From January to February 2020, Foshan's total ceramic price index reported 83.38 points (87.90 points in December 2019), a month-on-month decrease of 5.14% and a year-on-year decrease of 10.01%. The architectural ceramics series index reported 80.75 points (85.50 points in December 2019), a month-on-month decrease of 5.56%, and a year-on-year decrease of 9.26%; the sanitary ceramics series index reported 99.15 points (102.28 points in December 2019), a month-on-month decrease of 3.06%, and a year-on-year decrease of 3.06%. A decrease of 15.17%. In January 2020, near the end of the year, most manufacturers stopped kilns for maintenance and took vacations ahead of schedule. The Foshan ceramic trading market entered a downturn. Most representative products fell in volume and price. The price index of the three major categories of Foshan ceramics showed a volatile and declining trend.
In January, most manufacturers went on vacation before the 15th, and the entire ceramic industry was closed in February. From January to February, the sales volume of ceramic tile sanitary ware products dropped sharply, and the number of orders was the lowest in the whole year. There was a strong wait-and-see atmosphere in the market. According to the Foshan Ceramics Price Index Monitoring System, in January, the six major categories of architectural ceramics series indexes, the three categories of indexes showed a downward trend, the three categories of index trends showed an upward trend, and the porcelain tile, medium and large board, and square brick index fell by about 30%. , the unilateral specifications of porcelain tiles are between 400mm and 800mm, medium plates (the unilateral specifications of medium plates are between 1200mm and 1800mm), and square tiles have fallen sharply, and sales have dropped sharply; the antique brick index has shown a slight decline, and modern antique tiles have The prices of bricks with single-sided specifications ≥ 800mm and wood-grained bricks with single-sided specifications between 400mm and 800mm have fallen sharply compared to 2019, and the market transaction volume has declined simultaneously; the indexes of marble tiles, polished tiles, and exterior wall tiles have bucked the trend, and the single-sided marble tiles have risen sharply. The prices of edge specifications <400mm, polished tiles ≥800mm, and porcelain exterior wall tiles ≥100mm increased slightly, and the market transaction volume increased significantly.
In January, the sanitary ceramics series index fell below 100 points for the first time. The index values of the four major categories all showed a downward trend. The indexes for washbasins and squat toilets fell deeply. The indexes for urinals and toilets fluctuated slightly and fell. Affected by the increase in raw material prices, the index of non-intelligent floor-standing toilets and floor-standing urinals has fallen sharply, and the market transaction volume has declined year-on-year; the prices of two weighted products, one-piece intelligent floor-standing toilets and face wash basins, have remained strong, but market demand has been sluggish. It was sluggish and the turnover declined collectively.
To sum up, the Foshan market entered a traditional downturn in January, with prices of various sub-indexes falling sharply. From the end of January to February, affected by the new crownAffected by the pneumonia epidemic, the entire market is closed, and the market conditions are further depressed and declining. It is predicted that as the new crown pneumonia epidemic is gradually controlled in March, market demand will gradually be released, but it will take a certain amount of time, and the ceramic industry market transactions will still be in the downturn. In a downward trend, the market demand for traditional products such as polished tiles, porcelain tiles, and urinals will decrease. Functional tiles such as negative ion tiles, heating tiles, air purification tiles, and large slabs are more favored by consumers in terms of performance and design concept. The future market development prospects are good.
(Source: Foshan China Ceramics Group Co., Ltd.)
