PVC周报：反倾销税公布，弱势震荡-20250818

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the given content 2. Core Viewpoint of the Report - The fundamental pattern of PVC remains weak, and the futures market is expected to continue its weak and volatile trend next week. Social inventories are continuously increasing. Although there are more planned device overhauls next week, new production capacities are being gradually released, so the supply is still under pressure. India has announced an increase in anti - dumping duties on PVC from the Chinese mainland, which will weaken the export support [4]. 3. Summary by Directory PVC Market Review - This week, the PVC2509 futures fluctuated between 4,938 and 5,077 yuan/ton, opening at 4,980 yuan/ton and closing at 4,954 yuan/ton, with a three - week consecutive decline and a smaller amplitude compared to last week. The fundamentals deteriorated marginally, with social inventories increasing for 8 consecutive weeks. The cost of calcium carbide decreased by 90 yuan/ton, weakening cost support [3][8]. - As of Friday, the closing price of the PVC main contract was 4,954 yuan/ton (down 39 yuan week - on - week), and the open interest was 370,000 lots (down 26 lots week - on - week), with an accelerated pace of open interest reduction [11]. - As of Friday, the PVC basis in Changzhou was - 104 yuan/ton (down 1 yuan week - on - week), the number of PVC warehouse receipts was 80,000 lots (up 17,000 lots week - on - week), and the delivery volume in June was 35,000 tons, at a neutral level year - on - year [13]. - As of Friday, the V9 - 1 spread was - 143 yuan/ton (down 3 yuan week - on - week), and the V3 - 5 spread was - 249 yuan/ton (up 20 yuan week - on - week) [16]. - This week, the price of calcium - carbide - based PVC decreased marginally due to the impact of coal prices, and the price difference between ethylene - based and calcium - carbide - based PVC widened [19]. Supply - This week, the PVC output was 480,000 tons, a week - on - week increase of 5,000 tons, with a capacity utilization rate of 80%. From week 1 to week 33, the cumulative output increased by 4.4% year - on - year, and the supply was still under pressure. Next week, the capacity utilization rate of Chinese PVC is expected to be 77.61%, lower than the current level. Several enterprises have overhaul plans, and the overall supply is expected to decrease [22]. - Next week, multiple sets of devices from companies such as Xinzhongjia, Junzheng, and Zhongtai are planned for overhaul. Devices from companies like Haipingmian, Jinchuan, Ningbo Taishu, and Liancheng are planned for overhaul around September [23]. Real Estate - From January to July 2025, the cumulative year - on - year changes in the new construction, construction, completion, and sales areas of real estate were - 19.4%, - 9.2%, - 16.5%, and - 4% respectively. The decline in new construction area narrowed, while the declines in construction, completion, and sales areas widened. In July 2025, the cumulative year - on - year changes in the new construction, construction, completion, and sales areas of real estate were - 15.2%, - 16.4%, - 29.5%, and - 8.4% respectively, with the decline in sales area widening for 4 consecutive months. In July 2025, the year - on - year change in the price index of newly built commercial residential buildings in 70 large and medium - sized cities was - 5.85% [26]. - This week, the commercial housing transaction area in 30 cities was 2.07 million square meters, a week - on - week decrease of 16.6% [29]. Domestic Demand - This week, the downstream operating rate was 43%. The operating rates of pipes and profiles improved month - on - month, while the operating rate of films declined for 2 consecutive weeks [31]. Exports - From January to June 2025, the PVC export volume was 1.96 million tons (an increase of 660,000 tons year - on - year), with a cumulative year - on - year increase of 50%. In May 2025, the domestic PVC export volume was 260,000 tons, a year - on - year increase of 21% [34]. - India announced new anti - dumping duties on imported PVC on August 14, 2025, raising the duties on the Chinese mainland by 40 - 65 US dollars/ton, which is expected to limit the export of PVC from the Chinese mainland to the Indian market. 45% of the PVC exports in the first half of the year went to India, and this situation is expected to change in the second half of the year [35]. - From January to June 2025, the cumulative export volume of PVC flooring was 2.09 million tons, a cumulative year - on - year decrease of 11%. In June 2025, the export volume of PVC flooring was 320,000 tons, a year - on - year decrease of 24% [38]. Inventory - As of Thursday, the PVC enterprise inventory was 330,000 tons (a week - on - week decrease of 10,000 tons), with 8 consecutive weeks of inventory reduction, totaling 75,000 tons. The small - sample social inventory of PVC was 490,000 tons (a week - on - week increase of 12,000 tons), with 9 consecutive weeks of inventory increase, totaling 138,000 tons. The large - sample social inventory of PVC was 680,000 tons (a week - on - week increase of 35,000 tons), with 8 consecutive weeks of inventory increase, totaling 242,000 tons [41]. Profit - This week, the gross profit of calcium - carbide - based PVC was - 231 yuan/ton (a week - on - week increase of 21 yuan) [44].