Copper enamelled wire market sentiment weakened in June.

[SMM Brass Billet Flash] Looking ahead to June, the industry's off-season effect continues to intensify, with little momentum for a market recovery. SMM expects the operating rate of the copper billet industry in June to fall 3.88 percentage points MoM to 45.39%, and 1.72 percentage points YoY, with the overall weak momentum in the industry persisting.

[SMM Brass Billet Flash] In May, the overall operating rate of copper billet enterprises stood at 49.27%, down 2.91 percentage points MoM and 0.65 percentage points YoY. By enterprise size, large enterprises, leveraging advantages in raw material channels and capital, maintained relatively stable production, with an operating rate of 56.01%; medium-sized enterprises were under notable pressure, with the rate dropping to 42.02%; small enterprises were hit by triple shocks—raw material shortages, losses, and insufficient orders—with the operating rate at only 24.96%. The operating rate gap among large, medium, and small enterprises continued to widen, and polarization in the industry intensified.

[SMM Brass Billet Express] End-use demand remains persistently weak, and the market substitution effect is becoming increasingly evident. In the current end-use market, traditional copper billet demand continues to shrink. To control costs and align with market requirements, a growing number of downstream clients are progressively transitioning to substitute materials such as stainless steel and plastics for copper products, directly diverting a significant volume of copper billet orders.