This year’s artificial silk is almost a microcosm of the textile market. The lack of orders runs throughout the year, and the inventory backlog is difficult to digest throughout the year. The prices of conventional simulated silk gray fabrics such as chiffon and hemp that are common on the market have long fallen back to three or four years ago. It is common for gray fabric inventories to exceed one million meters. It is also rare to see simulated silk in printing and dyeing factories.
Just when everyone is badmouthing imitation silk and lamenting that this ever-lasting “money tree” has withered. Imitation silk has suddenly made a breakthrough in the recent textile market, proving once again that it is its own world during this period.
Hundreds of thousands of meters of imitation silk orders, rushed to the dyeing factory
As an old variety of fabric, simulated silk performs very stably every year. There are also many dyeing factories on the market that use simulated silk as their main processing object. But for this year, the imitation silk market is shrinking, and many dyeing factories whose main business is this have to passively transform, replace equipment and processes, and expand the printing and dyeing processing of other fabric varieties. However, the recent orders of imitation silk have given these dyeing factories the feeling of professional imitation silk dyeing factories.
The person in charge of a dyeing factory in Shengze area told us frankly that they started their business by processing imitation silk, which is well-known in the industry. In previous years, the operation rate of dye vats was never a matter of 10%, but how long the queue would be. However, if it were not for the support of other varieties, the operation rate would only be around 50% this year. Fortunately, orders for imitation silk suddenly increased at the end of the year, and the current operating rate of dye vats can be maintained at around 80%. Although it is not as good as in previous years, this year’s market is already much better.
The staff of another old imitation silk factory also said that since the market goods have been removed, the varieties made in the factory have become more complicated. It is no longer focused on just a few products as it was some time ago. However, among the complex varieties, artificial silk has relatively more orders. One customer is making more than 500,000 meters of 75D tangle alone, and the number of individual colors exceeds 100,000 meters. Other imitation silk products such as smooth crepe and washed velvet, many of which are hundreds of thousands meters in quantity.
Conventional imitation silk breaks the deadlock, and large orders appear frequently
Currently The imitation silk orders that dyeing factories are making have a special feature. They are basically conventional imitation silk products, such as smooth crepe, tangled hemp and other products. The performance of most of these products this year has been poor or even disappointing.
In July, a staff member of a simulated silk weaving factory complained to us that the factory currently produces more than 1 million meters of chiffon and hemp varieties in stock. In the second half of the year, they are almost busy digesting this part of the inventory through various channels. As long as there is a need and the order volume is okay, the price will be a dime. However, the market has always been unfriendly to artificial silk. There are very few orders, and even if there are, they are all in special specifications. For example, SPH, CEY, acetic acid, imitation acetic acid, etc. Regular imitation silk orders are extremely rare.
The recent artificial silk market has broken people’s inherent views in the past year. Conventional products are appearing in dyeing factories in the hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands. The weaving manufacturers mentioned above have also clearly felt that conventional imitation silk has been strengthening recently, and the inventory has been digested quickly. It is estimated that these products will no longer exist in inventory after the year.
The hot sales of conventional imitation silk proves that its market has not been completely replaced by mid-to-high-end fabrics. The low price and mediocre quality give it its own market.
The improvement in the market is both inevitable and accidental
The textile market has The difference between low and peak seasons is also true for various fabric varieties. Normally, our artificial silk will have its peak season in the two to three months before and after the new year, and the current market conditions are exactly in line with this pattern. But in addition to the promotion of the peak season itself, another factor cannot be ignored—that is, the impact of warm winter.
This winter can be said to be 100% warm. The impact on us is not only that it reduces the time we spend wearing heavy winter clothes, but more importantly, we go into clothing stores to make purchases. Winter clothing is also underpowered. Especially the earlier Spring Festival further reduces the time for winter clothing to be displayed in clothing stores.
The clothing market cannot be without clothes. The sales opportunities and time for winter clothing are decreasing, which will inevitably leave ample space for spring and summer clothing. The extension of the spring and summer clothing sales cycle in the coming year will definitely drive the growth of spring and summer clothing sales, and the related textile fabrics will also become popular.
The improvement in the imitation silk market a year ago may be just a warm-up, because many people do not realize that the sales time of spring and summer clothing next year will be extended , clothing and fabric sales will increase. Once the market notices the growth in demand for imitation silk after the new year, there is a high probability that orders will be placed in large quantities, which may disrupt weaving factories and overwhelm printing and dyeing factories.
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