China Aggregates Association has collected the national prices of aggregates (sand，gravel, and crushed stone) in August 2022 from some representative Chinese enterprises. Among them, the prices of aggregates in North China, South China and Central China are stable, basically the same as in July. The southwest region generally declined, except for Chongqing, where there was a slight increase. Parts of Anhui and Shanghai in East China declined, and some ports and areas along the Yangtze River and some coastal areas have a mixed situation, where there are rise and fall of prices. Among them, natural sand, gravel in the region rose significantly, while machine-made sand generally declined. Details are as follows:

The retail price of machine-made sand in Beijing area dropped to 49 yuan/ton, and the retail price of stone (5-25mm) dropped to 48 yuan/ton;

The ex-factory price of natural sand in Chengdu in the southwest region dropped to 88 yuan/ton, the ex-factory price of machine-made sand dropped to 95 yuan/ton, the ex-factory price of natural sand in Luzhou dropped to 103 yuan/ton, and the ex-factory price of crushed stone (10-30mm) dropped to 106 yuan/ton, the ex-factory price of Yibin natural sand dropped to 73 yuan/ton, and the ex-factory price of machine-made sand dropped to 76 yuan/ton;

The market price of machine-made sand in Guizhou region dropped to 25-28 yuan/ton;

The ex-factory price of machine-made sand in Liuzhou, Guangxi region dropped to 22 yuan/ton;

The ex-factory price of machine-made sand in Suzhou, Anhui, East China dropped to 89 yuan/ton; Shanghai natural sand dropped to 131 yuan/ton, and machine-made sand dropped to 110 yuan/ton;

Some ports in the Yangtze River have both rise and fall of prices; Dongting Lake sand generally rose, and machine-made sand showed a downward trend. The price of Dongting Lake sand in Yangzhou/Zhenjiang Port rose to 104.2/ton, and the price of machine-made sand dropped to 79.1 yuan/ton. The price of Dongting Lake sand at Huaian Port rose to 107.5/ton, and the price of machine-made sand dropped to 80.5 yuan/ton. The price of Dongting Lake sand in Xuzhou Port rose to 112.2/ton, and the price of machine-made sand dropped to 83.4 yuan/ton;

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