At present, the carbide market is running in a stable trading atmosphere, with the mainstream transaction price remaining at the early level. At this stage, while the delivery price of the first-grade calcium carbide purchased by chlor-alkali enterprises in the region is 3870-4030 yuan/ton, a lower price is about 3830 yuan/ton. Some carbide manufacturers have successively stopped production or reduced load recently, thus making the market available supplies reduced and sales promotions decreased. At the same time, the downstream PVC producers have held a large stock of goods in trucks, leaving both sides stuck in a deadlock in a strong wait-and-see atmosphere. Therefore, it is expected that the local calcium carbide market will fluctuate within a narrow range in the short term.