The time has come to March. Even if the so-called Jinsan does not usher in the peak season, there will definitely be orders, but the textile boss has encountered a very difficult thing.
“The machines that have been put on the machine are being produced normally. (Black silk + overlocking) The customer suddenly changed his mind and asked for no overlocking and no black silk. All the machines have to be changed…” said a textile boss with 400 looms. The textile market suffers losses every year. Sometimes there is a slight difference in the price difference of raw materials, and sometimes the gray fabric is defective and the customer cuts it off. However, after signing the contract, there are not many people who change their minds temporarily. During the peak season in previous years, textile bosses had long asked for compensation or more money, but now they broke their teeth and swallowed it. Not only did they not refuse, but they also lost money.
“This order was not profitable in the first place, but now it is a loss of 200 yuan for a loom.” The textile boss said bitterly.
Although this year’s market has improved compared to last year, fabric prices are still difficult to rise. Most textile bosses said that even the Jinsan market is no different from February, and the price increase at the cost end is also very slow. Some gray fabrics have a very low volume. Large, but customers just look at the volume and have the idea of lowering prices. Their small profits but quick turnover can only protect capital here, but there is a lot of inventory and if we don’t sell some of it, there will be great financial pressure, and low prices are no solution.
Indeed, the editor was also aware of this problem when visiting companies. Many manufacturers have piles of gray fabrics in their yards, and what they show may only be the tip of the iceberg. According to the sample companies monitored by Silkdu.com, the current inventory days of local companies About 35 days, although this number is not much according to the stockpiling in the past peak seasons, the inventory varies. Many textile companies may have inventories as long as 60 days, and there are not a few who have tens of millions of meters of inventory. Of course, losses are not only caused by changes in production methods and low prices, there is also another problem that is also troubled by textile bosses. There are not many workers, and production is limited. “Actually, the main reason is that there are not many workers in the factory now. This order was originally supposed to be delivered within 25-30 days. Now that the product characteristics have been changed, production must be re-produced. In this case, workers You have to work overtime, and you will definitely need to pay more for overtime work. The cost of workers’ expenses increases, so you will lose money in the end.” said the textile boss.
There are not many recruitment trends in the market this year. I thought there would definitely be enough workers. However, in fact, the recruitment information hung at the door of many manufacturers lasted for a month or two. One moment, there was a shortage of turner workers, and another moment, there was a shortage of twister workers. There was no guarantee. The reason why the recruitment problem is fully exposed is that the market orders are not very concentrated this year. In fact, there are enough workers, but once it gets busy, there will not be enough. Therefore, when production problems arise, it is difficult to recruit workers at once. I had to work overtime, incur unnecessary expenses, and the order that was supposed to be a guaranteed profit ended up being in vain.
Obviously, under the influence of various factors, the profits that can be obtained from many orders are not much, and some can only break even. The current situation may be better than last year, but compared with 2021, some textile bosses still feel that the year before last is better. Mainly It’s still because of profits. Of course, this is a process. The market is slowly recovering and perhaps profits will return to normal in the second half of the year. The peak season requires both orders and profits to be called a peak season.
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