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 3590.00 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 3483.33 yuan / ton at the end of the week, down 106.67 yuan / ton, down 2.97%, up 25.60% over the same period last year. Overall, the calcium carbide market fell this week, with the calcium carbide commodity index at 91.27 on January 8.

2、 Trend analysis

From the manufacturer’s quotation, the ex factory price of calcium carbide in Northwest China fell this week: oviganone’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend was 3350 yuan / ton, down 320 yuan / ton compared with the beginning of the week; Inner Mongolia Zoomlion’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend was 3400 yuan / ton, stable compared with the beginning of the week; Ningxia Xingping’s quotation of calcium carbide this weekend was 3700 yuan / ton, stable compared with 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 high this week. The quotation of small material is 1150 yuan / ton this weekend, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; that of medium material is 1200 yuan / ton this weekend, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week; that of large material is 1200 yuan / ton this weekend, which is temporarily stable compared with the beginning of the week. The price of raw materials in the upstream was high and the cost support was good, which had a positive impact on the price of calcium carbide.

Downstream market, PVC factory prices fell this week. PVC quotation fell by 2.67% from 7295.00 yuan / ton at the beginning of the week to 7100.00 yuan / ton at the end of the week. It was 4.03% higher than that of the same period last year. This week, PVC prices fell slightly, the market is general, the downstream of calcium carbide procurement enthusiasm is general, overall, this week’s PVC market has a negative impact on calcium carbide prices.

3、 Future forecast

In the middle of January, the market of calcium carbide fluctuated slightly and fell mainly. The price of raw material blue carbon was high and the cost of calcium carbide was well supported. The downstream PVC market has fallen sharply recently, downstream customers are generally enthusiastic about purchasing calcium carbide, the output of calcium carbide has risen, and the market supply exceeds demand. In the future, it is predicted that the price of calcium carbide in Northwest China may drop slightly in mid January.