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Amaxabiso ephepha elilahlwayo laseYurophu ehla eAsia aze ehlise amaxabiso ephepha elilahlwayo laseJapan nase-US. Ngaba liye lehla?

Ixabiso lephepha lenkunkuma elingeniswe eYurophu kummandla waseMzantsi-mpuma Asia (SEA) naseIndiya liye lehla kakhulu, nto leyo ekhokelele ekutshintsheni kwexabiso lephepha lenkunkuma elingeniswe eMelika naseJapan kulo mmandla. Lichatshazelwe kukurhoxiswa okukhulu kwee-odolo eIndiya kunye nokudodobala koqoqosho eTshayina, okuye kwachaphazela imakethi yokupakisha kulo mmandla, ixabiso lephepha lenkunkuma laseYurophu eliyi-95/5 eMzantsi-mpuma Asia naseIndiya liye lehla kakhulu ukusuka kwi-$260-270/ton phakathi kuJuni. I-$175-185/ton ekupheleni kukaJulayi.

Ukususela ekupheleni kukaJulayi, imakethi iqhubeke nokuhla. Ixabiso lephepha lenkunkuma elisemgangathweni ophezulu elingeniswe eYurophu kuMzantsi-mpuma weAsia liqhubekile nokuhla, lafikelela kwi-US$160-170/ton kwiveki ephelileyo. Kubonakala ngathi ukuhla kwamaxabiso ephepha lenkunkuma laseYurophu eIndiya kuye kwaphela kwiveki ephelileyo malunga ne-$185/t. Iifektri ze-SEA zithi ukuhla kwamaxabiso ephepha lenkunkuma laseYurophu kubangelwa ngamanqanaba asekuhlaleni ephepha lenkunkuma eliphinde lasetyenziswa kunye noluhlu olukhulu lweemveliso ezigqityiweyo.

Kuthiwa imakethi yekhadibhodi e-Indonesia, eMalaysia, eThailand naseVietnam iqhube kakuhle kwiinyanga ezimbini ezidlulileyo, apho amaxabiso ephepha elirhangqiweyo kumazwe ahlukeneyo efikelela ngaphezulu kwe-US$700/ton ngoJuni, exhaswa luqoqosho lwasekhaya. Kodwa amaxabiso asekuhlaleni ephepha elirhangqiweyo elirhangqiweyo ehle ukuya kwi-$480-505/t kule nyanga njengoko imfuno yehlile kwaye iifektri zekhadibhodi zivaliwe ukuze zikwazi ukumelana nayo.

Kwiveki ephelileyo, ababoneleli abajongene noxinzelelo lwezinto ezisetyenzisiweyo baphoqeleke ukuba bayeke baze bathengise inkunkuma yase-US enguNombolo 12 kwi-SEA nge-$220-230/t. Emva koko bafumanisa ukuba abathengi baseIndiya babuyela kwimarike baze bathenge amaphepha enkunkuma asele engeniswe kwamanye amazwe ukuze bahlangabezane neemfuno ezikhulayo zokupakisha ngaphambi kwexesha lesiqhelo lekota yesine eIndiya.

Ngenxa yoko, abathengisi abakhulu balandela umzekelo kwiveki ephelileyo, bengafuni ukwenza ezinye iindlela zokunciphisa amaxabiso.

Emva kokwehla okukhulu, abathengi kunye nabathengisi bavavanya ukuba ixabiso lephepha elilahliweyo lisondele okanye liyehla na. Nangona amaxabiso ehlile kangaka, iifektri ezininzi azikayiboni imiqondiso yokuba imakethi yokupakisha yengingqi inokubuyela esimeni sayo ekupheleni konyaka, kwaye bayathandabuza ukunyusa amaphepha abo alahliweyo, itsho njalo. Nangona kunjalo, abathengi bonyuse ukungeniswa kwephepha elilahliweyo ngelixa benciphisa ubuninzi bamaphepha abo alahliweyo. Amaxabiso ephepha elilahliweyo lasekhaya kuMzantsi-mpuma weAsia asajikeleza malunga ne-US$200/toni.


Ixesha lokuthumela: Sep-08-2022