棉花月报：抛压较大且消费暂无起色，郑棉冲高回落-20250905

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The current downstream market consumption is still average during the "Golden September and Silver October" consumption season, and there is an expectation of a bumper harvest in the new domestic cotton season. However, the current domestic cotton inventory is at a historically low level, with both bullish and bearish factors intertwined. - In the short - term, Zhengzhou cotton prices rose and then fell, facing significant selling pressure, and cotton prices may continue to fluctuate at high levels [9]. 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Monthly Assessment and Strategy Recommendation - Market Review - External Market: In August, the price of US cotton futures showed a weak oscillation. As of August 29, the closing price of the December contract of US cotton futures was 66.53 cents per pound, a decrease of 0.69 cents per pound from the previous month, a decline of 1.03%. The spread between the December and March contracts of US cotton weakened slightly, reaching - 1.9 cents per pound, a decrease of 0.52 cents per pound from the previous month. - Domestic Market: In August, the price of Zhengzhou cotton rose. As of August 29, the closing price of the January contract of Zhengzhou cotton was 14,240 yuan per ton, an increase of 400 yuan per ton from the previous month, a rise of 2.89%. The China Cotton Price Index (CCIndex) 3128B was 15,328 yuan per ton, an increase of 3 yuan per ton from the previous month. The basis weakened, reaching 1,128 yuan per ton, a decrease of 453 yuan per ton from the previous month. The spread between the January and May contracts of Zhengzhou cotton decreased slightly, reaching 40 yuan per ton, a decrease of 25 yuan per ton from the previous month [9]. - Industry Information - As of the week of August 29, the spinning mill operating rate was 65.9%, a decrease of 3.4 percentage points from the same period last year; the weaving mill operating rate was 37.2%, a decrease of 8.4 percentage points from the same period last year; the weekly commercial cotton inventory was 1.55 million tons, a decrease of 360,000 tons from the same period last year. - At the end of August, the National Development and Reform Commission announced matters related to the electronic application for the processing trade import quota of preferential tariff rates outside the cotton tariff quota in 2025. The total volume of the sliding - scale duty processing trade quota for cotton imports in 2025 is 200,000 tons. - According to the August forecast data of the US Department of Agriculture, the global cotton production forecast for the 2025/26 season is 25.39 million tons, a decrease of 390,000 tons from the July forecast. Among them, the US production forecast was reduced by 300,000 tons to 2.88 million tons due to a 15% reduction in the planted area compared to the July forecast; the Chinese production forecast was increased by 110,000 tons to 6.86 million tons; the production forecasts of Brazil and India remained unchanged. The global consumption forecast was reduced by 30,000 tons to 25.69 million tons, and the ending inventory was reduced by 740,000 tons to 16.09 million tons. The US inventory - to - consumption ratio was reduced by 6.12 percentage points to 26.28% [9]. - Viewpoints and Strategies - Based on fundamental analysis, the short - term cotton prices may continue to fluctuate at high levels. The short - term assessment of various factors shows that the basis weakened slightly, the monthly spread oscillated, the spinning immediate profit remained inverted, and the marginal changes in the Zhejiang - Xinjiang spread and cost were not significant [9][10]. 3.2 Spread Trend Review The report presents multiple spread trend charts, including the China Cotton Price Index, the basis trend of the Zhengzhou cotton main contract, import profit, Zhengzhou cotton monthly spreads, US cotton contract spreads, and external market spreads, to show the historical trends and changes of these spreads [26][27][29]. 3.3 Domestic Market Situation The report shows multiple charts related to the domestic cotton market, including domestic cotton production (processing and inspection quantity, processing volume), cotton import volume (monthly and annual cumulative), US export contract quantity to China,棉纱 import volume, downstream operating rates (spinning and weaving mills), national sales progress, cotton inventory (weekly commercial and monthly commercial + industrial), and spinning mill raw material and finished product inventories [38][40][42]. 3.4 International Market Situation - CFTC Positions: Charts of CFTC fund net positions and commercial net positions are presented [58]. - US Situation: The report shows the US cotton planting situation (proportion of non - drought - affected planting area, excellent - good rate), production situation (bi - weekly and cumulative processing volume), production and planting area forecasts, export contract progress, export shipment volume, supply surplus/shortage, and inventory - to - consumption ratio [60][62][64]. - Brazil Situation: Charts of Brazil's cotton planting area, production, export volume, supply surplus/shortage, and inventory - to - consumption ratio are presented [73][76]. - India Situation: The report shows India's cotton planting area, production, consumption, import and export volume, supply surplus/shortage, and inventory - to - consumption ratio [81][84].