市场情绪偏暖，胶价延续偏强运行

Group 1: Investment Ratings - The investment rating for RU and NR is cautiously bullish; the rating for BR is neutral [5] Group 2: Core Views - Market sentiment is positive, and rubber prices are expected to remain strong. For RU and NR, with expected increased rainfall in major production areas, raw material output is likely to be limited, strengthening cost - side support. Domestic imports are expected to remain stable. Downstream demand lacks highlights, and attention should be paid to raw material procurement willingness of downstream factories. For BR, supply may increase slightly, demand remains stable, and it may follow raw materials to weaken but is affected by strong natural rubber prices and continuous tire replacement demand [5] Group 3: Market News and Data Futures and Spot Prices - On the previous trading day, the closing price of the RU main contract was 15,860 yuan/ton, up 105 yuan/ton from the previous day; the NR main contract was 12,665 yuan/ton, up 45 yuan/ton. In the spot market, Yunnan - produced whole latex in the Shanghai market was 14,800 yuan/ton, up 50 yuan/ton; Qingdao Free Trade Zone Thai mixed rubber was 14,620 yuan/ton, up 40 yuan/ton; Thai 20 - grade standard rubber in Qingdao Free Trade Zone was 1,810 US dollars/ton, up 5 US dollars/ton; Indonesian 20 - grade standard rubber was 1,760 US dollars/ton, up 5 US dollars/ton; Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical's BR9000 ex - factory price was 11,700 yuan/ton, unchanged; Zhejiang Chuanhua's BR9000 market price was 11,750 yuan/ton, up 50 yuan/ton [1] Import and Export Data - In July 2025, China imported 634,000 tons of natural and synthetic rubber (including latex), a 3.4% increase from 613,000 tons in the same period of 2024. In the first 7 months of 2025, Cote d'Ivoire's rubber exports totaled 908,487 tons, a 14.3% increase from 794,831 tons in the same period of 2024. In July alone, exports increased by 28.3% year - on - year and 28.5% month - on - month [2] Consumption and Production Data - The ANRPC's June 2025 report predicted that global natural rubber production in June would decrease by 1.5% to 119,100 tons, a 14.5% increase from the previous month; consumption would increase by 0.7% to 127,100 tons, a 0.1% increase from the previous month. In the first half of 2025, global natural rubber cumulative production was expected to decrease by 1.1% to 6.076 million tons, while cumulative consumption would increase by 1% to 7.715 million tons [2] Sales Data - In July 2025, the heavy - truck market sold about 83,000 vehicles, including exports and new - energy models, an approximately 42% increase from 58,300 vehicles in the same period of last year [2] US Tire Import Data - In the first half of 2025, the US imported 143.43 million tires, a 6.8% year - on - year increase. Passenger car tire imports increased by 3% to 84.89 million; truck and bus tire imports increased by 10% to 32.32 million; aircraft tire imports decreased by 13% to 132,000; motorcycle tire imports increased by 22% to 1.88 million; bicycle tire imports increased by 5% to 3.15 million [3] Group 4: Market Analysis Natural Rubber - Spot and Spreads: On August 12, 2025, the RU basis was - 1,060 yuan/ton (- 55), the spread between the RU main contract and mixed rubber was 1,240 yuan/ton (+ 65), the import profit of smoked sheet rubber was - 3,784 yuan/ton (- 105.10), the NR basis was 262 yuan/ton (- 7). Whole latex was 14,800 yuan/ton (+ 50), mixed rubber was 14,620 yuan/ton (+ 40), 3L spot was 14,850 yuan/ton (+ 50). STR20 was quoted at 1,810 US dollars/ton (+ 5), the spread between whole latex and 3L was - 50 yuan/ton (+ 50); the spread between mixed rubber and styrene - butadiene rubber was 2,520 yuan/ton (+ 40) [4] - Raw Materials: Thai smoked sheet was 62.70 Thai baht/kg (+ 0.74), Thai latex was 54.00 Thai baht/kg (unchanged), Thai cup lump was 49.30 Thai baht/kg (+ 0.65), the difference between Thai latex and cup lump was 4.70 Thai baht/kg (- 0.65) [4] - Operating Rates: The operating rate of all - steel tires was 60.06% (+ 0.80%), and the operating rate of semi - steel tires was 69.71% (- 0.27%) [4] - Inventory: The social inventory of natural rubber was 1,288,849 tons (- 4,853), the inventory of natural rubber at Qingdao Port was 619,852 tons (- 11,918), the RU futures inventory was 176,280 tons (- 1,350), and the NR futures inventory was 42,235 tons (+ 2,519) [4] Butadiene Rubber - Spot and Spreads: On August 12, 2025, the BR basis was - 75 yuan/ton (+ 110), the ex - factory price of butadiene from Sinopec was 9,400 yuan/ton (unchanged), Qilu Petrochemical's BR9000 was quoted at 11,700 yuan/ton (unchanged), Zhejiang Chuanhua's BR9000 was quoted at 11,750 yuan/ton (+ 50), Shandong private butadiene rubber was 11,600 yuan/ton (+ 50), and the import profit of butadiene rubber from Northeast Asia was - 1,012 yuan/ton (+ 142) [4] - Operating Rates: The operating rate of high - cis butadiene rubber was 68.17% (- 4.30%) [5] - Inventory: The inventory of butadiene rubber traders was 7,290 tons (- 230), and the inventory of butadiene rubber enterprises was 24,150 tons (+ 350) [5]