About Rapeseed Meal
Rapeseed Meal is a protein-rich ingredient widely used to feed all classes of livestock and aquafeed.
Unlike Rapeseed Oil, which was previously the only rapeseed product offered under the QFI scheme, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange has announced that Rapeseed Oil, Rapeseed Meal, and Peanut Kernel Futures and Options of Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) have been added to the list of specified domestic products and will be open to overseas traders as of January 12, 2023.
To provide more information regarding these products, this article will provide more information about the Rapeseed contract. Refer to this article for more information about Rapeseed Oil.
Demand
From SunSirs, it is reported that demand remains weak in continuation from October. This is because the rapeseed meal is in the off-season, and there is a lesser need for aquafeed. Both factors reduce the price and demand for rapeseed meals.
Supply
In terms of supply, it is estimated that 650,000 tonnes of rapeseed arrived in Hong Kong in December, higher than 500,000 tons in November.
Rapeseed Meal Futures Contracts
The Rapeseed Meal Futures Contracts has the following specifications:
The contract size for Rapeseed Meal Futures Contract has a minimum price fluctuation of CNY 1/metric ton with a minimum trading margin of 5% of the contract value.
The last trading day of the contract month is the 10th day of the delivery month. (Postponed accordingly if it is a legal holiday in China or a separate adjustment if it falls in the Spring Festival month or another month specifically designated by the Exchange).
Contract months are for January, March, May, July, August, September, and November.
Trading Hours are from Monday to Friday, at these trading hours:
9:00 am – 11:30 am / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (Beijing time)
Rapeseed Oil Futures symbol: RM
Rapeseed Meal Options Contracts
The Rapeseed Meal Options Contracts (with a contract month earlier than that of RM 2401) has the following specifications:
The contract size for Rapeseed Meal Futures Contract has a minimum price fluctuation of CNY 0.5/metric ton with a minimum trading margin of 5% of the contract value.
The last trading day of the contract month is the 10th day of the delivery month. (Postponed accordingly if it is a legal holiday in China or a separate adjustment if it falls in the Spring Festival month or another month specifically designated by the Exchange).
Contract months are the two consecutive nearby months of the underlying futures contract; the options contracts of the following months will be listed on the second trading day after the open interests (single-sided) of their underlying futures contract excess 5,000 lots after clearing.
Trading Hours are from Monday to Friday, at these trading hours:
9:00 am – 11:30 am / 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm (Beijing time)
Market News
On 19th December night session, Commodity futures closed down mostly. Energy & chemistry futures saw a weak performance, with TSR 20 down 2.37%, and natural rubber down 1.7%. Black series closed collectively, coke down 3.72%, and coking coal down 3.43%. Agricultural mostly went down as well, with rapeseed meal down 1%, cotton yarn down 0.96%, and soybean meal down 0.91%.
From Ceicdata’s report, ZCE’s rapeseed meal 4th-month data was reported at 2,934.000 RMB/Ton on 20 Dec. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,950.000 RMB/Ton for 19 Dec 2022 as well.
Based on the Market Watch research, the market revenue was Million USD in 2016, grew to Million USD IN 2022, and will reach Million USD in 2029.
Lastly, the graphical representation of the import volume of rapeseed meals in China from 2015/29016 to 2021/22 with a forecast for 2022/23 can be found from Statista here. As a close replacement for rapeseed, soybean as a planted crop shares a tight relationship with rapeseed prices. Hence, it may be an indicator to be tracked too.
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