022, malinga ndi lipoti laposachedwa la kufunikira kwa chitsulo lomwe latulutsidwa ndi World Steel Association. Kufunika kwa chitsulo ku EU kupitilira kuchepa chaka chamawa, chifukwa chakuti mpweya wochepa sudzasintha posachedwa.