[January Report of Concrete Price Index]: The demand before the festival is basically over, and the price is stable after falling.

2023-02-02 16:03:44

Coinciding with the Spring Festival holiday, domestic construction projects basically entered a state of holiday shutdown, concrete market turnover dropped to a low level, some concrete enterprises continued to lower their quotations before the festival, and prices have basically maintained stable operation since the Spring Festival. By the end of January, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) had closed at 140.09 points, down 0.69% from the end of December and 9.39% from the same period last year.

In January, concrete market transactions gradually stagnated, and the national commodity concrete price index fell first and then stabilized. January coincided with the Spring Festival of the lunar calendar, the downstream construction sites and mixing stations were gradually shut down for holidays, and most of the domestic construction projects had not resumed by the end of the month. Except for the guaranteed supply enterprises of individual key projects, the turnover of concrete market is very few. At the same time, the prices of raw materials such as cement and sand in the upstream continued to decline, which led some concrete enterprises to lower their quotations before the Spring Festival.

By the end of January, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) closed at 140.09 points, down 0.69% from the end of December and 9.39% from the same period last year.

Figure 1: Trend and Operation of National Concrete Price Index in January (Point)

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In May, the rainy weather in the south continued, the demand for concrete market still declined, coupled with the obvious drop in costs, domestic commercial mixed prices generally fell. By the end of May, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) had closed at 136.22 points, down 1.81% from the end of April and 8.22% from the same period last year.

2023-06-01 16:40:45

In March, driven by infrastructure projects, the downstream construction volume increased annually, but the market demand in most areas has not yet recovered to the same period in previous years, and the price of concrete is stable and strong. By the end of March, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) closed at 140.28 points, up 0.37% from the end of February, and down 6.63% from the same period last year.

2023-04-04 09:16:13

After the Lantern Festival, the construction demand in the southern market has gradually recovered, but the overall situation is still weaker than same period in previous years, and the price of concrete has generally remained stable and fallen, with only a slight rise in the central and southern parts. By the end of February, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) had closed at 139.76 points, down 0.24% from the end of January and 8.08% from the same period last year.

2023-03-01 16:50:19

Coinciding with the Spring Festival holiday, domestic construction projects basically entered a state of holiday shutdown, concrete market turnover dropped to a low level, some concrete enterprises continued to lower their quotations before the festival, and prices have basically maintained stable operation since the Spring Festival. By the end of January, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) had closed at 140.09 points, down 0.69% from the end of December and 9.39% from the same period last year.

2023-02-02 16:03:44

Despite the optimization and adjustment of the epidemic prevention policy, the overall construction progress in China has further slowed down due to the approaching New Year and the low temperature, and the demand for concrete in the southern market has gradually weakened. By the end of December, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) closed at 141.07 points, down 0.93% from the end of November, compared with the same period last year. Prices fell by 10.26%.

2023-01-04 11:40:36

The title is "Cement and Clinker Inventory Statistics". The statistics include the data of storage location (%), year-on-year storage location (percentage point) and month-on-month storage location (percentage point) of clinker and cement in different regions of the country on July 25. In terms of clinker, the data of different regions are different. The change value of year-on-year storage location in East China is considerable, and the change value of month-on-month storage location in Northeast China is relatively obvious. In terms of cement, the change value of year-on-year storage location in Southwest China is more prominent, and the change value of month-on-month storage location in Central and South China is relatively small.