Weekly report of concrete: the price of concrete in China is mainly stable due to the suppression of shipment in the off-season and insufficient cost drive (8.17-8.21)

On August 21, the National Concrete Price Index (CEMPI) closed at 86.97 points, down 0.06% annually and 6.51% year-on-year.

This week, the national concrete market as a whole maintained a weak and stable pattern, with slow release of terminal demand and limited cost-driven. In the northeast region, the low cost stabilized and the quotation was mainly stable; in the northwest region, the impact of high temperature weather and insufficient support for key projects continued to be weak; in the north region, the price of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei shipment was stable, and the volume and price of Shanxi and Inner Mongolia were both weak; in the transition period from off-season to peak season in the east region, the overall quotation remained weak and stable; in the central and southern region, the price was stable and weak due to fierce competition and high pressure of payment collection; Southwest China is suppressed by high temperature, rainwater and insufficient new start-up, and the cost is frequently disturbed, but the power is insufficient.