建信期货铜期货日报-20250814

Group 1: General Information - Report title: Copper Futures Daily Report [1] - Date: August 14, 2025 [2] - Research analysts: Zhang Ping, Yu Feifei, Peng Jinglin [3] Group 2: Market Review and Trading Recommendations - Copper prices continued to rise. The main contract of Shanghai copper closed at 79,360. Overnight US CPI data was lower than expected, leading the market to further bet on a 25BP interest rate cut in September. The US dollar index declined, which was positive for copper prices. The spot price rose 325 to 79,475, and the spot premium remained flat at 200. As the delivery was approaching, domestic supply was still tight, but imported supply supplemented. It was expected that the premium would slightly decline. The spot Shanghai-London ratio dropped to 8.088, the import loss narrowed to 75, and the 0-3C structure widened to 87. The premiums of warehouse receipts and bills of lading remained flat. In the short term, the domestic spot market was stronger than the overseas market. With the opening of the expectations of interest rate cuts in China and the US, the market's bullish sentiment rebounded. It was recommended to buy copper on dips [10] Group 3: Industry News - Codelco's copper production in June increased by 17% year-on-year to 120,200 tons [11] - According to Industrial Online data, in June 2025, China's household air conditioner exports ended a two-year growth trend. The export volume in that month decreased by 25.6% year-on-year to 6.496 million units [11] - The unadjusted annual CPI rate in the US in July remained the same as the previous month, recording 2.7%; the unadjusted annual core CPI rate in July rose to a five-month high, recording 3.1%. After the data was released, traders increased their bets on a September interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Trump called on Powell to cut interest rates immediately, and US Treasury Secretary Bessent said that the Federal Reserve should consider cutting interest rates by 50 basis points in September [11] - According to recycled copper rod enterprises, the investment promotion policy may be cancelled on September 1, 2025. Currently, no enterprise has received an official notice, but many enterprises are worried that if the preferential policies for enterprise operations stop, they will need to purchase recycled copper raw materials with a 13% VAT in the future. Therefore, recycled copper rod enterprises may temporarily stop production and wait until September 1 to see if the notice is actually implemented before making production plans [11]