Last year, under the influence of the epidemic, the entire textile and clothing industry chain was indeed greatly affected, and the consumption of clothing was greatly reduced. This year, as the domestic epidemic has dissipated, clothing purchasing power has also rebounded significantly. This year’s 618 clothing category sales were 68 billion yuan, compared with only 39.9 billion yuan last year, a year-on-year increase of about 70%.
At the same time, according to the latest statistics from the customs: China’s textile and clothing exports in May were US$24.32 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 17.7%, of which textile exports were US$12.123 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 41.2%, and clothing exports were US$12.197 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.69%. %. From January to May 2021, the cumulative exports of textiles and clothing were US$112.68 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%, of which textile exports were US$56.07 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%, and clothing exports were US$56.61 billion, a year-on-year increase of 48.3%.
The above data show that the country’s clothing purchasing power continues to increase this year, and the industry is continuing to Recovery, at the same time, the optimistic forecast of overseas markets in the second half of the year has caused many autumn and winter orders to start stocking up in advance, and foreign trade orders have quietly recovered.
There are surprises in the foreign trade market, and the overall textile market is not weak in the off-season
At present, the downstream textile market has entered the traditional off-season market. According to data, the current spray volume in Shengze area The operating rate of water and air-jet looms was 63.5%. The startup status of weaving clusters in surrounding areas is also average. The startup rate of Xiaoshao circular knitting machines is 56%; the startup rate of Haining warp knitting machines is 79.5%; the startup rate of Changshu warp knitting machines is 75%; and the startup rate of Changxing water jet knitting machines is 76%. All showed a slight downward trend.
Recently, some textile companies have accumulated inventory , except for the large-scale manufacturers with long ordering periods, the new orders of other textile companies are not very optimistic, but the overall orders and profits are generally acceptable compared with the traditional off-season situation in the same period of previous years. It’s currently the off-season, but it’s not very good either.
1. The dyeing factory has a surprising amount of warehouse purchases, and a foreign trade order of one million meters has been placed. !
According to the person in charge of a dyeing factory, their dyeing factories have generally entered warehouses this year. The volume is relatively stable. Only at the beginning of the year did the daily volume of warehousing exceed one million meters. During the peak seasons of March and April, it was generally around 700,000-800,000 meters, and the daily digestion volume of gray fabrics in the factory was about 70,000 meters. Thousands of meters. The orders placed in March and April can basically ensure that the factory operates at full capacity every day, but it is still not as crowded as in previous years where the factory was stuck for more than a week. The weather has been getting hotter recently, and the market should have been getting weaker and weaker, but there are still surprises in the volume of positions. When it is low, it may be 500,000 meters per day, and when it is high, it can be as high as 800,000 meters. In the off-season of previous years, when there was less demand, only 200,000-300,000 meters could be entered into the warehouse every day.
And now most of the factories are making some autumn and winter fabrics, some kind of To a certain extent, it can be said that orders for autumn and winter in the second half of the year are being placed in advance. Most of these fabric orders, which are still four or five months away from the clothing launch, are foreign trade orders. According to a textile trader, they recently received orders for nearly 1.8 million meters of four-sided elastic, all of which were exported to India to be made into garments and then exported to the European market. They need to ship everything within 90 days, and they have to ship every 10 days. At present, this order is the largest foreign trade order they have received this year. The previous foreign trade orders were basically tens of thousands or several kilometers in volume.
2. The overseas epidemic is still in the midst of an outbreak, and the risk of receiving foreign trade orders remains
The optimistic forecast of the overseas market in the second half of the year has already caused many autumn and winter orders to start stocking up in advance. , foreign trade orders have quietly recovered. But for textile workers, the fear is that they have just received a foreign trade order and an overseas epidemic breaks out. After all, the outbreak of the epidemic in Europe and the United States at the beginning of last year caused profound pain to us textile workers due to order cancellations and delays.
Recently, the WHO has listed four “diseases worthy of global attention” Among them, the Delta variant is fierce and has spread to more than 80 countries or regions around the world, and is still spreading rapidly. This strain is not only highly contagious, but infected people are more likely to develop severe disease. The WHO said that Delta is becoming the main prevalent mutant strain in the world.
It is understood that there are currently many countries in Singapore, Germany, Peru, Kenya… Countries have successively reported new cases of new coronavirus infection with the Delta strain. In particular, the epidemic in the UK has rebounded sharply recently. According to statistics released by the UK on the 19th, in the past 24 hours, there were 10,321 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK, and the number of newly confirmed cases exceeded 10,000 for the third consecutive day.
As the world is rushing to vaccinate and the weather is getting hotter , the overseas epidemic is still in the midst of an outbreak. This is nothing for the textile industry in the off-season.��News.
Recently, orders for some fabrics in the textile market are relatively abundant. Especially for orders for autumn and winter cold-proof clothing fabrics, many textile companies are optimistic about the market in the second half of the year and began to stock up on fabrics as early as May. However, most of these orders are in the middleman stage, and it is difficult to flow downstream in the short term. Now that the epidemic has recurred in many overseas countries, it will inevitably affect the delivery speed of these orders, and the financial pressure on these textile companies may increase in the future.
In addition, textile companies that are currently receiving orders are also worried. According to a foreign trade company, they had no orders in May and have been making samples. Recently, we finally received a big order, nearly one million meters of four-sided bombs. The fabrics are exported to India, but ultimately the garments have to be exported to the European market. The recent exchange rate is also pretty good. They were quite confident originally, but recently they heard that the epidemic in Europe is worsening, and they are a little worried about orders. After all, if customer orders cannot be shipped smoothly, it will be difficult to get back the payment in time.
In short, while the epidemic is still raging, textile companies generally have little confidence in the market. stable. Especially during the off-season, lockdowns or extended lockdowns often occur, which poses huge risks to orders that are rarely received.
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