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Summary of Internal-External套日报 (2025/09/18)

Overall Market Overview

The report covers key import profits and internal-external price differences for various commodities, highlighting trends and opportunities based on current data as of 2025/09/17. Overall market sentiment is mixed, with some commodities showing negative import profits or weak price differentials, while others present arbitrage or inventory play opportunities related to global supply-demand dynamics, trade policies, and currency fluctuations. Energy and agricultural sectors face supply chain and policy-related influences, whereas metal prices are sensitive to import costs and exchange rate changes.

Key Data Highlights

• Import Profits/Price Differences: Most values are negative or uncertain, with notable exceptions like SC-DUBAI and SC-OMAN small spreads. Specific numbers include low values for many agricultural and metal imports, such as high costs for nickel and zinc, and varying petroleum product spreads.

Detailed Analysis by Commodity

• Agricultural Products: Cotton trade policies, such as tariff changes, are driving a split between U.S. and Chinese prices due to mutual tariff reductions in September. Soybean and palm oil imports rely heavily on international flows, with price differences reflecting domestic-supply mismatches and logistical factors.

• Energy (Fuel Products): Market dynamics include low sulfur price differentials, specific SC series spreads (e.g., -8 to +5 points), and high import套利 for liquefied gas. Fuels like FU show positive price reactions post-sanctions, while LC-OMAN and LC-DUBAI indicate smaller fluctuations.

• Metals (Colored Metals): High negative import profits across metals indicate potential arbitrage opportunities, particularly for aluminum in Q4. Copper and zinc show negative current and future prices, with front-month copper at -278, while lower for three-month futures.

• Minerals: Iron ore displays weak internal-external price chance due to supply adjustments following the Q2 peak, but earning from spread trades correlated with steel strip iron (essen). Overall, inventory tightness remains, focusing on connected iron report differentials.

• Precious Metals: Gold internals show a 723 point fare difference, influenced by RMB strengthenment and global demand factors like Indian festival consumption for gold. Silver experiences wider discounts, narrowing the import option.

• Commodities: NX Export: domestic production increases, with higher domestic spray. Overall purification and inventory trends support value repair, but market vigilance is needed.

Exchange Rate Developments

As of September 17, 2025, RMB in-shore currency has declined by about 0.14%, while offshore has changed by -0.25%. AUS/美元 currency drops by 0.04%, USD/BRL by -0.49% in the nearer term. One-month to year-long trends suggest moderate RMB strength against major currencies.

Disclaimer

All analysis is based on available data sources and public reports but is for informational purposes only. No trading recommendations or guarantees are implied, and market conditions can change with global events.