Report Summary 1. Investment Rating The report does not provide an overall industry investment rating. 2. Core Views - Rubber: On Tuesday, the domestic Shanghai rubber futures contract 2601 showed a trend of shrinking volume, reducing positions, fluctuating weakly, and slightly closing lower. The price center of the contract during the session slightly moved down to 15,525 yuan/ton, and the closing price slightly decreased by 0.22% to 15,525 yuan/ton. The premium of the 1 - 5 month spread expanded to 40 yuan/ton. With the implementation of the Fed's interest - rate cut expectation, the short - term positive factors were exhausted. The rubber market entered a market dominated by a weak supply - demand structure. It is expected that the domestic Shanghai rubber futures contract 2601 may maintain a weakly fluctuating trend in the future [5]. - Methanol: On Tuesday, the domestic methanol futures contract 2601 showed a trend of increasing volume and positions, fluctuating weakly, and slightly closing lower. The futures price rose to a maximum of 2,351 yuan/ton and dropped to a minimum of 2,327 yuan/ton, and the closing price slightly decreased by 0.42% to 2,343 yuan/ton. The discount of the 1 - 5 month spread widened to 32 yuan/ton. Suppressed by the weak methanol supply - demand fundamentals, it is expected that the domestic methanol futures contract 2601 may maintain a weakly fluctuating trend in the future [5]. - Crude Oil: On Tuesday, the domestic crude oil futures contract 2511 showed a trend of increasing volume and positions, fluctuating downward, and significantly closing lower. The futures price rose to a maximum of 478.7 yuan/barrel and dropped to a minimum of 471.6 yuan/barrel, and the closing price significantly decreased by 2.29% to 473.1 yuan/barrel. With the implementation of the Fed's interest - rate cut expectation, the short - term positive factors were exhausted, and the market shifted to a weak supply - demand fundamental. It is expected that the domestic crude oil futures contract 2511 may maintain a weakly fluctuating trend in the future [6]. 3. Summary by Sections 3.1 Industry Dynamics - Rubber: As of September 21, 2025, the total inventory of natural rubber in bonded and general trade in Qingdao was 461,200 tons (the adjusted previous - period total inventory was 464,700 tons), a month - on - month decrease of 3,600 tons or 0.76%. The bonded - area inventory was 69,400 tons (the adjusted previous - period bonded inventory was 73,100 tons), a decrease of 5.07%; the general - trade inventory was 391,800 tons (the adjusted previous - period general - trade inventory was 391,600 tons), an increase of 0.04%. The inbound rate of the Qingdao natural - rubber sample bonded warehouses increased by 0.59 percentage points, and the outbound rate decreased by 2.91 percentage points; the inbound rate of the general - trade warehouses increased by 1.32 percentage points, and the outbound rate increased by 1.78 percentage points. As of the week of September 19, 2025, the capacity utilization rate of China's semi - steel tire sample enterprises was 73.70%, a week - on - week slight increase of 1.09 percentage points and a year - on - year slight decrease of 3.40 percentage points; the capacity utilization rate of the full - steel tire sample enterprises was 65.70%, a week - on - week slight decrease of 0.61 percentage points and a year - on - year significant increase of 8.30 percentage points. In the terminal retail sector, in August 2025, China's automobile dealer inventory warning index was 57.0%, a year - on - year increase of 0.8 percentage points and a month - on - month decrease of 0.2 percentage points. The inventory warning index was above the boom - bust line, indicating a decline in the prosperity of the automobile circulation industry. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released that the China Logistics Industry Prosperity Index in August 2025 was 50.9%, a 0.4 - percentage - point increase from the previous month. In August 2025, China's heavy - truck market sold about 84,000 vehicles, a month - on - month slight decrease of 1% compared with July and a year - on - year increase of about 35% compared with 62,500 vehicles in the same period last year. In the first eight months of 2025, the cumulative sales of the heavy - truck market reached 710,000 vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 13% [9][10]. - Methanol: As of the week of September 19, 2025, the average domestic methanol operating rate remained at 79.39%, a week - on - week slight decrease of 1.81%, a month - on - month slight decrease of 1.26%, and a slight decrease of 1.53% compared with the same period last year. During the same period, the average weekly domestic methanol output reached 1.8132 million tons, a week - on - week significant decrease of 106,100 tons, a month - on - month significant decrease of 84,200 tons, and a slight decrease of 30,200 tons compared with 1.8434 million tons in the same period last year. As of the week of September 19, 2025, the domestic formaldehyde operating rate remained at 31.54%, a week - on - week slight increase of 1.06%. For dimethyl ether, the operating rate remained at 6.68%, a week - on - week slight decrease of 0.11%. The acetic acid operating rate remained at 75.72%, a week - on - week slight decrease of 3.84%. The MTBE operating rate remained at 57.66%, a week - on - week slight increase of 1.85%. As of the week of September 19, 2025, the average operating load of domestic coal (methanol) to olefin plants was 82.88%, a week - on - week slight increase of 3.33 percentage points and a month - on - month slight increase of 3.58%. As of September 19, 2025, the futures market profit of domestic methanol to olefins was - 183 yuan/ton, a week - on - week slight recovery of 41 yuan/ton and a month - on - month significant decline of 26 yuan/ton. As of the week of September 19, 2025, the port methanol inventories in East and South China remained at 1.3298 million tons, a week - on - week significant increase of 62,500 tons, a month - on - month significant increase of 395,600 tons, and a significant increase of 487,200 tons compared with the same period last year. Among them, the port methanol inventory in East China reached 851,800 tons, a week - on - week increase of 43,700 tons, and the port methanol inventory in South China reached 478,000 tons, a week - on - week increase of 18,800 tons. As of the week of September 17, 2025, the total inland methanol inventory in China reached 340,500 tons, a week - on - week slight decrease of 2,100 tons, a month - on - month slight increase of 29,600 tons, and a significant decrease of 94,200 tons compared with 434,700 tons in the same period last year [11][12][13]. - Crude Oil: As of the week of September 12, 2025, the number of active US oil drilling platforms was 416, a week - on - week slight increase of 2 and a decrease of 72 compared with the same period last year. The average daily US crude oil production was 13.482 million barrels, a week - on - week slight decrease of 13,000 barrels per day and a year - on - year slight increase of 282,000 barrels per day. As of the week of September 12, 2025, the US commercial crude oil inventory (excluding strategic petroleum reserves) reached 415 million barrels, a week - on - week significant decrease of 9.285 million barrels and a significant decrease of 2.152 million barrels compared with the same period last year. The crude oil inventory in Cushing, Oklahoma, USA, reached 23.561 million barrels, a week - on - week slight decrease of 296,000 barrels; the US strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) inventory reached 405.7 million barrels, a week - on - week slight increase of 504,000 barrels. The US refinery operating rate remained at 93.9%, a week - on - week slight decrease of 1.60 percentage points, a month - on - month slight decrease of 3.3 percentage points, and a year - on - year slight increase of 1.2 percentage points. As of September 16, 2025, the average non - commercial net long positions in WTI crude oil futures remained at 98,709 contracts, a week - on - week significant increase of 16,865 contracts, a significant decrease of 23,354 contracts compared with the August average of 122,063 contracts, and a decline of 19.13%. Meanwhile, as of September 16, 2025, the average net long positions of Brent crude oil futures funds remained at 220,410 contracts, a week - on - week significant increase of 14,635 contracts, a slight increase of 18,092 contracts compared with the August average of 202,318 contracts, and an increase of 8.94%. Overall, the net long positions in the WTI crude oil futures market decreased significantly week - on - week, while the net long positions in the Brent crude oil futures market increased significantly week - on - week [13][14][15]. 3.2 Spot Price Table | Variety | Spot Price | Change from Previous Day | Futures Main Contract | Change from Previous Day | Basis | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Shanghai Rubber | 14,700 yuan/ton | +0 yuan/ton | 15,615 yuan/ton | - 90 yuan/ton | - 825 yuan/ton | +90 yuan/ton | | Methanol | 2,260 yuan/ton | - 15 yuan/ton | 2,343 yuan/ton | - 5 yuan/ton | - 83 yuan/ton | - 10 yuan/ton | | Crude Oil | 456.0 yuan/barrel | - 0.4 yuan/barrel | 473.1 yuan/barrel | - 9.9 yuan/barrel | - 17.1 yuan/barrel | +9.5 yuan/barrel | [16] 3.3 Related Charts The report lists various related charts for rubber, methanol, and crude oil, including rubber basis, Shanghai Futures Exchange rubber futures inventory, full - steel tire operating rate trend, methanol basis, methanol port inventory, methanol inland social inventory, crude oil basis, US commercial crude oil inventory, etc., but does not provide specific data analysis in the text [17][30][44]
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