PVC日报：震荡下行-20251031

Report Industry Investment Rating - No information provided Core View of the Report - The PVC market is expected to fluctuate in the near term. Although the social inventory has slightly decreased, the maintenance of production enterprises such as Hangjin Technology is about to end, and the futures warehouse receipts are still at a high level. The supply is relatively high, and the demand from the real - estate sector is weak, while the export outlook is also uncertain [1]. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Market Analysis - The calcium carbide price in the upstream northwest region has dropped by 25 yuan/ton. The PVC operating rate has increased by 1.69 percentage points to 78.26% and is at a relatively high level in recent years. The downstream operating rate has continued to rise but is still at a low level. India has postponed the BIS policy for six months to December 24, 2025. The quotation of Formosa Plastics in Taiwan, China has been lowered by 30 - 40 dollars/ton in November. The anti - dumping duty on PVC imports from the Chinese mainland in India has been raised by about 50 dollars/ton, weakening the export expectation in the fourth quarter, but the export in September was still good [1]. - From January to September 2025, the real estate industry was still in the adjustment stage, with significant year - on - year declines in investment, new construction, and completion areas, and further decreases in the year - on - year growth rates of investment, sales, and construction. The weekly transaction area of commercial housing in 30 large - and medium - sized cities has declined, remaining near the lowest level in recent years, and the real estate improvement still takes time [1]. - The comprehensive profit of chlor - alkali is still positive, and the PVC operating rate is higher than in previous years. There are new production capacities coming on stream, such as 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 after trial production in August, Qingdao Gulf with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons put into production in early September and approaching full - load operation, and Gansu Yaowang and Jiaxing Jiahua with annual capacities of 300,000 tons each running at a low load after trial production [1]. Futures and Spot Market - The PVC2601 contract decreased in a volatile manner with increased positions. The lowest price was 4,687 yuan/ton, the highest was 4,768 yuan/ton, and it closed at 4,701 yuan/ton, below the 20 - day moving average, with a decline of 1.80%. The open interest increased by 52,808 lots to 1,214,725 lots [2]. - On October 31, the mainstream price of calcium carbide - based PVC in East China dropped to 4,660 yuan/ton. The futures closing price of the V2601 contract was 4,701 yuan/ton, and the basis was - 41 yuan/ton, strengthening by 26 yuan/ton, at a moderately low level [3]. Fundamental Tracking Supply - The production of devices such as Inner Mongolia Junzheng and Shandong Xinfa has increased, and the PVC operating rate has increased by 1.69 percentage points to 78.26%, remaining at a relatively high level in recent years. There are new production capacities coming on stream, including Wanhua Chemical, Tianjin Bohua, Qingdao Gulf, Gansu Yaowang, and Jiaxing Jiahua [4]. Demand - 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 commercial housing sales area was 658.35 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 5.5%. The commercial housing sales volume 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 completion area of houses was 311.29 million square meters, a year - on - year decrease of 15.3%. The overall real - estate improvement still takes time [5]. - As of the week of October 26, after the National Day, the commercial housing transaction area in 30 large - and medium - sized cities decreased by 2.09% week - on - week, reaching the lowest level in recent years [5]. Inventory - As of the week of October 30, the PVC social inventory decreased by 0.5% week - on - week to 1.03 million tons, 25.09% higher than the same period last year. The social inventory has slightly decreased but is still relatively high [6].