Wahi a ka ʻikepili o ka ʻOihana Hoʻokele Nui o nā Dute, ʻo ka nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai ka sulfur mai Kina i ʻOkakopa 2023 he 997,300 tons, he piʻi ʻana o 32.70% mai ka mahina i hala a me 49.14% mai ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala; Mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa, ua hōʻea ka nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai ka sulfur mai Kina i 7,460,900 tons, he piʻi 12.20% i kēlā me kēia makahiki. I kēia manawa, ma muli o nā pono maikaʻi i hōʻiliʻili ʻia i nā hapaha mua ʻekolu a me ka ikaika o ka ʻikepili i lawe ʻia mai i ʻOkakopa, ʻo ka nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai ka sulfur mai Kina i ʻOkakopa o kēia makahiki he 186,400 tons wale nō ka emi ma mua o ka nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai o ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa i ka makahiki i hala. I loko o ʻelua mahina o ka ʻikepili i koe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea i lawe ʻia mai ka sulfur mai Kina i kēia makahiki ma mua o ka makahiki i hala, a manaʻo ʻia e hiki i ka pae o 2020 a me 2021.

E like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma ke kiʻi ma luna, koe wale nō Pepeluali, Malaki, ʻApelila a me Iune i kēia makahiki, ua hōʻike nā lawe mai sulfur o Kina i kēlā me kēia mahina i nā mahina ʻeono i koe i nā ʻano ulu like ʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa like i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala. Ma hope o ka hapaha ʻelua, ua hoʻōla hou ʻia ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻoihana hoʻouluulu phosphate ma lalo a ua hana ma kahi pae kiʻekiʻe no kekahi manawa, a ua hoʻonui ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana o ka ʻaoʻao koi i ka lewa kālepa mākeke a ua hoʻonui pū i ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻoihana e kali i ka mākeke, no laila e loaʻa i ka ʻikepili lawe mai sulfur o nā mahina pili kahi hana maikaʻi.

Mai ka manaʻo o nā hoa kālepa lawe mai, i ʻOkakopa 2023, ma ke ʻano he kumu nui o nā lawe mai sulfur mai Kina i ka wā ma mua, ʻo ka nui o ka lawe mai he 303,200 tons wale nō, ʻo ia hoʻi he 38.30% ka emi ma mua o ka mahina i hala a he 30.10% wale nō o ka nui o ka lawe mai i ʻOkakopa. ʻO UAE wale nō ka ʻāina ma ka Hikina Waena e kūlana ʻekolu ma ke ʻano o ka ʻikepili lawe mai e ka hoa kālepa. ʻO Kanada ka mea i luna o ka papa inoa me 209,600 tons, e helu ana i 21.01% o nā lawe mai sulfur mai Kina i ʻOkakopa. ʻO Kazakhstan ka lua o kahi, me 150,500 tons, e helu ana i 15.09% o nā lawe mai sulfur mai Kina i ʻOkakopa; ʻO United Arab Emirates, South Korea a me Iapana ke kūlana ʻekolu a hiki i ka lima.

Ma ke kūlana o nā lawe mai sulfur a Kina e nā hoa kālepa mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa i kēia makahiki, ʻo nā ʻekolu kiʻekiʻe he hoʻokahi wale nō ʻāina ma ka Hikina Waena, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo United Arab Emirates. ʻO Kanada ka mea kiʻekiʻe o ka papa inoa, kahi i lawe mai ai ʻo Kina i 1.127 miliona tone o ka sulfur, e helu ana i 15.11% o nā lawe mai sulfur a Kina mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa; ʻO ka lua, ua lawe mai ʻo Kōlea Hema i 972,700 tone, e helu ana i 13.04% o nā lawe mai sulfur a Kina mai Ianuali a ʻOkakopa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma ka hapa o ka sulfur i lawe ʻia mai ma Kina, ua maopopo loa ke ʻano o ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka helu o nā kumu mai ka Hikina Waena i ka makahiki i hala, mai ka wā i wehe ʻia ai ke koi o Indonesia, ua omo kona hiki ke ʻae i nā kumuwaiwai kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe i kekahi mau kumuwaiwai Hikina Waena, me ke kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe o ka sulfur ma ka Hikina Waena, ua haʻalele nā ​​​​kālepa kūloko i ke ʻano impulsive ma mua i ka mākeke. A ʻo ka ulu mau ʻana o ka nui o ka kūloko he kumu nui ia no ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā lawe mai sulfur mai ka Hikina Waena ma Kina.

A hiki i kēia manawa, hōʻike ka ʻikepili o Longhong Information ʻo ka nui o ke awa o nā kumuwaiwai sulfur kūloko i lawe ʻia mai i Nowemapa ma kahi o 550-650,000 tons (ʻo ke kumu nui ma muli o ka nui o nā hōʻea paʻa ma nā awa hema), no laila ua helu ka loiloi he nui ka manawa e ʻoi aku ai ka nui o ka sulfur i lawe ʻia mai Kina mai Ianuali a Nowemapa 2023 ma mua o 8 miliona tons, ʻoiai inā like ka nui o ka sulfur kūloko i lawe ʻia mai i Dekemaba o kēia makahiki me Dekemaba 2022. I ka makahiki 2023, manaʻo ʻia e kokoke a ʻoi aku paha ka nui o ka sulfur i lawe ʻia mai Kina ma mua o 8.5 miliona tons, no laila i kēia makahiki i loko o ke ʻano o ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka home, manaʻo ʻia hoʻi ka nui o nā kumuwaiwai i lawe ʻia mai e hiki i ka pae o 2020, 2021, makemake paha mākou e kali a ʻike.