棉花周报：贸易情绪缓和助力反弹，关注谈判进展-20250512

Group 1: Report Investment Rating - There is no information about the industry investment rating in the report. Group 2: Core Views - According to the USDA's April 2024/25 global cotton supply - demand forecast, global cotton production is expected to be 26.321 million tons, consumption is down 114,000 tons, imports and exports are slightly down, and ending stocks are up 115,000 tons. The overall sowing progress of cotton in Xinjiang as of May 5, 2025, is about 99.9%, and the emergence rate is 86.2% [3]. - This week, the futures price of pure - cotton yarn strengthened following Zhengzhou cotton, and the yarn price rose in a restorative manner. After the holiday, the market was stable overall. Affected by the off - season, market transactions slowed down, and new orders decreased. Most small and medium - sized textile enterprises mainly had short, scattered, and low - profit orders, while large and medium - sized enterprises maintained high operating rates, but some had moderately reduced production [3]. - The industrial inventory of cotton in cotton textile enterprises is decreasing. As of the end of March, the commercial inventory of cotton was 4.8396 million tons, and the industrial inventory of cotton in textile enterprises was 959,300 tons. The total industrial and commercial inventory is still at a high level [3]. - As of May 9, 2025, the registered warehouse receipts of Zhengzhou cotton were 11,282 (4.85 million tons), with 853 valid forecasts (370,000 tons), and the total of warehouse receipts and valid forecasts was 5.22 million tons, down from 5.31 million tons on April 30 [3]. - The basis of Class 31 double - 28 Xinjiang new cotton against the May contract is 800 - 850 yuan/ton, and that of double - 29 cotton is 900 - 950 yuan/ton [3]. - Xinjiang's ginneries this season purchase cotton according to the futures price. After the sharp decline of cotton futures after the National Day, the purchase price of seed cotton decreased, and the overall average cost converted to the official standard is 14,700 - 14,800 yuan [3]. - The Fed kept the federal funds rate target range unchanged at 4.25% - 4.5%. Domestically, on May 7, the central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio and interest rates and introduced a package of financial policies. As of May 10, the China - US economic and trade high - level talks started in Geneva, but no more information was released about the tariff negotiations [3]. - Given the global trade contraction, the rebound of cotton prices is expected to have limited amplitude and sustainability. The September contract faces significant hedging pressure at 13,200 - 13,400 yuan. The strategy is to short on rallies, mainly using the idea of short - term shorting and covering at lows [3]. Group 3: Summary by Directory Global Supply and Demand - The USDA estimates that the world will continue to accumulate cotton stocks in the 2024/25 season. Global ending stocks are expected to be 17.17 million tons, with an inventory - to - use ratio of 67.97%, up 3.10 percentage points year - on - year [6]. - In April, the USDA increased China's cotton production forecast for the 2024/25 season to 6.967 million tons, a year - on - year increase of 16.99%. Global production is expected to be 26.321 million tons, a 7.00% increase [9]. - The new - season global cotton market is still expected to have a supply surplus [11]. US Exports - As of April 24, 2025, the US had cumulatively signed net export contracts for 2.58 million tons of 2024/25 cotton, reaching 108.71% of the annual expected export volume, and had shipped 1.827 million tons, with a shipment rate of 70.84% [17]. Overseas and Domestic Conditions - Overseas cotton mill operating rates are relatively stable [22]. - In China, the downstream operating rate has slightly rebounded, with the weaving factory operating rate steadily increasing. However, downstream enterprises mainly replenish inventory on a just - in - time basis, and the initiative to replenish inventory is insufficient. The raw material inventory of weaving factories has decreased, while the finished - product inventory has continued to accumulate [25][31][34]. - The immediate profit of Chinese spinning mills has slightly rebounded as the futures price declined. The industrial and commercial cotton inventories in China are at their highest levels in recent years, and the total amount of new cotton warehouse receipts is still high [36][39][42].