白糖日报-20250514

Industry Investment Rating - No information provided on the industry investment rating Core Viewpoints - The New York raw sugar futures declined on Monday, with the main July contract closing down 0.73% at 17.65 cents per pound. The London ICE white sugar futures' main August contract closed down 1% at $495.00 per ton. The raw sugar main contract failed to break through the 18 - cent mark, and although the sugar price stabilized and rebounded, the upward momentum was insufficient [7]. - The Zhengzhou sugar main contract dropped yesterday. The 09 contract closed at 5,853 yuan per ton, down 15 yuan or 0.26%, with an increase of 889 contracts in positions. The decline was due to following the raw sugar trend and market rumors of the issuance of out - of - quota import licenses, which may increase the pressure of imported sugar on the domestic sugar market starting from June. After the market, some speculative long - positions were liquidated, and overall market participation was low [8]. Summary by Directory 1. Market Review and Operation Suggestions - Futures Market Conditions: SR509 closed at 5,853 yuan per ton, down 15 yuan or 0.26%, with a position of 309,043 contracts and an increase of 889 contracts; SR601 closed at 5,718 yuan per ton, down 18 yuan or 0.31%, with a position of 29,022 contracts and an increase of 691 contracts; US sugar 07 closed at 17.65 cents per pound, down 0.13 cents or 0.73%, with a position of 337,900 contracts and a decrease of 8,060 contracts; US sugar 10 closed at 17.83 cents per pound, down 0.09 cents or 0.50%, with a position of 163,719 contracts and an increase of 428 contracts [7]. - Domestic Spot Market: Domestic spot prices in production areas remained stable, with Kunming sugar priced at 5,960 yuan and Nanning sugar at 6,130 yuan [8]. 2. Industry News - Global Sugar Demand: Global sugar demand has been growing at a rate of 1.1% per sugar - making season over the past 15 years. It is expected to reach 178 million tons (in white sugar equivalent) or 193.6 million tons (in raw sugar equivalent) in the 2024/25 season [9]. - Yunnan Sugar Mills: As of a certain date, 43 sugar mills in Yunnan had completed the crushing process, 4 less than the same period last year, with a crushing capacity of 153,400 tons per day, a decrease of 16,800 tons per day compared to the previous year, and 9 sugar mills had not completed the process [9]. - Brazilian Sugar Exports: In April, Brazil exported 1,555,777.09 tons of sugar, with an average daily export volume of 77,788.85 tons, a 9% decrease compared to the average daily export volume in April of the previous year [9]. - Guangxi Sugar Sales: As of the end of April, the cumulative sugar sales in Guangxi reached 4.1353 million tons, an increase of 554,300 tons compared to the same period last year; the sales - to - production ratio was 63.96%, an increase of 6.03 percentage points. In April, the monthly sugar production was 4,200 tons, a decrease of 72,300 tons compared to the previous year, and the monthly sugar sales were 657,300 tons, a decrease of 8,800 tons compared to the previous year. The industrial inventory was 2.3297 million tons, a decrease of 270,700 tons compared to the previous year [9]. - Yunnan Sugar Sales: As of April 30, 2025, the cumulative sugar sales in Yunnan reached 1.3168 million tons (compared to 941,100 tons in the same period last year). The monthly sugar sales were 280,400 tons (compared to 189,500 tons in the same period last year), the sales - to - production ratio was 55.71% (compared to 46.53% in the same period last year), and the industrial inventory was 1.047 million tons (compared to 1.0816 million tons in the same period last year) [9]. 3. Data Overview - Transaction and Position Data: The total trading volume of the top 20 members in the Zhengzhou sugar main contract was 217,778 lots, a decrease of 33,078 lots; the total long - position was 229,470 lots, an increase of 2,004 lots; the total short - position was 225,855 lots, a decrease of 859 lots [21].