Wani ɓangare na kamfanonin ƙarfe na ƙasar Sin da ke fuskantar koma baya ba su ci gaba da aiki gaba ɗaya ba, amma farashin ƙarfe ya yi tashin gwauron zabi, manyan kamfanonin injinan ƙarfe suna da niyyar ƙara farashi. Albarkatun fitar da kayayyaki na yawancin masana'antun ƙarfe na Kudu maso Gabashin Asiya da China a watan Maris sun ƙare, kuma farashin wasu masana'antun ƙarfe a watan Afrilu yana da tsada sosai. A halin yanzu, farashin fitar da kayayyaki na janareta shine $640-650 / tan FOB, kuma farashin cold coil ya wuce $700 / tan FOB. Ba a kammala wani babban tsari ba tukuna.

Wannan zagayen hauhawar farashin ƙarfe na ƙasashen duniya, a gefe guda daga farfadowar tattalin arzikin China mai ƙarfi. A cewar kididdigar hukuma, a lokacin bikin bazara na 2023, kuɗaɗen shiga na tallace-tallace na masana'antar masu amfani da kayayyaki ta China sun ƙaru da fiye da kashi 10% idan aka kwatanta da wannan lokacin a bara. A gefe guda kuma, yanayin zafi mai zafi a lokacin hunturu a Turai ya taimaka wajen rage matsalolin makamashi, inda ƙasashe kamar Faransa, Netherlands da Poland suka kafa sabbin tarihi a watan Janairu mafi zafi. Faɗuwar farashin makamashi yana ba wa Turawa ƙarin kuɗi don kashewa kan wasu abubuwa, kuma a kaikaice yana ƙara buƙatar ƙarfe a Turai. Farashin rolls na Turai a halin yanzu yana kan Yuro 770 ($838) a kowace tan, wanda ya haura kusan Yuro 90 a kowace tan daga lokaci ɗaya a watan da ya gabata. A cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, farashin ƙarfe na ƙasashen waje ko zai ci gaba da ƙaruwa.