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Analysis: The PVC resin market faces multiple pressures. Affected by a variety of factors, the price of PVC resin in China has dropped significantly recently, falling from 8,800 yuan per ton more than a month ago to around 7,900 yuan per ton at present. Meanwhile, the prices of raw materials and auxiliary materials have been on the rise, resulting in severe price inversion for most calcium carbide-based PVC manufacturers. Operating losses forced some of these companies to suspend or reduce production, putting the industry in a difficult situation. Rising prices of calcium carbide increase costs. On October 30 of last year, the **National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on further implementing the policies related to differential electricity pricing, explicitly requiring that the preferential electricity pricing measures for energy-intensive industries such as ferroalloy, electrolytic aluminum, and chlor-alkali manufacturers be abolished. This is undoubtedly a major negative factor for the energy-intensive chlor-alkali industry. Meanwhile, in recent years, as electricity prices have continued to rise, the price of calcium carbide has also increased accordingly. Recently, due to transportation constraints, there has been a severe shortage in the supply of calcium carbide in the market, which has led to a rapid rise in its price; the current market price has reached 4,500 yuan. High material prices have caused product costs to soar, putting related companies in a difficult situation. Based on an average consumption of 1.5 tons of calcium carbide per ton of PVC resin, the cost associated with this alone is nearly 7,000 yuan. Adding in other material costs and manufacturing expenses, the production cost of PVC resin should be over 8,500 yuan. Compared with the market price of 7,900 yuan, there is a loss of 600 yuan per unit of product; the situation becomes even worse when enterprise operating expenses are taken into account. Coupled with record-high prices for raw salt, many calcium carbide-based production enterprises have suffered severe operational losses.