PVC日报：震荡运行-20251021

Report Industry Investment Rating - No investment rating is provided in the report. Core Viewpoints - The PVC market is under significant pressure due to high social inventory, upcoming end of equipment maintenance, average spot trading, and high futures warehouse receipts. However, the recent major conference may affect macro - sentiment, and the cost side of PVC has strengthened. It is recommended to exit and wait and see [1]. Summary by Related Catalogs Market Analysis - The calcium carbide price in the upstream northwest region is stable. The PVC operating rate decreased by 5.94 percentage points to 76.69% on a month - on - month basis, still at a relatively high level in recent years. After the National Day, the downstream recovery of PVC was significant, but it is still at a relatively low level in the same period over the years. India postponed the BIS policy for another six months until December 24, 2025. Formosa Plastics in Taiwan, China, lowered its November quotation by $30 - 40 per ton. India increased the anti - dumping duty on imported PVC from the Chinese mainland by about $50 per ton on August 14, weakening the export expectation of Chinese PVC in the fourth quarter. However, after the recent decline in export prices, export orders have not weakened significantly. The real estate is still in the adjustment stage, and it will take time to improve [1]. Futures and Spot Market - The PVC2601 contract decreased in positions and fluctuated. The lowest price was 4,670 yuan per ton, the highest was 4,725 yuan per ton, and it finally closed at 4,699 yuan per ton, below the 20 - day moving average, with a decline of 0.47%. The position volume decreased by 14,260 lots to 1,191,906 lots [2]. - On October 21, the mainstream price of calcium carbide - based PVC in East China dropped to 4,625 yuan per ton. The futures closing price of the V2601 contract was 4,699 yuan per ton. The current basis was - 74 yuan per ton, weakening by 16 yuan per ton, and the basis was at a relatively low - neutral level [3][4]. Fundamental Tracking - Supply side: Some devices such as Shandong Xinfa, Lutai Chemical, and Inner Mongolia Junzheng entered maintenance. The PVC operating rate decreased by 5.94 percentage points to 76.69% on a month - on - month basis. New production capacities have been put into operation, including Wanhua Chemical with an annual capacity of 500,000 tons in August, Tianjin Bohua with an annual capacity of 400,000 tons expected to be in stable production by the end of September, Qingdao Gulf with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons put into operation in early September and approaching full - load production, and Gansu Yaowang and Jiaxing Jiahua with annual capacities of 300,000 tons each running at low loads after trial production [5]. - Demand side: The real estate is still in the adjustment stage. From January to September 2025, the national real estate development investment was 677.06 billion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 13.9%. The sales area of commercial housing was 658.35 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 5.5%. The sales volume of commercial housing was 630.4 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.9%. The new construction area of houses was 453.99 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 18.9%. The construction area of real estate development enterprises was 6.4858 billion square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 9.4%. The completed area of houses was 311.29 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 15.3%. As of the week of October 19, after the National Day, the commercial housing transaction area in 30 large - and medium - sized cities increased by 54.79% on a month - on - month basis, but it was at the lowest level in the same period in recent years [6]. - Inventory: As of the week of October 16, the PVC social inventory decreased by 0.24% on a month - on - month basis to 1.0338 million tons, 33.52% higher than the same period last year. The social inventory decreased slightly but was still relatively high [7].