Recently, meltblown cloth has successfully caught everyone’s attention. As the core product of masks, due to limited production and surge in demand, the market supply is tight and the price has also risen! The unit price per ton has increased from more than 10,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan. Many mask manufacturers said: “We are currently stuck in the melt-blown cloth link. There is a severe shortage of melt-blown cloth across the country. The price changes every day!”
Melt-blown cloth is open This year’s textile market is a hard-to-find door! As major cluster markets gradually recover, the textile and apparel domestic trade market is also recovering. The rigid demand that has been suppressed for more than a month has begun to agitate, and the market atmosphere for goods is good. Recently, a trader in the Wujiang area said: “Recently, the price of artificial silk has changed every day, which is so chaotic!”
As major cluster markets press the “resumption button”, many market participants are pessimizing the market, lamenting that the textile market in 2020 will be more difficult than in 2019, but imitation silk has made a comeback in the near future. A bloody road has once again proved its weight in the market!
Imitation silk, as the mainstream product of spring and summer fabrics every year, also experienced a wave of market trends on the eve of the Spring Festival. Downstream buyers and traders placed orders in advance, resulting in smooth shipment of imitation silk and a slight decrease in inventory.
It is understood that a certain imitation silk manufacturer said that one month before the Chinese New Year, regular imitation silk products were shipped smoothly, and the factory’s gray fabric inventory dropped from one month to half. About months. After the start of construction this year, market orders have been placed one after another, and the sales have been significantly better than polyester taffeta and other products. The prices of individual products have also been increased.
Recently, the price of artificial silk has been “far ahead”, especially for twisted and false-twisted products, with prices rising. Mr. Wu, who was looking for fake twisted silk chiffon in the market, lamented to the editor about the chaos of the world: “Recently, I asked for a quote for 150D fake twisted silk plain weave, which was around 6 yuan. Previously, it was less than 5 yuan, and it was out of stock. This makes me don’t know how to quote prices to customers!”
It is understood that due to the good performance of market transactions, major imitation silk sellers have increased their quotations, although the price increases vary. However, everyone still has optimistic expectations for price increases. “At present, half of our varieties have been raised by 0.10 yuan/meter, and others have not been raised for the time being. It depends on the market reaction.” Mr. Yang, a simulated silk manufacturer in Wujiang area, said, “Recently, we have been busy rushing to make orders and shipments for the year before. Every day, about After walking 60,000 meters, the imitation silk is getting better!”
In contrast, other conventional chemical fiber fabrics, such as polyester taffeta, satin, nylon, etc., have recently There isn’t much movement in the market, and many manufacturers don’t even dare to raise prices at the beginning of the year for fear of “scaring away” customers. So, who is “fueling the flames” behind this?
The return of workers is not ideal and the market supply is reduced
This year Affected by the new coronavirus, the start-up time of the textile industry has been delayed by about a month than before, and some migrant workers are still trapped at home and unable to return to the city on time. As a result, most manufacturers are currently facing tight employment and start-up operations. Recovery is slow.
It is understood that the operating rate in Wujiang has recently returned to around 60%, and in Northern Jiangsu is below 50%. Some small manufacturers are still on holiday due to labor issues, thus This resulted in a reduction in the overall supply of the market. Many manufacturers have released previous inventory, resulting in a significant decline in the inventory of individual products.
The market for special varieties has ignited, boosting the popularity of imitation silk
Nowadays, the market for artificial silk is still heating up. In addition to the fact that the market production capacity has not yet recovered, the market for some special varieties has ignited, which has further boosted the popularity of artificial silk. Among them, matte SPH can be regarded as a current hot model. “Recently, the lack of gray fabric manufacturers has also resulted in products that cannot be launched in large quantities. Individual products have low inventory, which can easily arouse market enthusiasm. Among them, SPH matte is definitely a hot product.”
It is understood that the supply of matte SPH in the market has been tight recently, and queues have already appeared. The price has also increased by 0.10 yuan/meter. The order price on the market is now around 5 yuan/meter. Since last year, this product has been “unconventional” in the market, breaking the conventional dilemma of falling volume and price of artificial silk. From March to April last year, there was also a tight situation in the market to obtain goods, and the price has also been rising all the way. It is expected that In the first half of this year, products such as SPH random hemp, SPH rhombus hemp, composite silk flower crepe, ice silk crepe, SPH2/1 oblique, matte broken card, etc. can all perform well.
The recovery of dyeing factories is slow and orders are placed in advance
The difficulty in resuming work under the epidemic situation is not only reflected in the weaving end, but also more obvious in the printing and dyeing end. According to monitoring data from the China Silk City Network, the current operating rate of dyeing factories is low, only around 40%, and some slightly lower ones only have one-third of the dye vats open. Overall shipments are slow, which has stimulated traders to seize the time to When gray fabrics are put into the warehouse, they are afraid that the accumulation of orders in the dyeing factory will extend the delivery time indefinitely and affect the normal delivery of orders.
According to a salesperson from a simulated silk dyeing factory, the factory currently has a lot of orders, especially for simulated silk dyeing products.In the �� series, due to the impact of the epidemic, the situation of many non-local workers returning to work is not optimistic, and the workers in the factory are extremely nervous, which has also led to an acute shortage of dye vat workers, affecting the printing and dyeing delivery schedule.
Judging from the feedback from dyeing factories, it is normal for dyeing factory orders to surge after the beginning of each year. However, the biggest difference between this year and previous years is that the availability of employees cannot be guaranteed. It has affected the normal output of dyeing factories, and the holiday has been extended by one month compared to previous years. It has made traders more nervous about order delivery, prompting some orders to be placed in advance.
For this wave of market conditions after the Spring Festival, it can be regarded as following the practice of previous years. Many textile bosses will raise product prices after the beginning of the new year for auspicious reasons to have a “good start”. This year is no exception. After all, this good opportunity has been missed. In this year’s environment of coexistence of internal and external pressures, if you want to get off to a good start, An increase is unlikely.
After all, there is still a huge amount of production capacity left undigested by the market at the end of 2019. After the epidemic at home and abroad is brought under control and market production capacity returns to normal, it is still unknown whether downstream demand can absorb the early inventory. Coupled with the recent sharp drop in raw material prices, it has also put a lot of pressure on weaving manufacturers, making it difficult for gray fabric prices to continue to rise.
As one goes and the other goes, textile bosses need to be careful not to blindly stock up on goods and beware of irreversible pain caused by overcapacity!
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