Weekly Report of Concrete: The rising cost is hard to compete with the weak demand, and the national concrete price stabilizes at a low level, with a partial rise but a discount (10.12-10.16)

On October 16, the National Concrete Price Index (CEMPI) closed at 86.65 points, down 0.03% annually and 5.15% year-on-year.

This week, the national demand for concrete is strong in the south and weak in the north, the quotation is stable as a whole, and the local tentative push up. The market demand in Northeast China has weakened, and it is difficult to effectively push up the price of cement, so the quotation of commercial concrete continues to be weak and stable; the construction window in Northwest China has narrowed, the shipment has declined, and the transmission of cement price increase has been blocked; in North China, only the increase of cement price in Hebei market has been driven, and some commercial concrete transactions may be expected to rise slightly, while the rest of the market is weak and stable; The Yangtze River Delta in East China is about to start the second round of pushing up, and the price of local commercial mixing is tentatively rising, but the price is discounted; the price of cement in many provinces in central and southern China is rising in a large area, but the differentiation is significant, and the terminal transmission of commercial mixing needs to be verified; the southwest is disturbed by the rainy weather, the demand of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Chongqing is weak, the cost transmission is lagging behind, and the price is mainly stable.