尿素日报：交投氛围好转-20251118

Report Industry Investment Rating - Not provided Core Viewpoints - Urea trading atmosphere has improved. New orders were slow to follow up last week, but sales improved after price cuts. Agricultural autumn fertilizer production is ending, and compound fertilizer autumn fertilizer production is also winding down. Winter storage fertilizer production has not started on a large scale, and the overall operating rate has slightly decreased due to environmental protection factors. Melamine operating rate has increased, with rigid demand for procurement. With the release of new production capacity, the medium - to - long - term supply - demand of urea remains relatively loose. Gas - fired plant maintenance in the fourth quarter is expected to start gradually in December. The news of export quotas has improved urea export expectations at the end of the year, which is expected to support the spot market. The Indian IPL has issued a new urea import tender, and the spot procurement sentiment and rhythm need to be continuously monitored [1][2] Summary by Directory 1. Urea Basis Structure - The report shows data on Shandong and Henan urea small - particle market prices, Shandong and Henan main - contract basis, urea main - continuous contract price, 1 - 5 spread, 5 - 9 spread, and 9 - 1 spread [6][7][11] 2. Urea Production - The report presents data on urea weekly production and urea plant maintenance loss volume [20][25] 3. Urea Production Profit and Operating Rate - It includes data on production cost, spot production profit, disk production profit, national capacity utilization rate, coal - based capacity utilization rate, and gas - based capacity utilization rate [29][30][33] 4. Urea Foreign Market Price and Export Profit - The report provides data on urea small - particle FOB in the Baltic Sea, urea large - particle CFR in Southeast Asia, urea small - particle FOB in China, urea large - particle CFR in China, the difference between urea small - particle FOB in the Baltic Sea and China's FOB minus 30, the difference between urea large - particle CFR in Southeast Asia and China's FOB, urea export profit, and disk export profit [35][40][50] 5. Urea Downstream Operating Rate and Orders - It shows data on compound fertilizer operating rate, melamine operating rate, and pending order days [52][53] 6. Urea Inventory and Warehouse Receipts - The report includes data on upstream in - plant inventory, port inventory, raw material inventory days of urea downstream manufacturers in Hebei, futures warehouse receipts, main - contract holding volume, and main - contract trading volume [56][57][61] Market Data Details - Price and Basis: On November 17, 2025, the urea main contract closed at 1,662 yuan/ton (+10). The ex - factory price of small - particle urea in Henan was 1,600 yuan/ton (unchanged), in Shandong was 1,590 yuan/ton (-10), and in Jiangsu was 1,580 yuan/ton (-10). The price of small - block anthracite was 750 yuan/ton (unchanged). The basis in Shandong was - 72 yuan/ton (-20), in Henan was - 62 yuan/ton (-20), and in Jiangsu was - 82 yuan/ton (-20). Urea production profit was 60 yuan/ton (-10), and export profit was 1,048 yuan/ton (+116) [1] - Supply Side: As of November 17, 2025, the enterprise capacity utilization rate was 84.08% (unchanged). The total inventory of sample enterprises was 148.36 million tons (-9.45), and the port sample inventory was 8.20 million tons (+0.30) [1] - Demand Side: As of November 17, 2025, the compound fertilizer capacity utilization rate was 30.32% (-0.72%), the melamine capacity utilization rate was 57.48% (+4.28%), and the urea enterprise advance order days were 7.71 days (+0.42) [1] Strategy - Single - sided: Range - bound, opportunistic cash - and - carry arbitrage - Inter - period: Wait - and - see - Inter - variety: None [3]