The PVC market performed steadily, and prices increased slightly

U.
S.
WTI crude for March futures closed up $0.
86 at $53.
86 a barrel
.
Brent crude oil for April futures closed up $1.
07 at $56.
70 a barrel
on Friday.

Upstream raw materials: Asian ethylene market prices rose, CFR Northeast Asia rose $15 to close at $1299.
5-1301.
5 / ton, CFR Southeast Asia rose $10 to close at $1109.
5-1111.
5 / ton
.
At present, the inventory status of calcium carbide plants is different, some basic shipments are normal, some inventory pressure, active promotion is the mainstay, and the transaction price is
both high and low.
Factory price of calcium carbide in various places: 2550-2600 yuan / ton in Wuhai and Ordos areas of Inner Mongolia; Ningxia Shizuishan area 2550-2650 yuan / ton; Zhongwei area 2600-2650 yuan / ton; Shaanxi area 2550-2650 yuan / ton; Gansu area 2700-2800 yuan / ton
.

Company dynamics: calcium carbide PVC production enterprises price increase
.
Type 5 ordinary calcium carbide around the Inner Mongolia area mainstream acceptance factory 6200-6250 yuan / ton; The mainstream acceptance factory in Shandong is 6500-6600 yuan / ton; The mainstream factory in Hebei is about 6500 yuan / ton acceptance; The mainstream factory in Shanxi is 6300 yuan / ton acceptance
.

Domestic ethylene PVC enterprises offer stable
quotations.
At present, Qilu Petrochemical, Tianjin Dagu and LG Dagu in North China are shipped to 6800-6900 yuan / ton, and the real disk in East China is delivered to 6900-7000 yuan / ton, and Taiwan's Formosa Plastics quotation in February is 920 US dollars / ton CFR China's main port
.

Market Dynamics:

The mainstream quotation of PVC market in East China is 6650-6700 yuan / ton, and most of the ethylene materials are not quoted
.
Sanlian and Zhongyan 5 types reported 6600 yuan / ton out of the warehouse, Yihua 5 types reported 6650 self-pickup, Beiyuan and Zhongtai 5 types 6650-6700 yuan / ton self-pickup, Tianye 5 type 6800 yuan / ton self-pickup
.
Beiyuan 3, 8 type 7000 yuan / ton self-pickup
.

North China PVC market Qilu Chemical City Qilu S700 type 7020 yuan / ton, S1000 reported 6920 yuan / ton self-pickup
.
Calcium carbide material 6430-6470 yuan / ton about delivery
.
Linyi area about 6575 yuan / ton delivered
.
Hebei 6475 yuan / ton self-pickup
.
Tianjin area about 6490 yuan / ton warehouse pick-up
.

The mainstream quotation of type 5 calcium carbide method in South China PVC market is 6600-6700 yuan / ton, Yili 6700 yuan / ton, Tianhu, Oriental Hope, Xinfa, Dongxing, Jilantai, Jinhua 6660 yuan / ton, salt lake 6640 yuan / ton, Sanlian 6620 yuan / ton; Dagu 1000/700/800 reported 7100 yuan / ton, Dagu 1300 reported 7380 yuan / ton; Hanwha HG-1000F reported 7500 yuan/ton; Haijing 1000 reported 6800 yuan / ton
.

Today's plastic exchange PVC market high finishing, supported by the rising market of the futures market, merchants have a bullish atmosphere, intraday prices still maintain a high level, but the terminal downstream digestion inventory is the mainstay, and the transaction performance of each district is average; As of the close, the settlement price in South China in February was 6,700 yuan (ton price, the same below), up 100 yuan; East China settled at 6,700 yuan, down 20 yuan; North China settlement price 6375 yuan, down 5 yuan; The northwest settlement price was 6100 yuan, up 10 yuan; The ethylene settlement price was 7,050 yuan, down 5 yuan
.
Fundamentally: today's domestic PVC market atmosphere is acceptable, the futures market has risen sharply, the mentality of cargo holders is stable, the bullish atmosphere is strong, the quotation of the South China market is slightly higher, and the East China and other markets are stable
.
However, the downstream is mainly to digest inventory, and the spot market transaction is general.

It is expected that the market may still rise tomorrow
.

The performance of the domestic PVC market is relatively stable, manufacturers maintain high quotations under the condition of low inventory pressure, and downstream merchants are mainly wait-and-see, but there are still high prices in the actual transaction
.
Futures performed well today, providing some support
for spots.
In terms of ethylene, prices increased
slightly supported by the continued rise in ethylene prices in Northeast Asia.
It is expected that the market may still rise tomorrow
.