Group 1: Report Industry Investment Rating - No relevant information provided Group 2: Core Viewpoints of the Report - As of August 13, China's methanol port inventory totaled 1.0218 million tons, an increase of 96,300 tons from the previous period. The inventory in the East China and South China regions continued to accumulate. With high foreign vessel arrivals and weak downstream demand, port methanol inventory is expected to continue to accumulate, but the impact of weather on unloading speed needs attention. The restart of the olefin plant in Yanchang Zhongmei Yulin will increase the olefin industry's operating rate. The MA2601 contract is expected to fluctuate in the range of 2390 - 2460 in the short term [3] Group 3: Summary by Related Catalogs Futures Market - The closing price of the main methanol contract was 2,396 yuan/ton, down 16 yuan; the 9 - 1 spread was -103 yuan/ton, down 7 yuan. The main contract's open interest was 665,628 lots, an increase of 42,183 lots; the net long position of the top 20 futures holders was -132,231 lots, a decrease of 4,802 lots. The number of warehouse receipts was 10,968, unchanged [3] Spot Market - The price in Jiangsu Taicang was 2,295 yuan/ton, down 25 yuan; in Inner Mongolia, it was 2,070 yuan/ton, down 25 yuan. The East China - Northwest price spread was 225 yuan/ton, unchanged; the basis of the main Zhengzhou methanol contract was -101 yuan/ton, down 9 yuan. CFR China Main Port was 262 US dollars/ton, down 4 US dollars; CFR Southeast Asia was 324 US dollars/ton, down 4 US dollars. FOB Rotterdam was 272 euros/ton, up 1 euro; the China Main Port - Southeast Asia price spread was -62 US dollars/ton, unchanged [3] Upstream Situation - NYMEX natural gas was 2.92 US dollars/million British thermal units, up 0.07 US dollars [3] Industry Situation - East China port inventory was 687,000 tons, an increase of 45,000 tons; South China port inventory was 334,800 tons, an increase of 51,300 tons. Methanol import profit was 49.87 yuan/ton, an increase of 3.38 yuan; the monthly import volume was 1.2202 million tons, a decrease of 72,100 tons. Inland enterprise inventory was 295,600 tons, an increase of 1,900 tons; the methanol enterprise operating rate was 82.4%, an increase of 0.79 percentage points [3] Downstream Situation - The formaldehyde operating rate was 42.05%, an increase of 0.43 percentage points; the dimethyl ether operating rate was 7.15%, an increase of 1.82 percentage points. The acetic acid operating rate was 91.06%, an increase of 1.82 percentage points; the MTBE operating rate was 63.39%, a decrease of 3.23 percentage points. The olefin operating rate was 83.12%, a decrease of 0.77 percentage points; the methanol - to - olefin disk profit was -940 yuan/ton, an increase of 12 yuan [3] Option Market - The 20 - day historical volatility of methanol was 21.64%, a decrease of 3.96 percentage points; the 40 - day historical volatility was 19.34%, a decrease of 4 percentage points. The implied volatility of at - the - money call options was 2.06%, a decrease of 12.05 percentage points; the implied volatility of at - the - money put options was 14.11%, a decrease of 1.74 percentage points [3] Industry News - As of August 13, China's methanol port inventory totaled 1.0218 million tons, with 45,000 tons of inventory accumulation in East China and 51,300 tons in South China. The port inventory continued to accumulate, with 236,000 tons of foreign vessel unloading recorded and a large amount of non - explicit unloading. As of August 13, the inventory of sample production enterprises was 295,600 tons, an increase of 1,900 tons from the previous period, a month - on - month increase of 0.64%; the order backlog of sample enterprises was 219,400 tons, a decrease of 21,400 tons from the previous period, a month - on - month decrease of 8.90%. As of August 14, the domestic methanol - to - olefin plant capacity utilization rate was 84.71%, a month - on - month decrease of 0.41% [3] Viewpoint Summary - Last week, the olefin industry's operating rate decreased slightly. After the restart of the olefin plant in Yanchang Zhongmei Yulin to full - load operation, the olefin industry's operating rate will increase. The MA2601 contract is expected to fluctuate in the range of 2390 - 2460 in the short term [3] Suggested Attention - Pay attention to the enterprise inventory and port inventory data from Longzhong on Wednesday [3]
瑞达期货甲醇产业日报-20250818
Rui Da Qi Huo·2025-08-18 09:42