周报：钢铁关税提高，钢价承压下行-20250604

Report Information - Report Title: Steel Tariff Increase, Steel Prices Under Pressure - Weekly Report 20250603 [1] - Researcher: Lin Na [2] - Contact Information: Email: linna_qh@ccnew.com; Phone: 0371 - 58620083 [2] Report Industry Investment Rating No information provided. Core Viewpoints - The steel market is facing downward pressure due to the increase in import steel tariffs and the approaching of the off - season. Steel prices are expected to continue to decline in the short term. Iron ore, coking coal, and coke are also expected to show weak trends due to supply - demand imbalances [3][4][5]. Summary by Directory 01. Market Review - Steel prices have continuously declined due to the intensification of overseas risk disturbances and the approaching of the off - season. Futures prices have dropped significantly, and the basis has widened [9]. - Spot prices of various steel products, iron ore, coking coal, and coke have all decreased. The long - and short - position holdings of futures contracts have changed, and inventory has generally decreased [9]. 02. Steel Supply - Demand Analysis Production - National weekly production of rebar decreased by 2.58% week - on - week to 225.51 million tons, and that of hot - rolled coil increased by 4.54% week - on - week to 319.55 million tons [15][17]. - Rebar production from blast furnaces and electric furnaces both decreased, with blast furnace production at 200.12 million tons (down 1.22% week - on - week) and electric furnace production at 25.39 million tons (down 12.08% week - on - week) [22]. Operating Rate - The blast furnace operating rate remained stable at 83.87% (up 0.22% week - on - week), and the electric furnace operating rate increased to 77.78% (up 0.78% week - on - week) [27]. Profit - Rebar profit slightly increased to +90 yuan/ton (up 2.27% week - on - week), while hot - rolled coil profit decreased to +33 yuan/ton (down 17.5% week - on - week) [31]. Demand - Rebar apparent consumption increased by 0.63% week - on - week to 248.68 million tons, and hot - rolled coil apparent consumption increased by 4.43% week - on - week to 326.93 million tons [36]. Inventory - Rebar total inventory decreased by 3.83% week - on - week to 581.05 million tons, with both factory and social inventories decreasing. Hot - rolled coil total inventory decreased by 2.17% week - on - week to 332.81 million tons, with both factory and social inventories decreasing [40][45]. Downstream Industries - In the real estate market, the weekly transaction area of commercial housing in 30 large - and medium - sized cities decreased by 2.12% week - on - week, and the transaction area of land in 100 large - and medium - sized cities decreased by 5.97% week - on - week [48]. - In April 2025, automobile production and sales decreased by 12.9% and 11.2% month - on - month respectively, but increased by 8.9% and 9.8% year - on - year respectively [51]. 03. Iron Ore Supply - Demand Analysis Supply - The shipment volume from 19 ports in Australia and Brazil increased by 3.72% week - on - week to 2830.6 million tons, and the arrival volume at 45 ports increased by 17.91% week - on - week to 2536.5 million tons [58]. Demand - Daily hot metal production decreased by 1.69 million tons week - on - week to 241.91 million tons, and the port clearance volume of iron ore decreased by 0.13% week - on - week to 326.68 million tons [63]. Inventory - Iron ore inventory at 45 ports decreased by 0.87% week - on - week to 13866.58 million tons, and the imported iron ore inventory of 247 steel enterprises decreased by 1.92% week - on - week to 8754.33 million tons [69]. 04. Coking Coal and Coke Supply - Demand Analysis Supply - The operating rate of coking coal mines decreased by 0.94% week - on - week to 85.49%, and the daily Mongolian coal customs clearance volume increased by 29.10% week - on - week to 14.97 million tons [75]. - The profit per ton of coke for independent coking plants decreased by 24 yuan/ton week - on - week to - 39 yuan/ton, and the capacity utilization rate decreased by 0.28% week - on - week to 75.66% [83]. Demand - The daily hot metal production was 241.91 million tons (down 1.69 million tons week - on - week) [5]. Inventory - Coking coal inventory in independent coking plants decreased by 2.88% week - on - week to 716.64 million tons, and coking coal inventory in ports increased by 0.51% week - on - week to 303.09 million tons [89]. - Coke inventory in independent coking plants increased by 7.15% week - on - week to 78.33 million tons, and coke inventory in ports decreased by 2.65% week - on - week to 217.18 million tons [95]. Spot Price - Coking coal prices showed a weak trend, and the second - round price reduction of coke was implemented [96]. 05. Spread Analysis - The basis of rebar and hot - rolled coil has widened, and the spread between the 10 - 01 contracts of rebar has widened [103]. - The 9 - 1 spread of iron ore has slightly widened, and the spread between hot - rolled coil and rebar has slightly narrowed [106].