Kwanan nan, yayin da bukatar kasuwa ta kara girma, manyan masana'antun karfe uku na Japan sun ci gaba da kara yawan tsammanin ribar da suke samu a shekarar kudi ta 2021-2022 (Afrilu 2021 zuwa Maris 2022).
Manyan kamfanonin ƙarfe uku na Japan, Nippon Steel, JFE Steel da Kobe Steel, kwanan nan sun sanar da ƙididdigar ayyukansu na rabin farko na shekarar kuɗi ta 2021-2022 (Afrilu 2021-Satumba 2021). Kididdiga ta nuna cewa bayan da sabuwar annobar cutar huhu ta kasance mai ƙarfi a ƙarƙashin iko, tattalin arzikin ya ci gaba da murmurewa, kuma buƙatar ƙarfe a cikin motoci da sauran masana'antu ya sake farfaɗowa. Bugu da ƙari, farashin ƙarfe ya samo asali ne sakamakon ƙaruwar farashin kayan masarufi kamar kwal da ma'adinan ƙarfe. Haka kuma ya tashi daidai da haka. Sakamakon haka, manyan masana'antun ƙarfe uku na Japan za su mayar da asarar zuwa riba a rabin farko na shekarar kuɗi ta 2021-2022.
Bugu da ƙari, ganin cewa buƙatar kasuwar ƙarfe za ta ci gaba da ƙaruwa, kamfanonin ƙarfe uku duk sun ɗaga hasashen ribar da suka samu na shekarar kuɗi ta 2021-2022. Nippon Steel ta ɗaga ribar da ta samu daga yen biliyan 370 da aka yi tsammani a baya zuwa yen biliyan 520, JFE Steel ta ɗaga ribar da ta samu daga yen biliyan 240 da ake tsammani zuwa yen biliyan 250, kuma Kobe Steel ta ɗaga ribar da ta samu daga yadda ake tsammani. An ɗaga yen biliyan 40 na Japan zuwa yen biliyan 50.
Masashi Terahata, mataimakin shugaban JFE Steel, ya ce a wani taron manema labarai na yanar gizo kwanan nan: "Saboda ƙarancin semiconductor da wasu dalilai, ayyukan samarwa da aiki na kamfanin suna shafar na ɗan lokaci. Duk da haka, tare da farfadowar tattalin arzikin cikin gida da na ƙasashen waje, ana sa ran buƙatar kasuwa ta ƙarfe za ta ci gaba. A hankali take ƙaruwa.