瑞达期货天然橡胶市场周报-20251219

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - No relevant content found 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - This week, the fundamentals of the natural rubber market resonated with commodity linkages, causing rubber prices to surge multiple times. The asking price center of the imported rubber market moved upwards. Traders mainly rotated and exchanged positions, with arbitrageurs actively closing positions and selling, while some added positions to buy. Factories remained cautiously on the sidelines. The spot price center of domestic natural rubber also moved upwards. The fluctuating and rising futures market boosted market trading sentiment, and holders adjusted their asking prices upwards. Downstream inquiry sentiment slightly improved, with cautious purchases based on rigid demand [7]. - In the domestic Yunnan production area, the rubber tapping season has ended, and the raw material purchase price has remained basically stable. In the Hainan production area, with the arrival of winter, the number of times local rubber farmers tap rubber has decreased, and the dry content of latex has continued to decline. The amount of rubber that can be collected on the island has significantly decreased, and some private processing plants have stopped purchasing latex, with their production lines gradually entering a shutdown state. Recently, the total inventory at Qingdao Port has continued to accumulate, with both bonded warehouses and general trade warehouses showing inventory accumulation, and the total inventory accumulation rate has increased compared to the previous period. The arrival of overseas standard rubber at the port has shown an increasing trend, while the arrival of mixed rubber has slightly decreased. Downstream tire factories have been cautious in replenishing their stocks, with most purchasing sentiment being wait - and - see. The overall outbound volume has been small. In terms of demand, tire enterprises have flexibly arranged production this week, with some enterprises controlling production. The capacity utilization rate of domestic tire enterprises has been running weakly, entering the seasonal off - season. The overall shipment rhythm of enterprises has been slow, and the finished product inventory has increased. Under the pressure of production and sales, some enterprises have limited or stopped production [7]. - The ru2605 contract is expected to fluctuate in the range of 15,000 - 15,650 in the short term, and the nr2602 contract is expected to fluctuate in the range of 12,200 - 12,650 in the short term [7]. 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Week - to - Week Summary - Market Review: The fundamentals of the natural rubber market resonated with commodity linkages, and rubber prices surged multiple times. The asking price center of imported rubber and domestic natural rubber spot prices both moved upwards [7]. - Market Outlook: Yunnan has stopped tapping, and Hainan's rubber - tapping volume has decreased. Qingdao Port's inventory has continued to accumulate. Overseas standard rubber arrivals have increased, and downstream tire factories have been cautious in restocking. Tire enterprises have flexibly arranged production, with some controlling production, and are in the seasonal off - season [7]. - Strategy Recommendation: The ru2605 contract is expected to fluctuate between 15,000 - 15,650, and the nr2602 contract between 12,200 - 12,650 in the short term [7] 3.2 Futures and Spot Markets 3.2.1 Futures Market - Price Trends: This week, the main contract price of Shanghai rubber futures fluctuated and closed down, with a weekly decline of 0.26%. The main contract price of 20 - number rubber fluctuated and closed up, with a weekly increase of 0.24% [10]. - Warehouse Receipts: As of December 19, the Shanghai rubber warehouse receipts were 87,160 tons, an increase of 30,170 tons from the previous week. The 20 - number rubber warehouse receipts were 58,968 tons, a decrease of 605 tons from the previous week [25]. - Spreads: As of December 19, the spread between the Shanghai rubber 5 - 9 contracts was 20, and the spread between the 20 - number rubber 2 - 3 contracts was - 25 [20]. 3.2.2 Spot Market - Domestic Natural Rubber Spot Price: As of December 18, the state - owned full - latex was reported at 15,000 yuan/ton, an increase of 150 yuan/ton from the previous week [29]. - 20 - number Rubber Basis and Non - standard Basis: As of December 18, the 20 - number rubber basis was 536 yuan/ton, a decrease of 158 yuan/ton from the previous week. The non - standard basis was - 770 yuan/ton, a decrease of 65 yuan/ton from the previous week [35] 3.3 Industry Situation 3.3.1 Upstream - Thailand's Raw Material Prices and Processing Profits: As of December 19, the field latex in Thailand's natural rubber raw material market was 56 (+0.75) Thai baht/kg, and the cup lump was 50.75 (+1.3) Thai baht/kg. The standard rubber's theoretical processing profit was 2.4 US dollars/ton, a decrease of 48.6 US dollars/ton from the previous week [39]. - Domestic Production Area Raw Material Prices: As of December 18, the price of fresh latex in Hainan was 13,900 yuan/ton, a decrease of 400 yuan/ton from the previous week. The Yunnan production area was in the off - season [42]. 3.3.2 Imports - In October 2025, China's natural rubber imports (including technical classification, latex, smoked sheets, primary forms, mixed rubber, and compound rubber) were 510,800 tons, a month - on - month decrease of 14.27% and a year - on - year decrease of 0.9%. From January to October 2025, the cumulative import volume was 5.2281 million tons, a cumulative year - on - year increase of 17.27% [45]. 3.3.3 Qingdao Inventory - As of December 14, 2025, the total inventory of natural rubber in bonded and general trade in Qingdao was 498,900 tons, a week - on - week increase of 10,200 tons, an increase of 2.08%. The bonded area inventory was 77,500 tons, an increase of 4.88%. The general trade inventory was 421,400 tons, an increase of 1.58% [48]. 3.3.4 Downstream - Tire Capacity Utilization: As of December 18, the capacity utilization rate of China's semi - steel tire sample enterprises was 70.01%, a week - on - week decrease of 0.13 percentage points and a year - on - year decrease of 8.67 percentage points. The capacity utilization rate of China's full - steel tire sample enterprises was 63.61%, a week - on - week decrease of 0.94 percentage points and a year - on - year increase of 3.72 percentage points [51]. - Tire Exports: In October 2025 China's tire exports were 653,100 tons, a month - on - month decrease of 5050 tons and a year - on - year decrease of 6.79%. From January to October 2025, the cumulative tire exports were 7.0438 million tons, a cumulative year - on - year increase of 3.68% [54]. - Domestic Heavy - truck Sales: In November 2025, China's heavy - truck market sold about 100,000 vehicles (wholesale, including exports and new energy), a month - on - month decrease of about 6% and a year - on - year increase of about 46%. From January to November 2025, the cumulative sales of China's heavy - truck market exceeded 1 million vehicles, reaching 1.03 million vehicles, a year - on - year increase of about 26% [57]