Malinga ndi kafukufuku, pamene Chaka Chatsopano cha China chikuyandikira, kufunikira ku China kumayamba kuchepa.Kuonjezera apo, amalonda apakhomo nthawi zambiri amakhala ndi nkhawa za momwe msika ukuyendera komanso kusowa kwachangu kosungira zinthu zachisanu.Chotsatira chake, mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zipangizo zachitsulo posachedwapa yafowokera ku madigiri osiyanasiyana, ndipo mikhalidwe ya msika wamalonda wakunja yafowokeranso.
Pakuwona mitengo yamitundu yosiyanasiyana yogulitsa kunja, mtengo wapano wa SS400 yotentha yaku China akuti uli pafupi ndi 755-760 US dollars/ton, yomwe ndi pafupifupi 9-10 US dollar/ton kutsika kuposa sabata yatha.Zochitika zenizeni zawona madontho ambiri amdima, ndipo zambiri zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito zili pa 750. Pansi pa USD/ton.Posachedwapa, mphero zazikulu zazitsulo zikukonzekera mwachangu kusaina maoda mu Novembala ndi Disembala.M'kanthawi kochepa, okhudzidwa ndi maholide akuyandikira ndi malonda ofooka a pakhomo, ogula kunja kwa nyanja sakufuna kugula, akuyembekezera kuoneka kwa mitengo yotsika.