化工日报：半钢胎开工率环比回升，同比仍偏低-20250711

Report Industry Investment Ratings - RU: Neutral [5] - NR: Neutral [5] - BR: Neutral [6] Core Viewpoints - The rubber price rebounds due to the warming market atmosphere, but the driving force is still weak. The cost - end support of rubber will gradually weaken, and the rebound strength is expected to be limited. The supply of BR changes little, and its price is expected to fluctuate within a limited range [5][6] Summary According to Related Catalogs Market News and Data - Futures: The closing price of the RU main contract was 14,405 yuan/ton, up 360 yuan/ton from the previous day; the NR main contract was 12,400 yuan/ton, up 305 yuan/ton [1] - Spot: The price of Yunnan - produced whole latex in the Shanghai market was 14,350 yuan/ton, up 350 yuan/ton; Qingdao Free Trade Zone Thai mixed rubber was 14,200 yuan/ton, up 320 yuan/ton; Thai 20 - grade standard rubber was 1,750 US dollars/ton, up 30 US dollars/ton; Indonesian 20 - grade standard rubber was 1,690 US dollars/ton, up 30 US dollars/ton; the ex - factory price of BR9000 of PetroChina Qilu Petrochemical was 11,600 yuan/ton, up 200 yuan/ton; the market price of BR9000 of Zhejiang Chuanhua was 11,250 yuan/ton, unchanged [1] Market Information - Thailand: In 2025, Thailand's rubber production is expected to increase by 2% to 4.89 million tons. Different regions have different growth rates [2] - Vietnam: From January to May, Vietnam exported a total of 341,000 tons of mixed rubber, a year - on - year increase of 10%. Different types of mixed rubber have different growth trends [2] - China: In June, the retail sales of the national passenger car market were 2.084 million, a year - on - year increase of 18.1% and a month - on - month increase of 7.6%. In the first half of the year, the cumulative retail sales were 10.901 million, a year - on - year increase of 10.8% [3] - US: In the first five months of 2025, the US imported a total of 120.95 million tires, a year - on - year increase of 6.4%. The import of passenger car tires and truck and bus tires increased. The US imported 11.1 million tires from China, a year - on - year increase of 2.5%, but the import of passenger car and truck and bus tires from China decreased [3] Market Analysis Natural Rubber - Spot and Spread: On July 10, 2025, the RU basis was - 55 yuan/ton (- 10), the spread between the RU main contract and mixed rubber was 205 yuan/ton (+ 40), etc. [4] - Raw Materials: The price of Thai smoked sheets was 65.23 Thai baht/kg (+ 0.44), Thai glue was 54.30 Thai baht/kg (unchanged), etc. [4] -开工率: The operating rate of all - steel tires was 61.11% (- 0.42%), and that of semi - steel tires was 65.79% (+ 1.66%) [4] - Inventory: The social inventory of natural rubber was 1,293,342 tons (- 248), the inventory of natural rubber in Qingdao Port was 632,377 tons (+ 287), etc. [4] 顺丁橡胶 - Spot and Spread: On July 10, 2025, the BR basis was - 415 yuan/ton (- 305), the ex - factory price of butadiene of Sinopec was 9,000 yuan/ton (unchanged), etc. [4] -开工率: The operating rate of high - cis butadiene rubber was 65.54% (- 1.44%) [4] - Inventory: The inventory of butadiene rubber traders was 6,270 tons (- 530), and the enterprise inventory was 26,500 tons (+ 150) [5] Strategy - For natural rubber (RU and NR), the rebound is driven by the warming market atmosphere, but the driving force is weak. The cost - end support will weaken, and the rebound strength is limited [5] - For BR, the supply changes little, the operating rate of semi - steel tire factories may rebound slightly, and the price is expected to fluctuate within a limited range [6]