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【有色】LME铜库存降至22个月以来低位，9月国内家用空调排产同比下降13%——铜行业周报（0623-0627）（王招华等）
光大证券研究·2025-06-30 13:10

Core Viewpoint - Demand is gradually weakening, but copper prices have risen due to short-covering [2] Group 1: Price Trends - As of June 27, 2025, SHFE copper closed at 79,920 CNY/ton, up 2.47% from June 20; LME copper closed at 9,879 USD/ton, up 2.26% [2] - The rise in copper prices is attributed to expectations of U.S. tariffs on copper, leading to a global inventory shift towards the U.S. [2] Group 2: Inventory Levels - Domestic copper social inventory decreased by 11% and LME copper inventory decreased by 4.6% [3] - As of June 27, 2025, domestic port copper concentrate inventory was 624,000 tons, down 12.4% from the previous week [3] - Global electrolytic copper inventory totaled 398,000 tons, down 1.8% [3] Group 3: Supply and Production - From January to April 2025, global copper concentrate production increased by 2% year-on-year [4] - In March 2025, China's copper concentrate production was 157,000 tons, up 25.4% month-on-month and 6.9% year-on-year [4] - The price difference between refined copper and scrap copper was 1,965 CNY/ton, up 1,045 CNY/ton from June 20 [4] Group 4: Smelting and Processing - In May 2025, China's electrolytic copper production was 1.1383 million tons, up 1.1% month-on-month and 12.9% year-on-year [5] - As of June 27, 2025, the TC spot price was -43.56 USD/ton, showing a slight increase but remaining at a low level since September 2007 [5] Group 5: Demand Indicators - The cable industry's operating rate decreased by 3 percentage points to 70.18% as of June 26, 2025 [6] - Domestic air conditioning production is expected to decline by 13% year-on-year from July to September 2025 [6] - The operating rate for brass rods was 50.6% in May 2025, down 4.4 percentage points month-on-month [6] Group 6: Futures Market - SHFE copper active contract positions increased by 37% week-on-week, reaching 216,000 lots as of June 27, 2025 [7][8] - COMEX non-commercial net long positions rose by 24% week-on-week, totaling 29,000 lots as of June 24, 2025 [8]