A notable trend emerging this week is the "structural transformation" of international steel trade. Due to the tightening web of anti-dumping measures against finished products (like rebar and HRC), global markets are seeing a record-breaking surge in the export of semi-finished products. By shifting focus to slabs and billets, major producing regions are successfully maintaining high capacity utilization while transferring the final processing—and the associated carbon footprint—to destination markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
