1、 Price trend

The factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China fell this week. This week, the average ex factory quotation price of the mainstream calcium carbide manufacturers in Northwest China dropped from 3083.33 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 3050.00 yuan / ton at the end of the week, down 33.33 yuan / ton, or 1.08%, up 9.32% over the same period last year. Overall, the calcium carbide market fell this week, with the commodity index of 79.91 on February 5.

2、 Trend analysis

From the manufacturer’s quotation, the ex factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China fell this week: orveganen’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend is 3250 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; Inner Mongolia Zoomlion’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend is 3100 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; Ningxia Xingping’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend is 2800 yuan / ton, which is 100 yuan / ton lower than the beginning of the week.

From the perspective of the upstream and downstream industrial chain of calcium carbide, the price of raw materials in the upstream market was low and consolidated this week. The quotation of small material this weekend is 890 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; that of medium material this weekend is 980 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; that of large material this weekend is 980 yuan / ton, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week. The price of raw materials in the upstream is low and the cost support is insufficient, which has a negative impact on the price of calcium carbide.

Downstream market, PVC factory prices rose this week. The price of PVC dropped from 7175.00 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 7250.00 yuan / ton at the end of the week, an increase of 1.05%. Compared with the same period last year, it increased by 6.42%. This week, PVC prices rose slightly, the market is good, downstream calcium carbide procurement enthusiasm is normal, overall, this week’s PVC market has a positive impact on calcium carbide prices.

3、 Future forecast

In the middle of February, calcium carbide market fluctuated slightly. The price of raw materials is low and the cost of calcium carbide is insufficient. The downstream PVC market has risen slightly recently. The downstream customers have normal purchasing enthusiasm for calcium carbide, but the output of calcium carbide has risen, and the market supply exceeds the demand. It is predicted that the price of calcium carbide in Northwest China may fluctuate slightly in the middle of February.