As early as early August, the market began to recover, but it showed a polarized situation. In fact, the current situation of polarization still exists, but the overall performance of order volume and gray fabric shipments is still good. But whether this wave of market conditions can drive the peak season in September remains to be verified.
Orders are growing overall, but there are still companies that have no orders to accept
The market goods in the second half of the year have been launched, which usually can make the entire downstream industry chain Getting busy can be said to be half of the success of the peak season. In addition, domestic sales orders have also begun to increase, the order volume has made a major breakthrough, and large orders have reappeared. The person in charge of a trading company said that the current orders have increased compared with the beginning of August, which is also a getting better trend. Recently, I received 130,000 meters of imitation memory, and I have a lot of prototypes on hand, so I am very busy.
The polarization of the market has caused some people to be happy and others to be worried. There are still some companies that have not received orders and customers are still waiting to see. At the beginning of August, the sales volume of autumn and winter fabrics in the market began to improve. This wave of hot sales continued until the end of the month. It seems that some orders have been completed, so no orders have been received yet.
“Now our company’s orders for autumn and winter fabrics this year have ended, and we mainly place orders for autumn and winter fabrics, so the time for concentrated orders this year has passed. Next, we will wait for next spring and summer in September The production of fabrics has started, and there is nothing to do with proofing at the moment.” Trader Mr. Wu said frankly.
The shipment volume of gray fabrics has improved, but the enthusiasm of manufacturers to start production is still low
Will the weaving market drive the shipment of gray fabrics as orders are placed one after another? Through research, we found that the weaving market has not changed much. The volume of gray fabric shipments has indeed improved, but it is still a drop in the bucket for the huge inventory. Therefore, weaving manufacturers are not very motivated to start production, and the overall market operation rate is insufficient. According to the data monitoring of China Silk City Network, the current water spray and air jet activation rate in Shengze area is 60-70%.
Mr. Yang, a trader who specializes in imitation silk fabrics, said: “We mainly make imitation silk products. Recently, the factory’s operating capacity is not very high, around 70%. Because The overall market situation this year is not optimistic. We have been focusing on orders and dare not produce more inventory.”
It is said that the hottest thing in the market is elastic fabrics. However, the changes in the weaving manufacturers that produce elastic fabrics are also changing. Not much, inventory has improved slightly. However, the inventory accumulated in the early stage is really too much, and the cloth boss is still cautious in production, so there are still production cuts, holidays and other load-reducing operations. Mr. Jiang, who specializes in four-sided elastic and cool silk cotton, said: “Currently, the factory’s operating rate is about 70%, and the inventory of gray cloth is about 2 million meters, so we still need to reduce the inventory and reduce the burden. Four-sided elastic is also mainly sold, and one meter of cloth is The profit is almost loss, so we dare not produce more and focus on destocking.”
The dyeing factory performed well, but the market was partially crowded with goods
8 The end of September and the beginning of September can be said to be a turning point in the textile market. So, is the current market going for better or worse? We can also analyze it from the situation of the printing and dyeing market.
It is understood that the current market is dominated by autumn and winter fabrics, such as four-way elastic, T400, T800 and other stretch fabrics that perform well, and winter fabrics such as imitation memory, nylon, cool silk cotton, and Taslan. It’s also starting to heat up. Therefore, the current dyeing factories mainly focus on this type of products, but the dyeing of elastic fabrics is more crowded than other products. Some manufacturers with large quantities need 2-3 days to process and 7-10 days to ship. At present, market goods have begun to be launched. Due to their large volume, some printing and dyeing factories that mainly focus on market goods are relatively popular. However, there are still some dyeing factories that receive orders generally and are not busy. They usually can ship goods in 3-5 days. The operating rate of dyeing plants is also low, around 50%, and the phenomenon of unsaturation is obvious.
Trader Mr. Xiao revealed: “Dyeing factories have not changed much recently. Some dyeing factories have delivery times of about 10 days, and some are still very fast. There is not much work in flat vats, so there is no need to queue up. In previous years, although the dyeing factory was also in off-season at this time, the market was not that slow.”
The printing industry has heated up slightly, and transfer printing has performed well
In terms of printing, the overall situation this year is not optimistic. However, with the release of this wave of autumn and winter fabric orders, the number of printing orders has also improved. It is understood that due to changes in fashion trends in the past year or two, the use of printed fabrics has been smaller, and most of them are single dyeing or dyeing and finishing. At present, printing is usually used for foreign trade orders, such as the most common beach pants printing, and the volume is also large.
Printing is also divided into a variety of processes, such as transfer printing, digital printing, water printing, paint printing, etc., which are relatively conventional processes on the market. Among them, the transfer printing process is the most mature, so it has a wide range of applications and the largest number of orders. Transfer printing factories have also become busy. According to trading companies, it currently takes 2-3 days to get a printing sample, and about 5-6 days for large quantities, which is 2-3 days longer than in early August.
Mr. Yang introduced: “The printing market has improved this week than before. Most of them are imitation silk printing, which will be used for next year’s spring and summer models. They are all export orders. The current orders are better than before, but they are still the same as last year. There is a huge difference.” And digital printing, waterPrinting and paint printing factories have not improved significantly and are still relatively idle. The machines are not fully operational and are usually waiting for goods to be made. Therefore, when large quantities arrive, they can be processed on the machine, small quantities can be shipped on the same day, and larger quantities can be shipped in 2-3 days.
The future trend is unclear, and textile people are expected to be cautious
In general, the printing and dyeing market is also divided, but for this year affected by the epidemic, The improving trend during the off-season is good news to stimulate the market. Orders in downstream trade, weaving, and printing and dyeing reflect the current signs of recovery in the market, but they seem to be showing a weak upward trend. Textile people do not have full confidence in this year’s traditional peak season, but are mentally prepared for disappointment. As long as the epidemic does not dissipate, there is a risk that the market will weaken. Mr. Xiao predicted: “Judging from the current situation, the peak season is still relatively difficult, but it will always be better than July and August. After all, clothing factories still have to replenish goods and make new products. And because the market inventory is too large, the recovery of the market will It’s slow.” Based on the experience of placing orders in previous years, market shipments will be launched at the end of August, with September and October being the busiest months. In order to ensure smooth shipments during the Double Eleven e-commerce festival, orders will be placed intensively in these two months. . In terms of orders, orders for next spring and summer will also start in September and October, hence the term “Golden Nine and Silver Ten”. Finally, the editor believes that whether this traditional peak season can be popular depends on the number of orders placed and the demand for the three important clothing sales nodes of Double Eleven, Double Twelve and Christmas. </p
