en.Wedoany.com Reported - The concrete market in Central and Southern China has recently exhibited regional divergence: markets in Guangdong and Guangxi are operating weakly, Hunan and Hubei show stable volumes and prices, Henan's shipment volumes have declined due to agricultural constraints, while Hainan continues its relatively strong trend.
Guangdong's concrete market has been affected by persistent rainy weather, slowing construction pace and maintaining a weak and stable trend. Although cement prices attempted to increase by 20 yuan/ton, declines in sand, gravel, and slag powder prices offset cost support, hindering cost transmission. Difficulties in payment collection have suppressed new project starts, and concrete prices in Guangdong remained largely stable this week. Guangxi's concrete market continues a weak and stable trend, with prices still at a national low. Quotations in major cities such as Nanning, Guigang, Yulin, Liuzhou, and Guilin remained basically stable without significant fluctuations. The overall market shows a pattern of low and stable prices, structurally differentiated demand, and weak cost support.
In the Hunan and Hubei region, Hunan's concrete market continues its weak pattern of stable volumes and prices, with demand recovery falling short of expectations and regional divergence intensifying. Although infrastructure investment remains strong, issues such as insufficient real estate starts and tight funding persist. Constrained by weak demand and payment collection pressure, mixing stations are generally reluctant to follow price increases. Combined with the rainy season, short-term demand release is limited. Hubei's concrete market continues its overall weak trend, with construction progress slowed by persistent rainfall and limited terminal demand release. Enterprises in Wuhan and eastern Hubei collectively pushed up cement prices by 30 yuan/ton on June 10, but overall market implementation was weak, and actual terminal transaction prices have not yet been adjusted upward, with concrete prices not following the increase.
Henan's concrete market continues its weak trend. Affected by the wheat harvest season, construction progress in the province has recovered slowly, with concrete shipment volumes slightly declining. The overall market shows a pattern of low and stable prices, weak shipment volumes, and agricultural constraints on construction.
Hainan's concrete market continues its relatively strong trend independent of other provinces in Central and Southern China, forming a sharp contrast with the "weak and stable" trend in neighboring provinces such as Guangdong and Guangxi. Although June is the rainy season, which has somewhat affected outdoor construction progress, market demand is gradually recovering. Additionally, the continuous advancement of multiple key infrastructure projects provides stable bottom-line support for concrete demand.
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