对二甲苯：供需压力增加，趋势偏弱，PTA，加工费低位，关注计划外减产，MEG，趋势偏弱

Report Summary Industry Investment Ratings - PX: Unilateral trend is weakly bearish [7] - PTA: Unilateral trend is weakly bearish [7] - MEG: Unilateral trend is weakly bearish and in a weak oscillation [7] Core Views - PX: From late August, pay attention to the recovery of terminal orders, and PXN has short - term support [7] - PTA: Hold the mid - term strategy of going long on MEG and short on PTA. With low processing fees, focus on unplanned production cuts and the positive spread of September - January contracts. Supply decreases while demand increases as polyester operating rate rises to 89.4% [7] - MEG: Hold the mid - term strategy of going long on MEG and short on PTA. Keep the September - January spread in the range of - 50 to 0; pay attention to the reverse spread of January - May contracts. The sharp decline in coal prices yesterday had a negative impact on the chemical sector [7] Market Dynamics - PX: On August 14, the price of PX decreased. One October Asian spot was traded at $824. The end - of - session physical goods had no negotiation for September, and October was negotiated at $820/825, with an asking price of $825 for November. The PX price was affected by the weak sentiment in the broader commodity market despite the rise of crude oil and naphtha [3] - PTA: Some PTA producers are turning from loss to profit, and the tight supply of PX has slightly eased. This week, the 1.5 - million - ton Taihua and 2.25 - million - ton Yisheng plants stopped, while the 2.5 - million - ton Weilian Chemical and 2.2 - million - ton Jiaxing Petrochemical plants restarted. As of Thursday, the PTA load was 76.4%, and the operating rate was around 82.3% [4] - MEG: Two MEG plants in East China with a total annual capacity of 1.9 million tons stopped for 1 - 2 days due to an accident. As of August 14, the overall operating load of ethylene glycol in mainland China was 66.39% (down 2.01% from the previous period), and the operating load of ethylene glycol produced by the oxalic acid catalytic hydrogenation method (syngas) was 80.47% (up 5.34% from the previous period) [4][5] - Polyester: A 300,000 - ton polyester plant in Huzhou has restarted, mainly producing polyester filament. As of Thursday, the overall theoretical operating load of domestic polyester industrial yarn has recovered to about 71%. The overall polyester load has increased, and as of Thursday, the polyester load in mainland China was around 89.4%. The sales of polyester filament in Jiangsu and Zhejiang on the 14th were weak overall, with an average sales rate of 30% - 40%. The sales of direct - spun polyester staple fiber on the 14th were average, with an average sales rate of 49% [5][6] Price and Spread Data | Futures | Yesterday's Closing Price | Change | Change Rate | Month Spread | Yesterday's Closing Price | Previous Day's Closing Price | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PX Main | 6614 | - 26 | - 2.51% | PX9 - 1 | 72 | 80 | - 8 | | PTA Main | 4666 | - 39 | - 0.55% | PTA9 - 1 | - 26 | - 34 | 8 | | MEG Main | 4367 | - 76 | - 0.89% | MEG9 - 1 | - 47 | - 50 | 3 | | PF Main | 6338 | - 4 | - 1.18% | PF9 - 1 | - 74 | - 82 | 8 | | SC Main | 485.5 | - 4 | - 0.82% | SC9 - 10 | - 3.6 | - 1.1 | - 2.5 | | Spot | Yesterday's Price | Previous Day's Price | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PX CFR China ($/ton) | 824 | 831 | - 7 | | PTA East China (yuan/ton) | 4646 | 4692 | - 46 | | MEG Spot | 4465 | 4488 | - 23 | | Naphtha MOPJ | 571 | 563.5 | 7.5 | | Dated Brent ($/barrel) | 68.28 | 66.91 | 1.38 | | Spot Processing Fee | Yesterday's Price | Previous Day's Price | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | PX - Naphtha Spread | 261.17 | 268.67 | - 7.5 | | PTA Processing Fee | 187.85 | 162.08 | 25.77 | | Short - Fiber Processing Fee | 161.38 | 137.24 | 24.14 | | Bottle - Chip Processing Fee | 42.77 | 19.7 | 23.07 | | MOPJ Naphtha - Dubai Crude Spread | - 6.01 | - 6.01 | 0 | [2]