August is already halfway through, and September is getting closer and closer to the traditional peak season. Whether the weaving gray fabric market is out of the off-season and whether the market is picking up has attracted much attention. Next, we will explore the current market trend from corporate feedback.
Most manufacturers’ looms are fully operational
From a general perspective, the current weaving gray fabric market is still in the off-season, and trade orders are scarce. Poor delivery of gray fabrics is the main problem today. Even though gray fabric inventories continue to rise, the operating rates of weaving manufacturers remain stable, especially since most companies will keep their machines running at a high level unless there are special circumstances. There are even many companies with machines running at full capacity, and they are not affected by the off-season.
Manager Tang, who mainly produces elastic fabrics, said that the current sales volume of gray fabrics this month is much less, and the inventory of gray fabrics is slowly increasing, but the machines are still fully open. There are no special requirements, and the machines are fully open. of.
Mr.Qiu,aweavingcompanyofconventionalpolyesterproducts,alsosaid:”Ourfactory’scurrentoperatingrateis100%,andthemachineproductioninJulyistheslowest.Itisalsofullyopen.ItwillslowlygetbetterafterAugust,anditisevenlesslikelytoreducethestartofproduction.”
The off-season is about to pass, and the recovery of gray fabric sales is just around the corner. Gray fabric inventory will also decrease with the traditional peak season. If production starts early, it may be difficult to have enough inventory to meet the peak season.
There was a lack of orders in August
Judging from the order receipts in August, the domestic epidemic broke out and the foreign epidemic continued to worsen, which had a negative impact on the orders received by weaving trading companies. There must be obstacles, so the overall order receiving situation is not good. However, some companies have already felt that August is gradually improving, and new orders have begun to be placed.
Mr. Qiu said: “Our company is currently mainly doing foreign trade orders, but there are currently no signs of an increase in orders. In August, sales dropped by 20% year-on-year. This year, the epidemic abroad is serious, and foreign trade is even more affected. .”
“Currently, the number of orders we are doing has increased. Last week, the customer placed another order for 250,000 meters of four-sided bombs. The order volume during this period has doubled compared to last year, and they are mainly foreign trade orders for export. “Qian, the general manager of the trading company, told the editor. Mr. Qian’s company mainly places orders for four-way stretch, and the most popular fabric this year is four-way stretch. Therefore, Mr. Qian has received new orders, and the number of orders this year has doubled compared to last year. Naturally, it is all because of four-way stretch. Mr. Qiu’s company mainly produces recycled pongee and T800. Although these two types of fabrics are also popular in sales this year, they are slightly weaker than four-way stretch. Moreover, the overall foreign trade orders this year are weak, so Mr. Qiu It’s not surprising that sales dropped year-on-year.
A few companies have received overseas return orders
Recently, the Delta variant virus has been coming fiercely, and new infection cases in many countries in Southeast Asia continue to hit new highs, becoming a global trend. One of the areas hardest hit by the epidemic. The spread of the epidemic in Southeast Asia is said to be able to catalyze the return of some overseas orders to the country. Regarding this issue, most companies said that they have not received such reshoring orders so far, and there are not many such orders in the entire market.
Mr. Qian, a weaving company that mainly produces four-way elastic, said: “I have not received such orders. Last year, I also said there was a return. However, our company has not received any orders, and it is estimated that there will not be any this year.”
Qiu, the polyester weaving company, also said: “I heard that there are orders returning to Southeast Asia, but the quantity is not large, and there are no signs. It’s not obvious, and our company has not received it.”
Although most companies say that there are no obvious signs of reshoring orders from Southeast Asia, there are still companies that have received such orders. Manager Tang, who produces elastic fabrics, revealed that he has currently received orders from India, mainly satin fabrics, with a total of 2 million meters, which is not a large quantity.
The epidemic situation in Southeast Asia is so severe that it will inevitably lead to the return of some orders. Even if the epidemic affects consumption, there will still be urgent orders. It is reasonable for orders to be transferred to China when production is suspended.
Although the current weaving market is still in the off-season, and the returning orders from abroad are not obvious, with the arrival of mid-to-late August, it will gradually get rid of the off-season, and as the returning orders begin to be transmitted to the country, it will further increase the later orders. increase.
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