PVC日报：震荡运行-20251104

Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core View of the Report - The PVC market is expected to fluctuate in the near term due to factors such as a slight decrease in social inventory, rising coal prices, upcoming end of maintenance for production enterprises like Hangjin Technology, and high futures warehouse receipts [1] Summary by Relevant Catalogs Market Analysis - The calcium carbide price in the upstream northwest region is stable. The PVC operating rate has increased by 1.69 percentage points to 78.26%, remaining at a relatively high level in recent years. The downstream PVC operating rate has slightly increased but is still at a low level. India has postponed the BIS policy for another six months until December 24, 2025. Formosa Plastics in Taiwan, China, has lowered its November quotation by $30 - $40 per ton. India announced an increase in anti - dumping duties on imported PVC from the Chinese mainland by about $50 per ton on August 14, weakening the export outlook for Chinese PVC in the fourth quarter. However, exports in September were still good, and export orders have not significantly declined. Social inventory has slightly decreased but remains high, and the real estate market is still in the adjustment phase [1] Futures and Spot Market Conditions - The PVC2601 contract increased in position and fluctuated. The lowest price was 4,655 yuan per ton, the highest was 4,695 yuan per ton, and it closed at 4,670 yuan per ton, below the 20 - day moving average, with a decline of 0.26% and an increase in open interest of 7,046 lots to 1,243,783 lots [2] - On November 4, the mainstream price of calcium carbide - based PVC in East China remained at 4,610 yuan per ton. The closing price of the V2601 contract was 4,670 yuan per ton, with a basis of - 60 yuan per ton, strengthening by 12 yuan per ton, and the basis is at a moderately low level [3] Fundamental Tracking - Supply side: The output of plants such as Inner Mongolia Junzheng and Shandong Xinfa has increased. The PVC operating rate has increased by 1.69 percentage points to 78.26%, remaining at a relatively high level in recent years. New production capacities include Wanhua Chemical's 500,000 - ton - per - year plant which started mass production in August, Tianjin Bohua's 400,000 - ton - per - year plant which is expected to operate stably by the end of September after trial production in August, Qingdao Gulf's 200,000 - ton - per - year plant which was put into operation in early September and is now nearly at full capacity, and Gansu Yaowang's and Jiaxing Jiahua's 300,000 - ton - per - year plants which are operating at low loads after trial runs [4] - Demand side: The real estate market is still in the adjustment phase. From January to September 2025, 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 decrease of 5.5%. The sales volume was 630.4 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.9%. New construction area was 453.99 million square meters, a decrease of 18.9%. Construction area was 6.4858 billion square meters, a decrease of 9.4%. Completion area was 311.29 million square meters, a decrease of 15.3%. As of the week of November 2, the transaction area of commercial housing in 30 large - and medium - sized cities decreased by 0.83% week - on - week and was near the lowest level in recent years [5] - Inventory: As of the week of October 30, PVC social inventory decreased by 0.5% week - on - week to 1.03 million tons, 25.09% higher than the same period last year. Social inventory has slightly decreased but remains high [6]