Ruida Futures(SZ:002961) Rui Da Qi Huo·2025-10-13 09:10Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core Viewpoints - The domestic pure benzene supply and demand remain weak, and the profit of petroleum benzene continues to be at a low level. This week, some domestic petroleum benzene and hydrobenzene plants are restarting, and the output of pure benzene is expected to increase further. In October, new plants of downstream styrene, caprolactam, and phenol are planned to be put into operation, with a converted production capacity higher than that of pure benzene. However, large styrene plants are still in the maintenance period, and the loads of caprolactam, phenol, and adipic acid plants are expected to decline this week, so the demand side will remain weak in the short term. Affected by the US's claim of imposing additional tariffs on China, international oil prices dropped significantly on Friday. After the early negative factors are digested, BZ2603 is expected to fluctuate in the short term, with the range expected to be around 5650 - 5750 [2] Summary by Relevant Catalogs Futures Market - The closing price of the main pure benzene contract was 5682 yuan/ton, a decrease of 52 yuan; the settlement price was 5707 yuan/ton, a decrease of 26 yuan. The trading volume was 6668 lots, an increase of 2255 lots; the open interest was 13554 lots, an increase of 23 lots [2] Spot Market - The mainstream prices of pure benzene in the East China, North China, South China, and Northeast regions were 5720 yuan/ton, 5570 yuan/ton, 5750 yuan/ton, and 5521 yuan/ton respectively. The prices in the Northeast region decreased by 62 yuan/ton, while the others remained unchanged. The mainstream prices of hydrobenzene in Jiangsu and Shanxi regions were 5675 yuan/ton and 5450 yuan/ton respectively, with decreases of 50 yuan/ton and 250 yuan/ton. The FOB intermediate price of pure benzene in South Korea was 693 dollars/ton, a decrease of 5 dollars; the CFR intermediate price of pure benzene in China was 706.11 dollars/ton, a decrease of 3.39 dollars [2] Upstream Situation - The spot price of Brent DTD crude oil was 65.08 dollars/barrel, a decrease of 2.57 dollars; the CFR intermediate price of naphtha in the Japanese region was 576.75 dollars/ton, a decrease of 7.5 dollars [2] Industry Situation - The capacity utilization rate of pure benzene was 78.14%, an increase of 0.13 percentage points; the weekly output was 46.02 tons, an increase of 0.32 tons. The terminal inventory of pure benzene at ports was 9.1 tons, a decrease of 1.5 tons. The production cost was 5327.8 yuan/ton, a decrease of 118.2 yuan; the production profit was 737 yuan/ton, an increase of 76 yuan [2] Downstream Situation - The开工率 of styrene was 73.61%, an increase of 2.37 percentage points; the capacity utilization rates of caprolactam, phenol, aniline, and adipic acid were 95.72%, 78.54%, 69.24%, and 64.3% respectively. The capacity utilization rate of caprolactam increased by 6.41 percentage points, adipic acid increased by 2 percentage points, while phenol decreased by 0.46 percentage points and aniline decreased by 0.1 percentage point [2] Industry News - From October 4th to 10th, the capacity utilization rate of petroleum benzene increased by 0.55% to 79.29% week-on-week, and that of hydrobenzene decreased by 0.75% to 63.24% week-on-week. The weighted operating rate of pure benzene downstream increased by 1.56% to 77.72% week-on-week. As of October 13th, the inventory of pure benzene in East China ports was 9.0 tons, a decrease of 1.10% compared with last week. From October 9th to 11th, the profit of petroleum benzene in China was 314 yuan/ton, a decrease of 105 yuan/ton compared with last week [2]