Kugulitsa zinthu pamsika kunali kochedwa sabata ino chifukwa cha tchuthi cha Isitala ku Ulaya (Epulo 1-Epulo 4). Makampani a Nordic mills nthawi ina ankafuna kukweza mtengo waChokoleti Chotenthampaka €900/t EXW ($980/t), koma mtengo wokwanira ukuyembekezeka kukhala pafupifupi €840-860/t. Atakhudzidwa ndi moto awiriwa, ena mwa a ArcelorMittal'sZitsulo ZozunguliraKupereka kunasokonekera, zomwe zinakhudza makasitomala akumwera kwa Europe omwe adayitanitsa kale ma hot coil, ndipo ogula adayenera kufunafuna zinthu zotentha zomwe zatumizidwa kunja. Nthawi yotumizira zinthu zotentha ku Central Europe imachitika makamaka mu June, ndipo mtengo wamsika ndi pafupifupi ma euro 870/tani. Mtengo ku Northern Europe ndi pafupifupi ma euro 860/tani. Ponseponse, HRC yaku Europe yakwera ndi pafupifupi ma Euro 15/tani sabata iliyonse ndi 50 Euro/tani mwezi uliwonse.

Njira ya nthawi yayitali ya ku ItalyChitsulomphero imapereka ma coil otentha pa 890 Euros/ton EXW potumiza kuchokera mu June mpaka July, koma mtengo wake ndi pafupifupi 870 Euros/ton EXW. Kuwonjezeka kwa nthawi yotumizira ndi kufunikira kochepa kuchokera kwa makasitomala omaliza kwapangitsa kuti msika ukhale chete panthawi ya tchuthi cha Isitala. Nthawi yomweyo, kusiyana kwa mitengo pakati pa misika yamkati ndi yakunja kwakula kwambiri, ndipo nthawi yotumizira mafakitale achitsulo aku Europe yawonjezeka (pafupifupi nthawi yotumizira), kotero zinthu zomwe zimatumizidwa kunja zakhala zokopa kwambiri kwa ogula. Pakadali pano, India imatumiza HRC pa EUR 770/ton CFR Italy, Vietnam ndi South Korea imatumiza HRC pa EUR 775/ton CFR Italy, ndipo Japan imatumiza HRC pa pafupifupi EUR 830/ton CFR Italy.