白糖日报-20251202

1. Report Information - Report Title: Sugar Daily Report - Date: December 2, 2025 - Researcher: Wang Haifeng, Lin Zhenlei, Yu Lanlan, Hong Chenliang, Liu Youran [3] 2. Market Review and Operation Suggestions Futures Market - SR601 closed at 5405 yuan/ton, down 2 yuan or 0.04%, with a position reduction of 10,944 lots [7] - SR605 closed at 5333 yuan/ton, up 2 yuan or 0.04%, with a position increase of 3246 lots [7] - US Sugar 03 closed at 15.21 cents/pound, up 0.07 cents or 0.46%, with a position reduction of 2136 lots [7] - US Sugar 05 closed at 14.70 cents/pound, up 0.02 cents or 0.14%, with a position increase of 1719 lots [7] Market Analysis - New York raw sugar futures edged up slightly, with the main March contract rising 0.46% to 15.21 cents/pound. The London ICE white sugar futures' main March contract fell 0.23% to $435.50/ton. The market is waiting for the production data of Brazil's central - southern region in the first half of November, and raw sugar is mainly oscillating [7] - Zhengzhou sugar's main contract maintained oscillation. The 01 contract closed at 5405 yuan/ton, down 2 yuan or 0.04%, with a reduction of 10,944 lots. Domestic new sugar prices were lowered. The new sugar price in Nanning is 5530 yuan/ton, and in Kunming is 5500 yuan/ton. The number of sugar mills starting production in the south is increasing, and new sugar prices are falling. Speculative short - sellers in Zhengzhou sugar 01 are gradually leaving the market, driving up the futures price, and it is expected to end in a weak oscillation [8] 3. Industry News Thailand's Sugar Policy - Thailand's Sugarcane and Sugar Board announced that the benchmark price of sugarcane for the 2025/26 crushing season is set at 890 Thai baht/ton (corresponding to a sugar content of 10%), with a price floating standard of 53.40 Thai baht per 1% sugar content and a sugar production and sales subsidy of 381.43 Thai baht/ton [9] StoneX's Forecast - StoneX predicted a global sugar surplus of 3.7 million tons in the 2025/26 annual report, the highest since the 2017/18 season. Global sugar inventories are expected to increase by 5% to 77.3 million tons, and the inventory - to - consumption ratio will rise to 39.9%, close to the 20 - year historical average [9] - StoneX lowered its sugar production forecast for Brazil's central - southern region in the 2026/27 crushing season from 42.1 million tons to 41.5 million tons, while raising its ethanol production forecast by 100 million liters to a record 36.1 billion liters. The expected sugarcane crushing volume remains unchanged at 620.5 million tons, an increase of 3.6% compared to the previous season [9] Yunnan's Sugar Production - As of the end of November, 10 sugar mills in Yunnan had started production, 5 more than the same period last year. However, due to machine running - in at the beginning of production, the average sugar yield was about 10%, down 1 percentage point year - on - year. The new sugar production in Yunnan in November is expected to be about 40,000 tons, compared with 38,600 tons in the same period of the previous season [10] 4. Data Overview - The report presents multiple data charts, including spot price trends, 2601 contract basis, SR1 - 5 spread, Brazilian raw sugar import profit, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange warehouse receipts, and Brazilian real exchange rate, with data sources from Wind, Pan - Sugar Technology, and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange [11][14][21] - The report also provides trading volume, long - position and short - position data of top 20 futures companies in the sugar futures market, with a total trading volume of 199,924 lots, a decrease of 17,021 lots; total long - positions of 248,086 lots, a decrease of 8,209 lots; and total short - positions of 268,090 lots, a decrease of 10,255 lots [21]