Zhongtai Securities(SH:600918) Zhong Tai Qi Huo·2025-08-10 07:49Report Summary 1. Investment Rating The report does not provide an industry investment rating. 2. Core View - Market Fundamentals and Logic: There are both positive and negative factors in the apple market. Positive factors include the potential for lower - quality new - season apples and the expectation of a high opening price. Negative factors are that the new - season apple production is basically the same as last year, the price of inventory apples is falling, and apple performance is average during the off - season. In August, the price of inventory apples in the production areas is stable, with a slightly improved but still slow出库 speed. The price of Crown pears shows a trend of low - opening, high - going, and then low - going. Early - maturing apples are on the market, and the price of new - season Fuji apples may be related to that of early - maturing and old - season apples [4]. - Strategy Recommendation: For the single - side strategy, it is recommended to lightly short the 2601 contract at a high position. For the inter - month strategy, it is recommended to go long on 2510 and short on 2601. There are no recommendations for volatility and options [4]. 3. Summary by Directory 3.1产区现货价格 - Shandong production area: The average transaction price of apples (paper - bagged 80 first - and second - grade striped red) in Qixia market is 3.9 yuan per catty. - Western production area: The average transaction price of apples (paper - bagged 70 and above) in Luochuan market is 4.6 yuan per catty (data stopped updating) [9]. 3.2产区库存及出库情况 - According to Zhuochuang Information, as of August 7, 2025, the national cold - storage inventory ratio is about 3.91%, a decrease of 0.45 percentage points in this period, and 2.93 percentage points lower than the same period last year, with a de - stocking rate of 93.86%. - According to Mysteel data, as of August 6, 2025, the cold - storage inventory of apples in the national main production areas is 53.39 tons, a decrease of 8.02 tons from last week. The shipping speed has slowed down slightly compared with last week and is basically the same as last year [12]. 3.3批发市场苹果价格 As of July 25, the prices of apples in the Guangzhou wholesale market are stable compared with last week. The prices of Jingning 80 boxed, Luochuan 80 boxed, and Qixia 80 boxed apples in both boxed and basketed forms have not changed [15]. 3.4平衡表（库存） There is no specific analysis content other than the title in the document. 3.5销区水果价格 - As of August 8, the average wholesale price of 6 key fruits is 7.04 yuan per kilogram, unchanged from last week. - The wholesale price of Fuji apples is 9.51 yuan per kilogram, a decrease of 0.16 yuan per kilogram from last week. - The wholesale price of Kyoho grapes is 11.90 yuan per kilogram, a decrease of 0.21 yuan per kilogram from last week. - The wholesale price of bananas is 5.46 yuan per kilogram, a decrease of 0.16 yuan per kilogram from last week. - The wholesale price of pineapples is 6.77 yuan per kilogram, an increase of 0.09 yuan per kilogram from last week. - The wholesale price of watermelons is 2.79 yuan per kilogram, a decrease of 0.08 yuan per kilogram from last week. - The wholesale price of citrus is 7.29 yuan per kilogram, a decrease of 0.08 yuan per kilogram from last week [26]. 3.6苹果基差及月间价差情况 - The basis, 10 - 01 spread, and 11 - 01 spread of apples have different values on different dates from July 21 to August 8. For example, on August 8, the basis is - 123, the 10 - 01 spread is 139, and the 11 - 01 spread is - 139 [30]. 3.7苹果加权持仓量、成交量；前20净持仓图 There is no specific analysis content other than the trend chart in the document.