钢材期货周度报告：铁水继续回升，关注需求表现-2025-03-31

Report Information - Report Title: Steel Futures Weekly Report [1][8] - Report Date: March 31, 2025 [1] Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core Viewpoints - This week, steel prices rose first and then fell, with the average national rebar price increasing by 34 yuan/ton week-on-week. The market's expectation of production cuts increased, boosting sentiment, but due to poor demand persistence, prices slightly declined. Next week, inventory will continue to fall, and there is an expectation of restocking in the spot market before the Tomb-Sweeping Festival [2][4]. - Entering April, steel demand will gradually peak while supply expansion pressure remains, and market sentiment is still cautious. In the short term, the steel market supply and demand are generally balanced. Without major positive policies, steel prices may fluctuate [21]. Summary by Directory 1. This Week's Market Review - Steel prices rose first and then fell, with the average national rebar price increasing by 34 yuan/ton week-on-week. Affected by the active production cuts of Xinjiang steel mills, the market's expectation of production cuts increased, and the spot market saw both volume and price increase. However, due to poor demand persistence, prices slightly declined. Next week, inventory will continue to fall, and there is an expectation of restocking in the spot market [2][4]. 2. Macro and Industry News - On March 23, Premier Li Qiang stated that more proactive macro - policies will be implemented, and counter - cyclical adjustment efforts will be further increased [6]. - On March 24, the Ministry of Finance announced that the 2025 fiscal policy will be more proactive, supporting the expansion of domestic demand [6]. - The vice - secretary of the China Iron and Steel Association said that the imbalance between supply and demand is the main contradiction in the industry, and establishing a new capacity governance mechanism is the key [6]. - From January to February, the total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size was 910.99 billion yuan, a year - on - year decrease of 0.3%. The profit of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry was - 1.55 billion yuan [6]. - As of March 24, the number of national automobile trade - in applications exceeded 1.5 million, and the number of home appliance and electric bicycle trade - ins also increased significantly [6]. - In April, the production schedule of household air conditioners is 24 million units, a 9.1% increase year - on - year; the production schedule of refrigerators is 8.09 million units, a 6.7% decrease year - on - year; the production schedule of washing machines is 7.4 million units, a 1.4% increase year - on - year [7]. - In mid - March 2025, key steel enterprises' average daily production of crude steel, pig iron, and steel increased by 1.6%, 2.1%, and 5.3% respectively [7]. 3. Fundamental Analysis - According to Mysteel's survey of 237 mainstream traders, the average daily trading volume of building materials from Monday to Friday this week was 115,000 tons, higher than last week's 105,100 tons. The trading volume in the northern region increased significantly due to improved construction conditions [10]. 4. Market Outlook and Investment Strategy - Entering April, steel demand will gradually peak, and supply expansion pressure remains. Market sentiment is still cautious. In the short term, the steel market supply and demand are generally balanced. Without major positive policies, steel prices may fluctuate [21]. - Investment Strategy: For single - side trading, focus on range operations; for inter - period arbitrage, mainly wait and see; for the spread between hot - rolled coils and rebar, take profits; for steel profits, mainly wait and see [2][21]