Recently, imitation silk fabrics have been hot-selling in the market. This is not surprising. Imitation silk has been the highlight of the textile market in the first half of the year. It’s just that in recent years, it has encountered a “Waterloo”. Not to mention that imitation silk has been cold, and the market has even been deserted throughout the first half of the year. This year, the textile market is off to a good start, which indicates that the market will rise year-on-year, so imitation silk has undoubtedly become the best-selling fabric that dominates the market.
Some specifications of artificial silk are out of stock
It is understood that the major categories of imitation silk on the market are now relatively popular, such as chiffon, stretch satin, crepe, CEY plain weave, etc. This kind of product can be seen in the market every day with large trucks pulling goods, and some factories even ship with a trailer. Many companies are still out of stock and have begun queuing up production.
The person in charge of a weaving company specializing in the production of imitation silk said: “Recently, orders for chiffon and stretch satin have continued to be placed. The inventory has been sold out, and the machines have no time to produce, so they have to buy from other factories.”
This is not only the case in the fabric market, but also in printing and dyeing factories. The printing and dyeing factory has also received many orders for imitation silk, and the orders have begun to show signs of jamming, and the delivery time is at least one week.
Although gray cloth prices have rebounded, profits are still thin
When fabrics are out of stock and demand exceeds supply, the price of gray fabrics will naturally go up. It is understood that the prices of several popular fabrics have increased. For example, chiffon has increased by 0.2 yuan/meter, and stretch satin has increased by 0.3 yuan/meter. Take 75D24 twisted chiffon as an example. Before the Spring Festival, most manufacturers are selling goods, so the market price is about 2.1 yuan/meter, and now it is 2.3 yuan/meter. Although the price of 2.1 yuan/meter has lasted for a long time, looking back, it could be sold for 3.2 yuan/meter. However, the price of polyester filament, the raw material for polyester, is always at a high level. It can be seen that manufacturers are giving up profits to accept orders.
In the past few years, we have been saying that artificial silk has been lonely. Most companies related to artificial silk have not seen any substantial orders for artificial silk for several months. Simulated silk companies have also been hampered by high inventories, and many companies have been forced to switch to producing elastic products. Nowadays, the popularity of artificial silk has increased, and it makes sense if you think about it carefully.
In the past three years, due to the raging epidemic of COVID-19 in China, it affected clothing consumption and market confidence, disrupting the production season of artificial silk in the first half of the year. But demand won’t disappear completely, it will only be partially delayed. In particular, imitation silk is the best choice for summer women’s clothing. Its status is particularly difficult to shake. As long as there are still summer women’s clothing on sale, imitation silk products are definitely among them. Especially since March, the weather will gradually get hotter, and the market demand for summer clothing will surge, and the demand for imitation silk fabrics will gradually pick up.
In addition to imitation silk, the sales of other products have also increased, and various varieties are becoming popular. But at the same time, we must also see the limitations of the current market. It’s just that the orders for market goods are going well, and the order volume of market goods is also quite different from previous years. As for domestic sales, new orders are still placed sporadically, and most are in the inquiry stage. In terms of foreign trade, although orders are still acceptable, most of them are orders received before the year, and new orders will increase slightly after the year.
Postscript
Although the current market situation is full of signals that the “Gold, Three, Silver and Four” are coming, textile professionals still have to be cautious about the future market. The relaxation of epidemic policies and the blooming of spring will indeed drive a wave of consumption, but it is still unknown whether this wave of consumption can continue in the long term. And under the influence of the epidemic in the past three years, clothing inventory once again reached a new high. Especially for spring and summer clothing, due to the influence of the weather, the sales time of spring clothing is very short, and there is a large backlog of inventory. Many clothing stores are still selling spring clothing from previous years. Clothing companies are currently in the stock preparation stage. During the sales period, if the sales volume is not as good as expected, new orders will be placed in the later period. Then when it comes to “gold, three, silver and four”, the market may actually calm down.
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