In April, the domestic concrete market prices remained stable but slightly strong, with the market trend mainly driven by upstream raw material prices.
This month, the prices of cement and sand and gravel, the two main materials, have risen slightly in sync, directly driving the concrete market quotation to follow suit and strengthen.
The overall production capacity of the industry continues to recover and improve, and the capacity utilization rate has increased from 4.
76% at the beginning of April to 6.
49% at the end of the month, with a significant cumulative increase.
The overall weekly shipment volume of the industry remains stable at 1.
3 million cubic meters.
The current concrete market demand is highly dependent on infrastructure projects, with urban expressways, high-speed railways, and other municipal infrastructure projects accounting for over 60% of the demand.
The market demand recovery trend is most prominent in the East and Central China regions.
On the other hand, the market demand in the housing construction field continues to be sluggish, and the tight funding situation in the industry has not been substantially improved.
The number of new projects started by real estate companies is lower than market expectations, and many mixing plants in Southwest China have reported that the actual scale of offline engineering projects is difficult to achieve effective breakthroughs.
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