Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No industry investment rating is provided in the report. 2. Report's Core View The short - term apple futures price is expected to maintain high - level operation [2]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Futures Market - The closing price of the apple futures main contract is 9,531 yuan/ton, and the main contract's open interest is 137,175 hands, with an increase of 12,638 hands compared to the previous period. The net long position of the top 20 futures holders is 8,910 hands, a decrease of 990 hands [2]. 3.2现货市场 - The spot price of apples in Gansu Jingning (paper - bagged, above 75) is 5.25 yuan/jin, in Shandong Yiyuan (paper - bagged, above 75) is 2.6 yuan/jin, in Shaanxi Luochuan (paper - bagged, above 70 semi - commercial) is 4.2 yuan/jin, and in Shandong Yantai Qixia (paper - bagged, above 80 first - grade secondary fruit farmer's goods) is 4 yuan/jin, with no change in all the prices compared to the previous period [2]. 3.3 Upstream Situation - The national apple output is 5,128.51 million tons, an increase of 168.34 million tons. The weekly apple fruit wholesale price is 9.4 yuan/kg, with a decrease of 0.03 yuan/kg; the average wholesale price of Fuji apples is 9.07 yuan/kg, a decrease of 0.05 yuan/kg. The national total apple cold - storage inventory is 773.16 million tons, the Shandong apple storage capacity ratio is 0.54, an increase of 0.03, and the Shaanxi apple storage capacity ratio is 0.53, a decrease of 0.01. The monthly apple export volume is 80,000 tons, with the monthly apple export amount year - on - year growth rate at - 14.3%, and the monthly import amount of fresh, dried fruits and nuts is 1,334,364 million US dollars, a decrease of 503,616 million US dollars [2]. 3.4产业情况 - The profit of first - and second - grade paper - bagged 80 apple storage merchants is 0 yuan/jin [2]. 3.5 Downstream Situation - The weekly fruit wholesale prices of pear, banana, and watermelon are 6.71 yuan/kg, 5.37 yuan/kg, and 5.78 yuan/kg respectively. The daily average number of trucks arriving at the Guangdong Jiangmen, Xiaqiao, and Chalong wholesale markets in the morning is 12.2, 16, and 23.8 respectively, with no change compared to the previous period [2]. 3.6 Option Market - The implied volatility of at - the - money call options for apples is 17.51%, a decrease of 9.26%, and the implied volatility of at - the - money put options is 17.51%, a decrease of 9.27% [2]. 3.7 Industry News - The trading of inventory apples in apple - producing areas is generally inactive. Merchants are making tentative purchases for market distribution, but the market sales speed is slow. The trading is somewhat stalemated, and the transaction prices change little. There is a small amount of remaining ground - sourced apples in Shandong and Shanxi, with a decline in quality, and most of the transactions are based on negotiated prices. Apples in Shandong and Shanxi are still being stored, the ground - sourced trading is gradually ending, and the trading of stored - sourced goods is limited [2]. 3.8观点总结 - In Shandong, the ground - sourced trading in the Shandong production area is coming to an end, with a small amount of apples being stored in some places like Qixia, and the storage of some Cream Fuji is also ending. In Shaanxi, the storage is basically completed, and the production area has started to transfer to outbound storage. In northern Shaanxi, most merchants distribute their self - stored goods, and there is a small amount of goods transferred through some foreign - trade channels. In southern Shaanxi, fruit farmers' goods are mainly transferred, and the transaction is better than that in northern Shaanxi. Some of the goods go to the second - and third - tier markets, and some are transferred by Shandong merchants. The performance of the sales area market is average, and attention should be paid to the substitution effect of citrus fruits on the market [2].