Izibalo ezikhishwe yi-International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) ngo-Okthoba 7 zibonisa ukuthi engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2021, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engagqwali emhlabeni wonke kwenyuke cishe ngo-24.9% unyaka nonyaka kwafinyelela kumathani ayizigidi ezingu-29.026. Ngokuphathelene nezifunda eziningana, umkhiqizo wazo zonke izifunda ukhuphuke unyaka nonyaka: IYurophu ikhuphuke cishe ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-20.3% yaya ku-3.827, i-United States ikhuphuke cishe ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-18.7% yaya ku-1.277, kanti i-China enkulu ikhuphuke cishe ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-20.8% yaya ku-16.243, ngaphandle kwe-China enkulu, i-Asia okuhlanganisa iNingizimu Korea ne-Indonesia (ikakhulukazi i-India, iJapan neTaiwan) ikhule cishe ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-25.6% yaya ku-3.725, kanti ezinye izifunda (ikakhulukazi i-Indonesia, iNingizimu Korea, iNingizimu Afrika, iBrazil, neRussia) zikhule cishe ngamathani ayizigidi ezingu-53.7%.

Kwikota yesibili ka-2021, ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engagqwali emhlabeni wonke bekucishe kufane nekota edlule. Phakathi kwazo, ngaphandle kwezwekazi laseShayina nelase-Asia ngaphandle kweShayina, iNingizimu Korea, ne-Indonesia, isilinganiso senyanga nenyanga sehlile, kanti ezinye izifunda ezinkulu zikhuphukile inyanga nenyanga.

Ukukhiqizwa kwensimbi engagqwali (iyunithi: amathani ayinkulungwane)