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Last five days 4-18 4-17 4-16 4-15 4-14

04-16 08:44

【macroscopic】

The U.S. New York Fed manufacturing index in April was-8.1, expected to-14.5, and the previous value was-20.

04-16 08:41

On April 15, international crude oil futures closed slightly lower. The settlement price of the main contract for U.S. WTI crude oil futures was reported at US$61.33/barrel, a decrease of US$0.20 or 0.3%. The settlement price of the main contract for Brent crude oil futures was reported at US$64.67/barrel, a decrease of US$0.21 or 0.3%.

04-16 08:39

Vale's iron ore output in the first quarter of 2025 was 6.77 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 3.2 million tons, a decrease of 4%

04-16 08:29

【Crude oil】

The IEA monthly report shows that the forecast for global oil demand growth in 2025 will be lowered to 730,000 barrels per day, compared with the previous estimate of 1.03 million barrels per day; oversupply is expected in 2026.

04-16 08:27

China Iron and Steel Association: In early April 2025, key statistics steel companies produced a total of 21.97 million tons of crude steel, with an average daily production of 2.197 million tons, a daily production increase of 3.4% month-on-month; pig iron was 19.52 million tons, with an average daily production of 1.952 million tons, a daily production increase of 4.0% month-on-month; 20.45 million tons of steel, with an average daily production of 2.045 million tons, and the daily production fell by 5.3% month-on-month. In early April, key statistics showed that the steel inventories of steel enterprises were 16.04 million tons, an increase of 810,000 tons, an increase of 5.3% from the previous ten days; an increase of 3.68 million tons, an increase of 29.7% from the beginning of the year; a decrease of 200,000 tons from the same ten days of the previous month, a decrease of 1.2%; a decrease of 2.21 million tons from the same ten days last year, a decrease of 12.1%, and a decrease of 2.28 million tons from the same ten days of the previous year, a decrease of 12.4%.

04-16 08:23

On April 15, the closing price of the paraxylene market in the United States fell by US$7/ton, and the closing price was US$782 -792/ton FOB U.S. Harbor.

04-16 08:22

Citi said in a report that it would raise its 0-3-month aluminum price forecast to US$2300 per ton from the previous US$2200 per ton; and raise its 0-3-month copper price forecast to US$8800 per ton from the previous US$8000 per ton.

04-16 08:20

【Agricultural & sideline products】

American Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA): U.S. soybean oil stocks in March 2025 were 1.498 billion pounds, and market expectations were 1.617 billion pounds, and in February 2025 it was 1.503 billion pounds; U.S. soybean crush volume in March 2025 was 194.551 million bushels, market expectations were 197.602 million bushels, and in February 2025 it was 177.87 million bushels.

04-16 08:20

【Crude oil】

Iraq has cut oil prices in its federal budget and expects oil prices to be below last year's average of US$80 a barrel in 2025.

04-15 17:16

【Galvanized sheet】

On April 15, 2025, statistics showed that 154 national galvanizing enterprises shipped a total of 14214 tons, a decrease of 1256 tons from the previous trading day, a decrease of 8.12%. The region with the largest decrease was Central China, with a decrease of 429 tons or 10.30% from the previous trading day.

04-15 16:57

Qujing Haisheng Run New Materials Co., Ltd., the first-line line of Qujing Haisheng Run Malong (designed production capacity of 550 tons/day), changed white glass to produce Ford blue on April 13.

04-15 16:54

Shahe Great Wall Line 4 (designed production capacity of 700 tons/day), the production line was ignited on April 12.

04-15 15:55

【Agricultural & sideline products】

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Weekly Export Inspection showed that U.S. corn export inspections last week increased by 13% compared with a week ago and a year-on-year increase of 34%. For the week ending April 10, 2025, the U.S. corn export inspection volume was 1829000 tons, compared with 1613460 tons last week and 1364692 tons in the same period last year. The United States did not ship corn to China that week, and it did not ship corn to China last week.

04-15 15:26

As of April 14, 2025, the total cotton inventory of Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone was 51,100 tons, an increase of 1.62% from the previous week; of which 4.68 tons of bonded cotton, a decrease of 0.90% from the previous week; and 4,300 tons of non-bonded cotton, an increase of 40.72% from the previous week.

04-15 15:20

【Diethylene glycol】

From April 11 to 13, the total shipment volume of Zhangjiagang's two reservoir areas was 4173 tons, with an average daily shipment of 1391 tons over the weekend. As of now, the inventory of the two warehouses is 42,600 tons.

04-15 14:01

At 20:00 on April 12, the supporting boiler of Jilin Petrochemical's 1.2 million tons/year ethylene plant was successfully ignited and baked, marking that the new ethylene plant entered the sprint stage before it was put into production.

04-15 13:54

Recently, the ethylene unit of ExxonMobil Huizhou Ethylene Phase I project achieved a successful commissioning and produced qualified ethylene. Other production units will gradually enter the trial production stage.

04-15 13:24

【Ethylene glycol】

On April 14, 2025, the total ethylene glycol inventory in the main ethylene glycol port in East China was 653,500 tons, a decrease of 44,300 tons from the total inventory of 697,800 tons on April 3.

04-15 11:26

In early April, social inventories of five major steel varieties in 21 cities were 9.83 million tons, a month-on-month decrease of 530,000 tons, a decrease of 5.1%. Inventories continued to decline; an increase of 3.24 million tons compared with the beginning of the year, an increase of 49.2%; a decrease of 3.25 million tons compared with the same period last year, a decrease of 24.8%. In early April, on a month-on-month basis, except for cold-rolled coils, the social inventories of the five major varieties of steel declined to varying degrees. Among them, rebar was the largest variety in reduction, and wire rod was the largest variety in decline; year-on-year, social inventories of the five major varieties of steel have declined to varying degrees.

04-15 11:25

Data from the General Administration of Customs show that in March 2025, China exported 10.456 million tons of steel; from January to March, a total of 27.429 million tons of steel were exported, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%. In March, China imported 501,000 tons of steel; from January to March, the cumulative import of steel was 1.55 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 11.3%. In March, China imported 93.974 million tons of iron ore and concentrates; from January to March, it imported a total of 285.312 million tons of iron ore and concentrates, a year-on-year decrease of 7.8%.

04-15 11:17

Fujian Baihong's 2.5 million-ton PTA unit was overhauled on April 5 and is scheduled to restart around April 20.

04-15 11:15

Yisheng's 3.75 million-ton PTA unit in Dalian was repaired around March 15 and is planned to restart around April 20.

04-15 11:14

Ningbo Taihua's 1.2 million-ton PTA unit will begin maintenance on September 1, 2024 and is scheduled to restart on April 26; another 1.5 million-ton PTA unit is operating normally.

04-15 09:08

Palm oil imports in March were 424599 tons, an increase of 13.7% from 373549 tons in February. For reference, in 2023/24, India imports an average of 750,000 tons of palm oil per month.

04-15 09:07

On April 14, the total inventory of domestic soda ash manufacturers was 1.7146 million tons, an increase of 21,600 tons or 1.28% from last Thursday; including 827,100 tons of light soda ash and 887,500 tons of heavy soda ash.

04-15 09:03

【Lithium hydroxide】

On the 14th, iTech Minerals Co., Ltd. announced that it has signed a cooperative exploration agreement with SQM on the Reynolds Range Lithium Project in the Northern Territory.

04-15 08:56

【Lithium carbonate】

Recently, Hunan Chuangda Vanadium and Tungsten Co., Ltd. has been approved for the construction project of battery-grade lithium carbonate with an annual output of 23,000 tons.

04-15 08:53

【Galvanized sheet】

On April 14, 2025, statistics showed that 154 national galvanizing enterprises shipped a total of 15470 tons, an increase of 1377 tons from the previous trading day, an increase of 9.77%. The region with the largest increase was Central China, with an increase of 675 tons or 19.34% from the previous trading day.

04-15 08:47

On April 14, international crude oil futures closed slightly higher. The settlement price of the main contract for U.S. WTI crude oil futures was reported at US$61.53/barrel, an increase of US$0.03. The settlement price of the main contract for Brent crude oil futures was reported at US$64.88/barrel, an increase of US$0.12 or 0.2%.

04-15 08:47

【Non-ferrous metals】

On April 14, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange, copper inventories in Shanghai totaled 50,178 tons, up 3712 tons from the previous day; copper inventories in Guangdong totaled 23,235 tons, down 47 tons from the previous day; copper inventories in Jiangsu totaled 15,956 tons, down 860 tons from the previous day; copper inventories in Zhejiang totaled 0 tons, unchanged from the previous day. The total totaled 89,369 tons, an increase of 2805 tons from the previous day.

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