On December 20, the 2024 meeting of leaders of large enterprises of China's ready-mixed concrete in four provinces and cities in East China (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui) was held in Hangzhou. Gao Zhi, Secretary-General of China Concrete and Cement Products Association, made a keynote report on the operation and development trend of ready-mixed concrete industry.
Gao Zhi introduced that from January to October 2024, the main business income of Enterprises above the industrial scale of concrete and cement products industry totaled 1.10 trillion yuan, compared with the previous year-16.8%. In terms of accounts
receivable, the net amount of accounts receivable in the whole industry from January to October 2024 was 10256 100 million yuan, an increase of 4.05% over the same period last year, and the turnover rate of accounts receivable was 1.3 times. In terms of
output, from January to October 2024, the output of ready-mixed concrete of enterprises in the industry was 2.015 billion cubic meters, down 11.3% from the same period last year. In terms of provinces, only three provinces, Hubei, Beijing and Xizang, increased their output from January to October this year, while all the others fell. In terms of
price, in the past three years, the average price of the national commercial concrete market has been declining step by step year by year, and the trend of pulling up in the fourth quarter of the past no longer appears, and the peak season is not prosperous. In November 2024, the average price of commercial concrete in 36 cities focused by the association was 334 yuan per cubic meter, down 8.5% from the same period last year. In terms
of sub-cities, as of November 2024, the average commercial mixed price (C30) of 36 major cities monitored by the association only rose in Hangzhou and Shenyang, Changchun was the same as the same period last year, and the remaining 33 cities showed a downward trend. Among them, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Xiongan New Area, Guangzhou, Xining and Shanghai have fallen by more than 50 yuan per cubic meter
. Gao Zhi said that on the demand side of the ready-mixed concrete industry, this round of demand cycle has ended. Before the arrival of the next consumption cycle, the ideal state is that demand enters a platform period or slowly declines, and the possibility of sustained decline is greater; On the supply side, the situation of serious overcapacity in the concrete industry can not be fundamentally reversed in the short term.
Gao Zhi pointed out that the ready-mixed concrete industry should further improve its concentration, innovation ability, green and intelligent level, and internationalization level. Concrete enterprises should further improve product quality, improve service ability, improve the quality of practitioners, and improve the level of fine management.
