The National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice and decided to increase the price of gasoline and diesel by 300 yuan per ton from the midnight on February 8 to the retail price of 90 gasoline and No. 0 diesel (the national average) by 0.22 yuan and 0.26 yuan per liter respectively. yuan. "The rise in oil prices means that for hardware companies that use refined oil as raw materials, it means that production and operating costs will increase again, and high oil prices will increase the pressure on hardware companies in the short term. From the perspective of the relationship between crude oil prices and values, oil prices have become significantly higher. In the hardware industry, the marginal cost of production.Hardware industry due to fierce competition, poor downstream conduction capacity, but high oil prices directly lead to rising production costs, the industry's gross profit is quickly compressed by high oil prices.Continuous high oil prices make the hardware industry, the cost of oil The growth has had a profound effect on the development of the hardware industry," said hardware seller Hu Mou.

In addition, the rise in oil prices has virtually increased the logistics costs of hardware companies. It is understood that the oil price accounts for one-third of the hardware company's logistics costs, hardware companies spend the cost of logistics costs on the enterprise are not infrequent, therefore, the oil price increase has a great impact on the logistics and transportation of hardware companies.

The main force to release important signals (attached shares) The flow of funds to institutions has changed dramatically! During my visit, hardware sellers frankly stated that rising oil prices are not just the only factor that plagues corporate development. In the face of soaring energy prices and pressures such as rising labor costs, *** appreciation, and power shortages, traditional hardware processing companies are experiencing “labor pains” in product upgrades and structural adjustments. It is imperative to adjust the economic structure of the hardware industry, increase the market competitiveness of hardware products, and accelerate the upgrade of the hardware industry. Relevant person in charge said that product upgrading is the first element of market vitality and competitiveness.