Cement Net Monthly Report: Low Demand and Weakened Cost Support, the National Concrete Market as a Whole Tends to Fall (7.1-7.31)

In July, there were frequent typhoons and continuous high temperature disturbances, the demand was further depressed, the cost support of superimposed cement was weakened, and the national concrete market was under pressure. The demand in North China and Northwest China is still not improved, the cost side is weak, and the overall volume and price are weak; the northeast cement push up is difficult to hedge the demand collapse, the contradiction between supply and demand is prominent, and the price is under pressure; the high temperature in East China is superimposed on the cost side, the price breaks the weak and stable situation, and the transaction center moves down; the transmission of the central and southern cement push up is blocked, most of them are stable, and some of them are at the bottom; The southwest cost support is weakened, the transaction is divided, and the market is a game pattern.

By the end of July, the National Concrete Price Index (CONCPI) had closed at 87.78 points, down 0.84% from the previous month and 6.31% from the same period last year.

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the National Concrete Price Index in July