Why do building materials hardware keep rising?

The price of wood has risen, the price of steel has gone up, the price of hardware has gone up, and the price of paint has gone up... In the near term, the prices of most products in the decorative building materials industry have risen quietly. This wave of price increases has come so fast that it is surprising. There are two reasons for price volatility. A building materials buyer introduced the price changes in the building materials market as a combination of various factors. Because this time of year, due to the impact of international ** market and domestic manufacturers sales plan, the building materials market will have a certain degree of fluctuations, known as the "corner city." However, in general, with the automatic adjustment of the market, such imbalances in prices and supply and demand will quickly return to normal. However, this year and the past are different, there are other reasons for price fluctuations.

First, many high-standard raw materials in China rely on imports. Due to foreign anti-dumping policies, exports of Chinese retail goods have been jointly impacted by foreign products. Dozens of domestic well-known enterprises have been listed on foreign anti-dumping lists, while many foreign importers Having raised the price of raw materials, domestic building material manufacturers are forced to increase the ex-factory price of building materials in view of the increase in production costs.

Another influencing factor is the recent high oil prices. The most direct consequence of soaring oil prices is rising transportation costs. Since building materials are different from other products, from the collection of raw materials to the final products are often not carried out in the same place. Therefore, the increase in transportation costs has contributed to the increase in the price of building materials.

The price increase did not affect the ongoing renovation of the entire line, said Mr. Shen, due to the rise in the price of wood raw materials, home decoration woodworking costs also increased by more than 10%. Those who have done home decoration know that wood is one of the most important items in the renovation, accounting for almost 1/3 of the entire home decoration cost. Therefore, the increase in timber prices is obviously more than a small sum of money for the families being renovated.

According to industry insiders, the significant increase in prices of the three major raw materials used in construction led to the increase in the prices of materials for the decoration industry. Recently, the price of decorative materials has risen by more than 10%. Experts predict that within the next two or three months, the price increase of building materials will increase to 20% -30%. According to the investigation, the growth rate of building materials and hardware materials ranks in the forefront of the increase in decoration materials; paints, wires, and lines also have risen in different magnitudes; and most of the prices for decorative building materials such as wall tiles, floor tiles, doors, cabinets, and sanitary ware. Calculate smoothly.

The hardware in home decoration is also the bulk of expenses. Due to the rise in steel prices, metal struts used in home renovations such as locks, hinges, metal handles, faucets, and clothes are also subject to price increases. The essential glass in the home decoration has also been added to this price increase. Because of the difference in texture specifications, the proportion of price increases is quite large, ranging from a few yuan to tens of yuan. In view of the recent increase in prices of basic building materials including cement, wood-based panels, flooring, paint, and hardware, the price increase of building materials will cause decoration companies to reduce their profits by an average of 5%-8%.

Inventories in response to rising prices in the face of building materials in this month's rally, many families have already got a house or handed over the home how to deal with it? A person in charge of building materials and supermarkets told reporters in an interview that although building material suppliers have increased the wholesale price at the source, hypermarkets have not raised the price of building materials in the market for the time being, in order not to cause panic among consumers, and to reduce their profits. The plan basically maintains the original sales price.

However, experts have analyzed that the construction of a supermarket with a large price and a safe price can only last for a maximum of three months, but now it has been more than one month. Because the hypermarket’s move is aimed at safeguarding corporate image, I am afraid it will not last long in the face of such a severe situation. Because the production cycle of building materials is about three months or so, waiting for the goods sold in the original cycle to sell out, supermarkets are likely to follow up prices by about 20% -30%.

The families that are under renovation or will soon be renovated should take advantage of this "last chance" and take appropriate actions.