Since the government of Taiwan has announced its policy and agreed that Taiwan will export rebars and billets again; some of bulk vessel owners have tried to cut their shipping price in order to get those orders.

For example, the shipping fee from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Hong Kong now is only about US$12 to 13/ton; to compare it with the former shipping fee in the middle of 2008, actually, the shipping cost has already reduced by 25 percent.