Report Industry Investment Rating - The rating for RU and NR is neutral, and the rating for BR is also neutral [6] Core Viewpoints - For natural rubber, before the end of September, rainfall in the main producing areas may still cause disruptions, supporting the cost of rubber and limiting the decline of rubber prices. The concentrated restocking of downstream tire factories may be over, and with the slight increase in recent domestic arrivals, the domestic inventory reduction is expected to slow down. The demand for downstream tires has entered the seasonal peak season, the recent tire factory operating rate has rebounded, and the rigid consumption of raw materials continues, so the supply - demand contradiction is still not significant. After the downstream purchasing demand subsides, the rubber price is expected to weaken, but the overall decline space will be limited [6] - For BR, recently, the overhauled devices will be restarted one after another, and it is expected that the upstream operating rate will rise again, and the supply of BR will increase month - on - month. The demand side currently shows peak - season characteristics, and the tire factory operating rate has rebounded to the normal level. However, after the concentrated restocking of tire factories ends, the raw material demand has declined. The supply - demand situation shows signs of loosening month - on - month. Recently, there are concerns about cost - side drag on BR. Mainly, the weakening of crude oil prices may lead to an adjustment of butadiene prices. At the same time, the recent inventory of butadiene is at a moderately high level, and there may be pressure after the downstream restocking ends. It is expected that BR will show a weak pattern, but the large price difference with natural rubber still supports the lower price limit of BR [6] Market News and Data Futures - The closing price of the RU main contract was 15,620 yuan/ton, up 95 yuan/ton from the previous day; the NR main contract was 12,465 yuan/ton, up 70 yuan/ton; the BR main contract was 11,520 yuan/ton, up 90 yuan/ton [1] Spot - The price of Yunnan - produced whole latex in the Shanghai market was 14,800 yuan/ton, up 50 yuan/ton. The price of Thai mixed rubber in Qingdao Free Trade Zone was 14,780 yuan/ton, down 70 yuan/ton. The price of Thai 20 - grade standard rubber in Qingdao Free Trade Zone was 1,870 US dollars/ton, up 35 US dollars/ton. The price of Indonesian 20 - grade standard rubber in Qingdao Free Trade Zone was 1,760 US dollars/ton, up 10 US dollars/ton. The ex - factory price of BR9000 of PetroChina Qilu Petrochemical was 11,700 yuan/ton, unchanged from the previous day. The market price of BR9000 of Zhejiang Chuanhua was 11,600 yuan/ton, up 150 yuan/ton [1] Market Information Import - In August 2025, China imported 664,000 tons of natural and synthetic rubber (including latex), a month - on - month increase of 4.73% and a year - on - year increase of 7.79%. From January to August 2025, China's cumulative imports of natural and synthetic rubber (including latex) were 5.373 million tons, a cumulative year - on - year increase of 19.06% [2] Export - In the first eight months of 2025, China's rubber tire export volume reached 650,000 tons, a year - on - year increase of 5.1%; the export value was 114.2 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 4.6%. Among them, the export volume of new pneumatic rubber tires reached 626,000 tons, a year - on - year increase of 4.8%; the export value was 109.7 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 4.4%. In terms of the number of pieces, the export volume reached 47.86 billion pieces, a year - on - year increase of 5.6%. From January to August, the export volume of automobile tires was 555,000 tons, a year - on - year increase of 4.6%; the export value was 94.4 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 4.1% [2][3] Production and Sales of Vehicles - In the first eight months of 2025, the export volume of rubber from Cote d'Ivoire totaled 1.05 million tons, a 14.4% increase compared with 920,000 tons in the same period in 2024. Looking at the August data alone, the export volume increased by 14.8% year - on - year and decreased by 8.9% month - on - month. In August 2025, China's heavy - truck market sales were about 84,000 vehicles (wholesale basis, including exports and new energy), a month - on - month slight decrease of 1% and a year - on - year increase of about 35%. From January to August this year, the cumulative sales of China's heavy - truck market were about 708,000 vehicles, a year - on - year increase of about 13%. From January to August, China's automobile production and sales reached 21.051 million and 21.128 million vehicles respectively, a year - on - year increase of 12.7% and 12.6% respectively. Among them, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 9.625 million and 9.62 million vehicles respectively, a year - on - year increase of 37.3% and 36.7% respectively, and the new - energy vehicle sales accounted for 45.5% of the total new - vehicle sales. In terms of exports, from January to August, automobile exports reached 4.292 million vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 13.7%. Among them, new - energy vehicle exports reached 1.532 million vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 87.3% [3] Market Analysis Natural Rubber Spot and Spreads - On September 24, 2025, the RU basis was - 820 yuan/ton (- 45), the spread between the RU main contract and mixed rubber was 740 yuan/ton (- 5), the import profit of smoked sheet rubber was - 3,285 yuan/ton (+ 202.68), the NR basis was 826.00 yuan/ton (+ 182.00); the whole latex was 14,800 yuan/ton (+ 50), the mixed rubber was 14,880 yuan/ton (+ 100), the 3L spot was 15,250 yuan/ton (+ 50). The STR20 was quoted at 1,870 US dollars/ton (+ 35), the spread between whole latex and 3L was - 450 yuan/ton (+ 0); the spread between mixed rubber and styrene - butadiene rubber was 2,780 yuan/ton (+ 100) [4] Raw Materials - The price of Thai smoked sheet was 59.35 Thai baht/kg (- 0.38), the price of Thai glue was 55.30 Thai baht/kg (+ 0.00), the price of Thai cup lump was 50.80 Thai baht/kg (+ 0.35), and the difference between Thai glue and cup lump was 4.50 Thai baht/kg (- 0.35) [4] Operating Rate - The operating rate of all - steel tires was 66.36% (+ 0.05%), and the operating rate of semi - steel tires was 72.74% (+ 0.13%) [5] Inventory - The social inventory of natural rubber was 1,112,557 tons (- 122,953.00), the inventory of natural rubber at Qingdao Port was 461,188 tons (- 3,550), the RU futures inventory was 154,920 tons (+ 3,180), and the NR futures inventory was 44,553 tons (- 1,411) [5] BR Spot and Spreads - On September 24, 2025, the BR basis was 80 yuan/ton (+ 110), the ex - factory price of butadiene from Sinopec was 9,150 yuan/ton (+ 0), the price of BR9000 of Qilu Petrochemical was 11,700 yuan/ton (+ 0), the price of BR9000 of Zhejiang Chuanhua was 11,600 yuan/ton (+ 150), the price of private - owned BR in Shandong was 11,450 yuan/ton (+ 50), and the import profit of BR in Northeast Asia was - 1,559 yuan/ton (- 1) [5] Operating Rate - The operating rate of high - cis BR was 69.72% (- 3.76%) [5] Inventory - The inventory of BR traders was 7,820 tons (- 390), and the inventory of BR enterprises was 25,900 tons (- 400) [5]
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Hua Tai Qi Huo·2025-09-25 05:38