At the beginning of the month, the price of scales in Shandong was stable as a whole. At present, the mainstream price of -195 mainstream prices are 6300-6500 yuan/ton, which is the same as last month. Entering winter, most of the scale graphite companies in the Northeast are suspended for production holidays. Although a few companies are in production, the output is reduced and the inventory reserves are not much.

The scale of the scale graphite market has been poor some time ago and the demand for material resistance has declined, which led to a decline in the price of scales, and corporate quotations were chaotic. As the Spring Festival holiday approaches, due to the suspension of production in the Northeast region, graphite supply has declined, and downstream enterprises have been basically completed. The supply demand for scales graphite market is plain, and the offer is relatively stable.

In 2021, the export situation of scales was relatively sluggish. According to customs statistics, from January to January 2021, the total export of natural scales in my country was about 139,000 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 18.3%. Among them, the top five countries in exports are Japan, the United States, the Netherlands, Italy, and South Korea, and the export volume of five countries accounts for 55.9%of the total exports. According to statistics from the export port, Qingdao Customs exports 55,800 tons, Dalian Customs is 45,100 tons, and Tianjin Customs is 31,900 tons. The total amount of graphite exported from the above three customs accounts for more than 95%of the total export volume.