煤焦：5月焦煤进口下降，盘面震荡运行

Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided 2. Core Viewpoint - In the short term, market sentiment has recovered, and coal prices have stopped falling and rebounded. Fundamentally, recent coal mine production cuts and import volume reduction have alleviated the pressure of oversupply to some extent, and the speed of inventory accumulation in upstream coal mines has slowed down. In the short term, coal and coke may continue to fluctuate [3]. 3. Summary by Related Content Market Logic and Price Trends - Last week, the overall price of coal and coke continued to fluctuate, with the price center rising slightly. On the spot side, on June 20, steel mills in Hebei began the fourth round of coke price cuts, with a reduction of 50 - 55 yuan/ton, planned to be implemented on the 23rd [2]. Import Data - In May, China imported 7.3869 million tons of coking coal, a month - on - month decrease of 16.94% and a year - on - year decrease of 23.68%. From January to May, the cumulative import was 43.7139 million tons, a year - on - year decrease of 3.8056 million tons, a decrease of 8.01%. The decrease in imports was mainly due to the decline in Mongolian coal imports. In the first five months, China imported 20.0486 million tons of Mongolian coking coal, a year - on - year decrease of 4.0025 million tons, a decrease of 16.6%. In addition, due to high tariffs, US coal imports were zero in May [2]. Market Conditions - The decline in spot coal prices has narrowed, market transactions have improved, and the situation of low - price resources has improved. Last week, some coal mines in Shanxi that had stopped production due to safety reasons gradually resumed production, and the output stopped falling. The growth rate of clean coal inventory at the mine end has slowed down. Last week, the clean coal inventory at the coal mine end was 4.99 million tons, a week - on - week increase of 0.13 million tons and a year - on - year increase of 2.13 million tons; the raw coal inventory was 7.01 million tons, a week - on - week increase of 0.165 million tons and a year - on - year increase of 3.7 million tons. The inventory level is still at an absolute high. Downstream steel mills' start - up is relatively stable, and the molten iron output remains above 2.4 million tons [3].