Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No information provided. 2. Core Viewpoints - BZ2603 oscillated downward, closing at 6,196 yuan/ton. - The production capacity utilization rate of petroleum benzene increased by 0.20% week - on - week to 78.05%, and that of hydrogenated benzene increased by 2.51% week - on - week to 64.46%. - The downstream operating rates of pure benzene varied last week, and the weighted downstream operating rate changed little. - The inventory of pure benzene in East China ports increased by 4.21% week - on - week to 171,000 tons. - The total production of domestic petroleum benzene and hydrogenated benzene is expected to decline slightly due to maintenance, and the volume of imported vessels is expected to increase. The spot supply of pure benzene may remain loose. - Some downstream shutdown devices will restart, and new downstream devices are planned to be put into production this month, so the demand is expected to increase. - Although there is an expectation of marginal improvement in the supply - demand of pure benzene, the supply still exceeds the demand overall, and the spot valuation is expected to remain low. - The short - term international oil price is expected to oscillate due to uncertainties in the US - EU tariff negotiation and OPEC+ output policy in September. - Pay attention to the support near 6,100 and the resistance near 6,300 on the daily K - line of BZ2603 [2]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs Futures Market | Data Indicator | Latest | Change | | ---- | ---- | ---- | | Main contract closing price of pure benzene (daily, yuan/ton) | 6,196 | - 82 | | Main contract settlement price of pure benzene (daily, yuan/ton) | 6,222 | - 16 | | Main contract trading volume of pure benzene (daily, lots) | 14,798 | - 5,696 | | Main contract open interest of pure benzene (daily, lots) | 12,060 | - 1,625 | | Market price of pure benzene in East China market (daily, yuan/ton) | 6,020 | 0 | | Market price of pure benzene in North China market (daily, yuan/ton) | 5,860 | 0 | [2] Spot Market | Data Indicator | Latest | Change | | ---- | ---- | ---- | | Market price of pure benzene in South China market (daily, yuan/ton) | 5,950 | 0 | | Market price of pure benzene in Northeast China (daily, yuan/ton) | 5,865 | 15 | | Market price of hydrogenated benzene in Jiangsu (daily, yuan/ton) | 6,025 | 75 | | Market price of hydrogenated benzene in Shanxi (daily, yuan/ton) | 5,700 | 25 | | Spot price of pure benzene in South Korea (daily, US dollars/ton) | 735 | 4 | | Spot price of pure benzene in China (CFR, daily, US dollars/ton) | 750.5 | 4 | [2] Upstream Situation | Data Indicator | Latest | Change | | ---- | ---- | ---- | | Spot price of Brent DTD crude oil (daily, US dollars/barrel) | 69.77 | - 0.98 | | CFR intermediate price of naphtha in Japan (daily, US dollars/ton) | 566.38 | - 6.5 | [2] Industry Situation | Data Indicator | Latest | Change | | ---- | ---- | ---- | | Capacity utilization rate of pure benzene (weekly, %) | 78.14 | 0.13 | | Weekly output of pure benzene (weekly, 10,000 tons) | 43.52 | 0.35 | | Terminal inventory of pure benzene in ports (weekly, 10,000 tons) | 16.4 | - 1 | | Production cost of pure benzene (weekly, yuan/ton) | 5,327.8 | - 118.2 | | Production profit of pure benzene (weekly, yuan/ton) | 737 | 76 | [2] Downstream Situation | Data Indicator | Latest | Change | | ---- | ---- | ---- | | Operating rate of styrene (weekly, %) | 78.3 | - 0.91 | | Capacity utilization rate of caprolactam (weekly, %) | 95.72 | 6.41 | | Capacity utilization rate of phenol (weekly, %) | 78.54 | - 0.46 | | Capacity utilization rate of aniline (weekly, %) | 69.24 | - 0.1 | | Capacity utilization rate of adipic acid (weekly, %) | 64.3 | 2 | [2] Industry News - From July 11th to 17th, the profit of domestic petroleum benzene increased by 6 yuan/ton week - on - week to 590 yuan/ton. - As of July 21st, the total commercial inventory of pure benzene in Jiangsu port samples was 171,000 tons, a week - on - week increase of 4.21% [2].
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