A cewar bayanai daga Babban Hukumar Kwastam ta China, babbar masana'antar ƙarfe a duniya ta shigo da tan miliyan 2.46 na kayayyakin ƙarfe marasa ƙarewa a watan Yuli, karuwar fiye da sau 10 a cikin watan da ya gabata kuma ta wakilci mafi girman matakinta tun daga shekarar 2016. Bugu da ƙari, shigo da kayayyakin ƙarfe da aka gama ya kai tan miliyan 2.61 a cikin watan, mafi girman matakin tun daga watan Afrilun 2004.

Karuwar da aka samu a shigo da karafa daga kasashen waje ya samo asali ne sakamakon raguwar farashi a kasashen waje da kuma karuwar bukatar ayyukan more rayuwa a cikin gida bayan matakan karfafa tattalin arziki da gwamnatin tsakiya ta kasar Sin ta dauka, da kuma saboda farfadowar bangaren masana'antu, a lokacin da annobar cutar coronavirus ta takaita yawan amfani da karafa a duniya.