According to the market sources, pig iron demand in Italy is at normal levels, while it cannot be described as being strong. The last purchases relating to ex-CIS material were characterized by a price of $390/mt CFR Italian port. In the pig iron market, as in the raw materials market in general, there is a climate of great uncertainty due to geopolitical events such as Turkey's reactions to US trade measures or China-US relations. For this reason, market sources explained, pig iron purchases are aimed at meeting the most immediate needs and buyers avoid placing orders that entail long delivery times and many of them prefer buying 1,000 mt lots of material that is already available at ports.