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1. Report's Industry Investment Rating - Not provided in the report 2. Core View of the Report - Last week, the corn futures market first declined and then rebounded. Policy - driven supply supplements and alternative grain sources exerted downward pressure, while factors like over - half of the national corn sales progress (faster than last year), farmers' reluctance to sell, low inventory, and pre - holiday stocking demand provided bottom - up support. In the short term, the market may fluctuate with an upward bias. For trading strategies, due to intensified long - short competition in the market, it is advisable to stay on the sidelines for single - sided trading, and there are no recommended arbitrage or option strategies [9][78][10] 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1. Market Review 3.1.1. Futures Prices - The domestic corn futures main contract C2603 first declined slightly at the beginning of the week and then rebounded continuously from Wednesday. As of last Friday's close, it was reported at 2,263 yuan/ton, up 0.58%. The CBOT corn futures main contract showed a volatile and slightly stronger trend, closing at 445.25 cents per bushel last week, down 0.17% [6][15][20] 3.1.2. Spot Prices - The national average corn price last week was 2,310 yuan/ton, a week - on - week increase of 3 yuan/ton. In the Northeast production area, prices were basically stable. In the North China production area, prices were stable with slight adjustments by some deep - processing enterprises. In the sales areas and ports, prices had narrow adjustments [8][24][25] 3.1.3. Basis - As of last Friday, the basis of Dalian Port corn against the main contract was 44 yuan/ton, narrowing by 60 yuan/ton compared with the previous week [29] 3.2. Review of Relevant Information Last Week - Vietnam will mandate the promotion of E10 in 2026, which may drive ethanol and corn imports. There were multiple corn bidding results from China National Grain Reserves Corporation, showing different purchase and sales rates. U.S. corn export data showed changes in shipment and net sales volume. Information on weather, crop yields, and export volumes from various countries such as India, Ukraine, Brazil, and Argentina was also provided [30][31][32] 3.3. Analysis of Corn Supply - Demand Pattern 3.3.1. Feed Enterprises' Inventory - As of January 8, the average inventory of national feed enterprises was 30.10 days, an increase of 0.18 days from the previous week, a week - on - week increase of 0.60% and a year - on - year decrease of 6.81% [45] 3.3.2. Deep - processing Enterprises' Inventory - As of January 7, the total corn inventory of national deep - processing enterprises was 3.54 million tons, a week - on - week increase of 1.32% and a year - on - year decrease of 40.47% [49] 3.3.3. Deep - processing Enterprises' Corn Consumption - From January 1 to January 7, 2026, national major corn deep - processing enterprises consumed a total of 1.3817 million tons of corn, a week - on - week decrease of 0.11 million tons. Different types of deep - processing enterprises had varying consumption changes [53][55] 3.3.4. Deep - processing Enterprises' Startup Situation - From January 1 to January 7, 2026, the corn processing volume, starch output, and startup rate of corn starch enterprises all decreased week on week. The startup rate was 59.37%, a 0.49% week - on - week decrease [59] 3.3.5. Deep - processing Enterprises' Profit Situation - Recently, by - product prices have been low. Corn starch enterprises in Heilongjiang and Jilin are in deep losses. Profits in different regions have different changes compared with the previous week [65] 3.3.6. Import and Export Situation - In November 2025, China imported 560,000 tons of corn, a month - on - month increase of 200,000 tons and a year - on - year increase of 260,000 tons. From January to November 2025, China imported 1.85 million tons of corn, a year - on - year decrease of 11.47 million tons [68] 3.4. Related Products Situation 3.4.1. Corn Starch - Last week, the national average corn starch price was 2,692 yuan/ton, a decrease of 8 yuan/ton from the previous week. Prices in different regions had different changes [72] 3.4.2. Live Pigs - Last week, the national average live - pig slaughter price was 12.41 yuan/kg, an increase of 0.15 yuan/kg from the previous week, a week - on - week increase of 1.22% and a year - on - year decrease of 22.58% [77]