Polyester staple fiber is an important variety of synthetic fibers. Its products are mainly used in the cotton spinning industry. Together with cotton and viscose staple fiber, it is known as the three major raw materials in the cotton spinning industry. It can be said that challenges and opportunities coexist in my country’s polyester staple fiber industry in 2020. In the first half of the year, my country’s polyester staple fiber industry faced multiple difficulties. Crude oil prices continued to hit record lows. Domestic terminal textile and apparel export orders also suffered heavy losses due to the spread of overseas epidemics. In most cases, When most industries were hit, polyester staple fiber was able to stand out, with both profits and output increasing significantly compared with the same period in previous years.
Specifically, the spot processing fee for direct-spun polyester staple fiber from January to November is 1,453 yuan/ton. If calculated based on the breakeven processing fee of 1,000 yuan/ton, the industry profit is very considerable, so During the year, enterprises were highly motivated to produce.
Changes in direct spinning polyester staple fiber production capacity from 2014 to 2020
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In terms of production capacity, as of November 2020, the direct spinning staple fiber industry had added 460,000 tons of new production capacity that year (Quandi’s production capacity was transformed into cotton-type staple fiber It is hollow staple fiber, so it is not newly added), but excluding Hengming’s 200,000-ton short fiber installation in Binhai Petrochemical, the annual production capacity is 8.161 million tons (including Wanjie’s 150,000 tons and Weifang Huahong’s 120,000-ton long-term production capacity) (can), a year-on-year increase of 3.29%.
Statistics on new direct spinning staple fiber production capacity in 2020
Changes in direct spinning staple fiber output from 2014 to 2020
Judging from the operating rate, the first quarter of 2020 was affected by Affected by the epidemic, downstream yarns are basically at a standstill, and the operating rate of the short fiber industry is also low. However, starting from the second quarter, driven by the non-woven market, polyester staple fiber companies significantly destocked, and since then the inventory has continued to remain low. , and due to good profitability, the operating rate of short fiber companies continues to maintain a high operating level of more than 90%.
Looking at 2021, in the first three quarters, only a 100,000-ton staple fiber production capacity in West China is to be put into operation. The rest of the production capacity is mainly hollow and low-melting point differentiated varieties. Conventional spinning There is no other yarn production capacity, so it is expected that the overall industry supply pressure will remain small in the first three quarters of 2021. However, starting from the fourth quarter of 2021, the industry has added more production capacity. Many giant companies, including Hengyi and Xinfengming, have short fiber project production plans, and several other refining and chemical integrated companies have short fiber projects. It is possible that the project will be put into production, so it is expected that the supply pressure of the short fiber industry will gradually increase after 2022. The specific production details are as follows:
New statistics on the direct spinning polyester staple fiber industry in 2021-2022
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