On the evening of October 12, Jimin Credit (Gaoan) Clean Energy Co., Ltd. issued a notice overnight: starting from 0:00 on October 15, the centralized gas supply price will be from 0.531 yuan/Nm³ to the new gas supply price of 0.761 yuan. /Nm³ (from 0:00 on October 15 to 24:00 on October 30, the preferential price is 0.711 yuan/Nm³).
According to calculations by "Ceramic Information", the calorific value of centralized gas supply is 1,500 kcal/Nm³, and the calorific value of natural gas is 8,500 kcal/m³. According to the latest gas supply price of 0.761 yuan/Nm³, it is equivalent to a natural gas price of 4.31 yuan. /m³; the preferential price is 0.711 yuan/Nm³, which is equivalent to the natural gas price of 4 yuan/m³. The production costs of high-tech ceramic enterprises are once again facing a sharp increase.
Centralized gas prices soared 34%
Energy cost per square meter of ceramic tiles rises by another 2 yuan
According to "Ceramic Information", as of now, the price of coal to Gao'an Ceramics Base has exceeded 2,200 yuan/ton. Currently, affected by the national "dual carbon" and "dual control" policies, coal production areas across the country have implemented Coal production restriction measures, coupled with the arrival of the heating season, continuous heavy rains in Shanxi have led to the suspension of production in 60 coal mines, and transportation disruptions such as railway collapses have led to the recent continued rise in coal prices.
According to the owner of a ceramics company in the Gaoan Ceramics Building Base, according to the third trial operation plan of Jimin Trustworthy Centralized Gas Supply on September 24, from October 8th to October 31st, the gas supply price policy will be based on 0.531 The gas supply price policy in November is implemented at 0.551 yuan/Nm³.
If the previous gas supply price policy is followed, this time Jimin Credible Centralized Gas Supply will implement the new price policy, and the gas price will increase by 0.18 yuan/Nm³, an increase of 34%. It is equivalent to a direct increase of about 2 yuan in energy costs per square meter of ceramic tiles.
"Ceramic Information" learned that on September 24, during the third trial operation of Jimin Credible Centralized Gas Supply, more than 70 production lines of 38 companies in the entire base were fully connected to the centralized gas supply. At the same time, workers who previously ran gas stations at the company also voluntarily resigned or were laid off after the production lines switched to centralized gas supply.
Due to the sharp rise in the price of centralized gas supply, some companies plan to start renovating gas stations and use water gas production. However, for a considerable number of companies that have completely laid off workers at gas stations, it will take time to recall or recruit workers again. Whether it is the use of water gas production or the fluctuation of gas supply policies, this time has brought great production losses to ceramic companies. pressure.
The largest price increase ever!
Tiles have increased by more than 10%-15% in half a month
As the prices of fuel, cartons and raw materials continue to rise, and production costs rise sharply, companies in pan-high-security production areas launched the largest price increase in the past decade during the National Day.
After the National Day, when coal prices broke through the high of 2,000 yuan/ton, a considerable number of ceramic enterprises in the production areas started a new round of price increases after the National Day holiday, and the increase was higher than the first time. Larger, the range of product categories involved in price increases has expanded.
For example, Sun Ceramics and Ruiyang Ceramics also joined the price increase camp after the National Day. Previously, a considerable number of companies did not include 750×1500mm large panels in the price increase category. However, in the second round of price increases, large panels of this specification The increase is more than 1-2 yuan/piece.
On the morning of October 13, with the sharp rise in centralized gas supply prices, Roosevelt Ceramics issued a second round of price increases. According to the adjustment content: Starting from October 16, all specifications and series of products will be increased on the basis of the original price. 5%.
On October 11, Jin Taiyuan Enterprise also issued a new round of price adjustment letters. This is the fourth round of price adjustment by Jin Taiyuan Enterprise this year. Starting from October 21, the prices of exterior wall series products will be on October 1. Basically, it was raised again by more than 5%.
On October 13, according to the price adjustment notice issued on October 10, Jiayu Ceramics Company began to increase the price of the company's full range of Siwa products by 0.15 yuan/piece based on the original price. It is worth noting that in just 13 days, the price of Siwa products has been raised three times in a row, with a total increase of 0.45 yuan/piece.
"Starting from the 13th, the company has begun to limit the flow of delivery vehicles. Affected by price increases, recent customer shipments have been large. The company has begun to restrict shipments of salesmen whose monthly shipment volume exceeds 130%. Now The production cost is one price per day, and we really lose money on each piece we sell,” said Ding Pengyuan, general manager of Century Upstart Ceramics.
“With food in hand, don’t panic!” Wang Zhihong, chairman of ASUS Holdings Group, previously predicted in WeChat Moments that the price of ceramic tiles may rise by 10% in the next 10 days or so.times. At noon on October 13, ASUS Ceramics Group raised the prices of all the group's products by 10% after just holding a dealer summit. This is the second price adjustment of ASUS Ceramics Group this month!
As upstream fuel and raw material prices continue to skyrocket, starting from October 1, the Pan-Gaoan production area has also begun the largest price increase in the past decade. In fact, since the price of coal increased in mid-May this year, the prices of niche categories such as small floor tiles, antique tiles, Western tiles and exterior wall tiles have been raised many times.
At the end of September, under the situation of nationwide power and production restrictions, rising fuel and raw material prices, and tight supply, the price increase of ceramic tiles spread from small and medium-sized enterprises to large enterprises. A considerable number of enterprises raised their prices twice in a row in half a month. , an increase of more than 10%-15%.
(Article reproduced from Ceramic Information)
