建信期货棉花日报-20250827

Report Overview - Industry: Cotton [1] - Date: August 27, 2025 [2] Group 1: Report Core View - Zhengzhou cotton fluctuated and adjusted. The latest 328 - grade cotton price index was 15,334 yuan/ton, up 99 yuan/ton from the previous trading day. The mainstream sales basis quotes for 2024/25 northern Xinjiang local machine - picked cotton and southern Xinjiang Kashgar machine - picked cotton were given. The cotton yarn market had acceptable transactions, and the cotton fabric market was stable with limited order recovery [7]. - In the overseas market, the weekly export sales data of US cotton weakened, the drought coverage in major cotton - growing areas increased, the good - to - excellent rate decreased slightly week - on - week, and the short - term external market was likely to fluctuate within a range. In the domestic market, the Xinjiang cotton area was in the boll - opening and flocculation stage. There were rumors of new cotton pre - sales, and the expectation of rush - buying at the listing stage increased, but the expected stable - to - increasing output also brought pressure in the long - term. The finished yarn inventory continued to decline slightly, and the market was observing the traditional peak season. The 200,000 - ton sliding - scale duty processing trade quota had limited impact on the market [8]. Group 2: Industry News - As of the week ending August 24, the boll - setting rate of US cotton was 81%, the flocculation rate was 20%, and the good - to - excellent rate was 54% [9]. - As of August 22, 2025, the total commercial inventory of cotton was 1.7126 million tons, a decrease of 143,500 tons from the previous week, and the inventory in Xinjiang was less than one million tons [9]. Group 3: Data Overview - The report presented multiple data charts, including China's cotton price index, cotton spot price, cotton futures price, cotton basis change, CF1 - 5 spread, CF5 - 9 spread, CF9 - 1 spread, cotton commercial inventory, cotton industrial inventory, warehouse receipt volume, US dollar - RMB exchange rate, and US dollar - Indian rupee exchange rate [17][18][27]