Gaoan coal prices have risen by 42% since the beginning of the year
Pangao Anceramics Enterprises Increase Prices
On March 9, the price of coal at the factory was 1,600 yuan/ton, and on March 10 it had risen to 1,700 yuan/ton. Since the beginning of the year, the price of coal delivered to the factory in Gaoan has increased by 500 yuan, or 42%. In the Gao'an production area, coal-burning enterprises currently account for 40% of the production capacity, and enterprises using centralized gas supply account for 60% of the production capacity. Gao'an's centralized gas supply also burns coal, while Yifeng and Shanggao are 100% coal-fired. The current rising coal prices have a greater impact on Gao'an and even the surrounding production areas Yifeng and Shanggao. Affected by this, Jinliyuan Group Yawei Ceramics, Xinruihong Enterprise Group Carome Ceramics and individual small and medium-sized enterprises have successively issued price increase letters.
✎[Comments]There is no doubt that the ceramic industry is still rising this week piece. On March 8, Guangdong ceramic company Shenghua Building Ceramics issued the "Notice on Price Increase of Large-Specification Slab Products". Starting from March 12, all large-size slate products will be increased by about 5 yuan/㎡ based on the original unit price. ; On the same day, two ceramic companies in Hunan also issued price increase letters...
In addition to the ceramic industry, other areas of the home furnishing industry are also rising, and the situation is more serious. For example, the decorative coatings division of Guangdong Bardez Chemical Co., Ltd. announced as early as March 2 A price adjustment notice was issued, and the prices of decorative paint products will be adjusted starting from March 25, with a maximum increase of 10%. Due to the rapid rise in prices of upstream raw materials, the China Building Waterproofing Association and the China Coatings Industry Association even issued the "Reminder Letter on Quality Risks of Engineering Waterproof Materials" and the "2022 China Coatings Industry Profit Warning Letter" on March 2 and March 7 respectively. 》.
The price increase in various fields of home furnishing is mainly due to factors such as the multiple outbreaks of the new crown epidemic, the shift in monetary policies of major economies, especially the intensification of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.superimposed effects. In this regard, many analysts have made analyzes and predictions, such as "high natural gas prices will not last long", "large-scale price increases in the ceramics industry are unlikely to occur", etc., but no matter how they analyze, they cannot change the facts. Price increases and the various difficulties brought about by price increases are all products of the general environment. Ceramic people are unable to change and can only adapt.
It is one thing for manufacturers in the ceramic industry to increase prices. It is one thing whether dealers and other partners will accept it. It is another thing whether consumers will pay for it. It is easy for manufacturers or dealers to raise prices for dealers; it is difficult for manufacturers or dealers to raise prices for real estate companies and decoration companies, because the product supply has already set prices in advance; and it is difficult for dealers to raise prices for consumers. It’s also easy, because the price of ceramic tiles is not uniform and opaque, and consumers don’t know if it goes up by a few dollars secretly. But the key is that if you increase the price, your opponent will not. Not only does it not increase, but the price war becomes more and more fierce. You say you what to do? One last joke: a price increase that consumers don’t pay for is not a qualified price increase.
Zibo is classified as a medium risk area
Some ceramic factories postpone the resumption of production
On March 7, due to weather reasons (the impact of adverse weather and regional pollutant transport), and important meetings and activities being held at that time , the Zibo production area urgently suspended production to ensure air quality. It was originally planned to resume production four days later, that is, on March 11. However, on March 10, two places in Zhoucun District, Zibo City were designated as medium-risk areas for the new coronavirus. There are no ceramic construction companies in the areas designated as medium-risk. However, due to concerns about close contacts that have not yet been discovered, and the new coronavirus During the incubation period, some ceramic companies in the Zibo production area have stated that they will postpone the resumption of production until the epidemic situation stabilizes and the resumption time will be decided again.
✎【Comment】 Due to environmental protection supervision, it was originally scheduled to resume on March 11 The production was already late and miserable, but now because of the new coronavirus epidemic, it is still unknown when the Zibo production area will resume production.
Probably from February 18, Shenzhen Fashion Home Design Week and the 37th Shenzhen International Furniture Exhibition were postponed from March 17-20, 2022 to May 15-18 due to the epidemic. After the news of the event came out, news of the postponement of various exhibitions and other activities in the pan-home furnishing industry came one after another. For example, the "2022 China Architecture" was originally scheduled to be held at the Ceramic Theater of the China Ceramics Industry Headquarters Base in Foshan from March 25 to 26, 2022. Ceramic Industry Development Forum”. Foshan is still a low-risk area for the new coronavirus epidemic. The scale of this event may not seem large, but it has to be postponed. One can imagine the potential risks of the epidemic.
Although the epidemic will only delay the consumption of ceramic tiles and will not make the demand for ceramic tiles disappear, its impact on the ceramic industry will not be as great as on the catering, tourism and other industries, but if it continues like this every year , really makes it difficult for ceramic people! The impact of the epidemic on the ceramic industry in 2022 will most likely be more severe than in 2021.
For the first time, the building materials industry publicly issued a "profit warning"
On March 7, the China Coatings Industry Association issued an announcement titled "2022 China Coatings Industry Profit Warning" to the entire industry. It reminds the current severe market situation and calls on enterprises to adjust their business strategies in a timely manner according to fluctuations and changes. The announcement stated that from the end of 2019 to the beginning of 2022, the global epidemic was raging and the international political situation was turbulent, which brought an unprecedented blow to global economic development. During this period, import and export trade was blocked, and the prices of chemical bulk raw materials continued to rise, which put people in the gap between the terminal market and the raw material market. The Chinese paint industry has had a huge impact. To this end, after careful research, the China Coatings Industry Association issued the first profit warning for China's coatings industry in 2022, asking all companies in the industry to pay close attention to profits and other operating conditions, and timely adjust business strategies based on fluctuations in the upstream raw material market.
✎[Comment] The China Coatings Industry Association’s profit warning is naturally very good. Yes, but the key is to "get red-eyed" in the price warCan uo;'s paint companies and dealers listen? Even if you can hear it, can you stop it? When people are in the arena, they can't help themselves. Under such circumstances, should we leave or stay? Test strength, wisdom and courage.
This is actually the same as the situation in the ceramics industry. Everyone knows that there is serious overcapacity, and everyone knows that the consequences of price wars are extremely bad, but there is no way. Many ceramic companies engage in price wars because they have no other tricks besides price cuts. They have neither brand height nor innovation ability. They can only improve their products. And marketing relies on continuous price reductions to follow suit. And why do some ceramic companies remain indifferent even in the face of the country's macro-control? Because they also want to survive, they can only stick to backward production capacity until the day they can no longer survive.
Cancellation of public stalls, existing home sales, and rental empowerment
Real estate hot words during the two sessions
Recently, many representatives of the National People’s Congress and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference have focused on the real estate field to provide advice and suggestions, mainly focusing on the shared area of commercial housing, existing home sales, and renting. , affordable housing and other related topics. The first is the cliche "sharing area". On March 7, this topic even topped the Weibo hot search list. Hong Yang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice chairman of the CPPCC Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, said that it is a common phenomenon to add a shared area to commercial housing sales. It is recommended to cancel the shared area and calculate the actual cost of the shared area into the practical area, so that people can understand how to pay and buy houses with confidence. As hotly discussed as the "shared area", there is also the proposal on the "existing house sales system." Zhou Shihong, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the board of supervisors of the Anhui Lawyers Association, and Zhang Jianming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce, and chairman of Mingyu Group, both proposed the cancellation of the pre-sale system for commercial housing nationwide and the implementation of existing housing sales. During this year's two sessions, many representatives and committee members also put forward their own suggestions on the rental field, especially affordable rental housing.
✎【Comment】This is probably one of the hottest topics during the two sessions this year . Since March 7, Hong Yang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, suggested cancelingAfter the area of commercial housing was shared, the related topic quickly ranked first on Weibo and was hotly discussed by countless media.
I believe most people feel deeply about public stalls and existing home sales. When buying a house, it has always been a mystery as to which areas belong to the shared area and how much area the shared area covers. Developers can only make random claims, and the owners have no right to defend themselves. As for the series of unreasonable charges derived from the shared pool, such as property fees, heating fees, etc., they are all charged based on the area behind the shared pool. These charges accumulated over decades during the life of the residence are definitely a huge amount of unjust expenses. . It would be a great relief if such a public stall could be cancelled.
However, Zhao Xiuchi, a professor at the Capital University of Economics and Business and vice president and secretary-general of the Beijing Real Estate Law Society, believes that “it doesn’t matter whether the shared area is included in the housing area, it does not affect the total price of the entire house, and the developer will not change the unit of measurement because of the unit of measurement. Charge differently and charge less.” This undoubtedly pours cold water on the cancellation of public stalls - "Only the wrong ones are bought, not sold", "What you buy does not sell well", when it comes to settling accounts, you will never be better than the developer. The more thorny issue is that although canceling the shared area can reduce the economic expenses of the owners, once it is cancelled, who will bear the expenses incurred by the shared area?
The key to solving the problem of public sharing is to establish and improve relevant legal systems and regulate the behavior of real estate enterprises.
Illegal collection of more than 540 pieces of home buyer information
A decoration company was fined 20,000
Previously, law enforcement officers of the Suzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau launched a special operation for illegal violations of consumers’ personal information, and punished Anhui Dongjian Decoration Design in accordance with the law. The business premises of Suzhou Branch of Engineering Co., Ltd. conducted an on-site inspection. After investigation, the company collected a total of 540 pieces of information about home buyers in the community, which constituted infringement of consumers' personal information. The Suzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau imposed an administrative fine of RMB 20,000 on the Suzhou Branch of Anhui Dongjian Decoration Design Engineering Co., Ltd. punishment.
✎[Comments]This may not have happened yet in the ceramic industry, but illegal collection of consumer information is definitely not advisable , if there is one, change it, if not, we will encourage you. Everyone knows the consequences and cannot take any chances.
Weifang, Shandong: 23 real estate companies were arrested for defaulting on project payments Land acquisition is prohibited
On March 8, Weifang, Shandong Province issued the "Opinions on Handling the Persons Responsible for Wage Payment of Migrant Workers in the City's Housing and Construction Sector in 2021". Real estate companies that owed migrant workers wages have adopted tightening policies. Among them, 23 development companies, including Weifang Jinbi Real Estate Co., Ltd., either defaulted on project payments to general contractors due to insufficient funds, or did not actively cooperate with them after petitioning for unpaid wages, leading to group visits, skip-level visits and other vicious incidents, resulting in relatively large Pay attention to social impact. It was decided to announce that the credit assessment score for 2022 will be reduced by 10 points. Before the arrears of project payments and petition issues are resolved, pre-sale funds will be used prudently. Relevant departments will be requested to prohibit participation in new land bidding, auctions and listings within the city, and will be used in the future. Construction projects are included in key regulatory targets.
✎[Comments]When will we punish those houses that default on ceramic tile payments? Enterprise?
