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Bungwe la European Commission lipereka lingaliro latsopano la njira yotetezera zitsulo zochokera kunja kwa EU kumapeto kwa mwezi uno, ndi cholinga chokhazikitsa kusintha kulikonse mu Julayi, European Commission idatero pa Meyi 11.
"Ndemangayi ikupitirirabe ndipo iyenera kumalizidwa ndikuvomerezedwa munthawi yake kuti kusintha kulikonse kugwiritsidwe ntchito pofika pa Julayi 1, 2022," wolankhulira EC adatero mu imelo. "Khomishoni ikuyembekeza kumapeto kwa Meyi kapena koyambirira kwa Juni. Falitsani Chidziwitso cha WTO chomwe chili ndi mfundo zazikulu za lingaliroli."
Dongosololi linayambitsidwa pakati pa chaka cha 2018 kuti lichepetse kusagwirizana kwa malonda pambuyo poti Purezidenti wa US, Donald Trump, adakhazikitsa msonkho wa 25 peresenti pa zinthu zogulidwa kuchokera kumayiko ambiri motsatira lamulo la Gawo 232 mu Marichi chaka chimenecho. Kuyambira pa Januwale 1, ndalama za Article 232 pa zitsulo za EU zasinthidwa ndi mgwirizano wa mtengo wa malonda pakati pa magulu omwe akukhudzidwa. Mgwirizano wofanana ndi wa US-UK uyamba kugwira ntchito pa June 1.
Bungwe la EU Steel Consumers Association linalimbikitsa panthawi yowunikirayi kuti lichotse kapena kuyimitsa chitetezo, kapena kuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa misonkho. Iwo amanena kuti chitetezochi chapangitsa kuti mitengo ikhale yokwera komanso kusowa kwa zinthu pamsika wa EU, ndipo kuletsa kutumiza zitsulo ku Russia ndi mwayi watsopano wogulitsa zitsulo ku EU ku US tsopano kukuzipangitsa kukhala zosafunikira.
Mu Seputembala 2021, gulu la ogula zitsulo lomwe lili ku Brussels, European Association of Non-Integrated Metals Importers and Distributors, Euranimi, linapereka madandaulo ku Khoti Lalikulu la EU ku Luxembourg kuti lichotse njira zodzitetezera zomwe zinawonjezeredwa kwa zaka zitatu kuyambira Juni 2021. Lamuloli likunena kuti EC inali ndi "cholakwika chowunikira bwino" pozindikira kuvulala kwakukulu komanso kuthekera kwa kuvulala kwakukulu komwe kumachitika chifukwa cha kutumizidwa kwa chitsulo kunja.
Eurofer, bungwe la opanga zitsulo ku Europe, linatsutsa kuti chitetezo cha kutumiza zitsulo kunja chikupitilizabe "kupewa chisokonezo chifukwa cha kukwera kwadzidzidzi kwa katundu wotumizidwa kunja popanda kuyang'anira bwino kupezeka kapena mitengo ... mitengo yachitsulo ku Europe idafika pa 20 peresenti mu Marichi.", tsopano ikutsika mofulumira komanso mozama (pansi pa mitengo ya ku US) pamene ogwiritsa ntchito zitsulo akuchepetsa maoda a mitengo yongoyerekeza ikutsika kwambiri," bungweli linatero.
Malinga ndi kuwunika kwa S&P Global Commodity Insights, kuyambira kotala lachiwiri, mtengo wa ntchito zakale za HRC ku Northern Europe watsika ndi 17.2% kufika pa €1,150/t pa 11 Meyi.
Kuwunikanso kwaposachedwa kwa chitetezo cha dongosolo la EU - kuwunikanso kwachinayi kwa dongosololi - kudaperekedwa ku Disembala chaka chatha, ndi pempho la omwe akukhudzidwa kuti aperekepo pofika pa 10 Januwale. Pambuyo poti Russia idalowa mu Ukraine pa 24 February, EC idasinthanso kuchuluka kwa zinthu zaku Russia ndi Belarus pakati pa ogulitsa ena.
Eurofer idati chitsulo chomalizidwa kutumizidwa kuchokera ku Russia ndi Ukraine chimafika matani pafupifupi 6 miliyoni mu 2021, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti 20% ya chitsulo chonse chochokera ku EU chigwiritsidwe ntchito ndi 4% ya chitsulo chogwiritsidwa ntchito ku EU chokwana matani 150 miliyoni.
Ndemangayi ikuphatikizapo magulu 26 azinthu kuphatikizapo pepala lopindidwa ndi lotentha, pepala lopindidwa ndi lozizira, pepala lophimbidwa ndi chitsulo, zinthu zopangira mphero, pepala lopindidwa ndi lozizira lachitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, mipiringidzo yamalonda, magawo opepuka ndi opanda kanthu, rebar, waya, zipangizo za sitima, komanso mapaipi osasemphana komanso olumikizidwa.
Tim di Maulo, mkulu wa bungwe la EU komanso wopanga zinthu zosapanga dzimbiri ku Brazil, Aperam, adati pa Meyi 6 kuti kampaniyo ikudalira thandizo la EC kuti lithandize kuchepetsa "kukwera kwakukulu kwa zinthu zomwe (EU) zimalowa m'dzikolo mu kotala loyamba ... kuchokera ku China kokha."
"Tikuyembekeza kuti mayiko ambiri adzatetezedwa mtsogolomu, ndipo China idzakhala patsogolo," wolankhulira Aperam adatero m'mawu ake, omwe kampaniyo idapempha kuti pakhale kusintha komwe kukubwera. Adanenanso kuti South Africa yangophatikizidwa kumene mu chitetezo.
"Ngakhale kuti pali njira zotsutsana ndi izi, China yapeza njira yogulitsira zambiri m'mbuyomu," adatero Dimolo pamsonkhano ndi amalonda akukambirana za zotsatira za wopanga zitsulo mu kotala loyamba. "Kutumiza zinthu kunja nthawi zonse kumaika mavuto pamsika.
"Komiti yakhala ikuthandiza ndipo ipitilizabe kuthandiza," adatero. "Tikukhulupirira kuti komitiyi ithetsa vutoli."
Ngakhale kuti Aperam inagula zinthu zambiri kuchokera kunja, inapitirizabe kugulitsa zinthu zambiri komanso kupeza ndalama zambiri mu kotala yoyamba komanso kuwonjezera zotsatira zobwezeretsanso ku balance sheet yake. Mphamvu ya kampaniyo yogwiritsa ntchito zitsulo zosapanga dzimbiri komanso zamagetsi ku Brazil ndi ku Europe ndi 2.5 miliyoni t/y ndipo mbiri ina yabwino ikuyembekezeka mu kotala yachiwiri.
Di Maulo adawonjezera kuti momwe zinthu zilili ku China zapangitsa kuti opanga zitsulo kumeneko apange phindu lochepa kwambiri kapena loipa poyerekeza ndi phindu labwino la zaka ziwiri zapitazi. Komabe, iyi ndi "njira yomwe ingasinthe mtsogolo," adatero.
Komabe, Euranimi adalemba kalata ya pa Januware 26 ku European Commission kuti ku EU "kuli kusowa kwakukulu kwa chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, makamaka SSCR (chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri chozizira), chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa chitetezo komanso kufunikira kwakukulu, ndipo mitengo yake siili bwino."
"Mkhalidwe wa zachuma ndi ndale wasintha kwambiri poyerekeza ndi chaka cha 2018, pomwe njira zodzitetezera kwakanthawi zinayamba kugwiritsidwa ntchito," adatero mkulu wa Euranimi Christophe Lagrange mu imelo pa Meyi 11, ponena za kuchira kwachuma pambuyo pa mliriwu, kusowa kwa zinthu ku Europe kuphatikizapo chitsulo chosapanga dzimbiri, kukwera kwamitengo kwambiri, phindu lalikulu kwa opanga osapanga dzimbiri ku Europe mu 2021, kukwera mtengo kwa zinthu ku EU, mitengo yokwera kwambiri yoyendera chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa mayendedwe akunja Ndi zinthu zodula kwambiri zotumizidwa kunja, nkhondo ya Ukraine, zilango za EU ku Russia, kulowa m'malo kwa Joe kwa Donald Trump Biden ngati purezidenti wa US komanso kuchotsa zina mwazofunikira za Gawo 232.
"Mu nkhani yatsopano chonchi, bwanji pakhale njira yotetezera mafakitale achitsulo a EU m'njira yosiyana kwambiri, pomwe ngozi yomwe njirayo idapangidwira kuthana nayo siiliponso?" Lagrange adafunsa.
Ndi yaulere komanso yosavuta kuchita. Chonde gwiritsani ntchito batani lomwe lili pansipa ndipo tidzakubwezerani kuno mukamaliza.