In the textile market in early June, although foreign trade orders were still missing, many companies reported: “Customers from Southeast Asia and the United States began to come to us for proofing.” Although the presence of proofing does not prove that the market is improving, it at least shows that customers If there is demand, there is still hope for this market!
Foreign trade customers are looking for more samples and proofing, and there are actual orders placed
Due to the impact of the epidemic, this year’s textile market has been lacking bright spots in domestic and foreign trade orders. Weaving factories are running out of inventory and dyeing factories are cutting down on operations. The entire market has become conservative and lacks confidence. Textile people are also thinking that in today’s textile market, conventional products can no longer attract customers, so they are more inclined to develop fabrics with multiple functions and characteristics.
“Recently, we are developing a new type of fabric, which is a relatively high-end protective clothing fabric and is specially supplied to foreign brands.” said the above-mentioned salesman who received the sample. Of course, he also said that this customer may have requested samples from many trading companies, and finally selected the most suitable one from these companies’ samples. Therefore, it often happens that samples are sent but nothing comes to mind, which is very common. It’s a normal thing.
It is reported that a small number of traders have received actual foreign trade orders. A foreign trader in Wujiang area revealed: “Recently, a customer from Bangladesh placed several kilometers of gabardine with us for work clothes, although the order quantity is not large. , but it’s better than nothing.” Coincidentally, another gray fabric merchant also revealed: “This week, the foreign trade company ordered us 200,000 meters of jacquard pongee, which was sent to the United States.”
General Compared with the domestic trade market, the improvement of foreign trade orders is not very obvious, but it is indeed recovering slowly. But we should not be blindly optimistic. The international situation has been relatively turbulent recently, and the riots in the United States have continued to escalate. The foreign trade bill in the second half of the year will definitely be incomparable with that of last year. In terms of products, last year’s Internet celebrity products such as T400, T800 and recycled fabrics are now sold less than half of last year. The operating rate of dyeing plants is still only 60-70%, and workers are working in shifts, but this does not affect the shipping speed of fabrics. It only takes about 7 days for gray fabrics to be shipped from warehouse to shipment. Moreover, if the quantity is large, the dyeing fee can be discounted. Printing and dyeing factories gradually lose their voice, which is caused by the lack of terminal orders.
The traditional off-season is coming. This year there will be more production cuts and holidays than in previous years
It is now June, the weather is getting hotter, and the traditional off-season for the textile market has arrived. Domestic and foreign trade orders have seen limited improvement, and market goods have also come to an end. The enthusiasm of manufacturers for production has been severely affected, and they plan to start again. The operating rate has been reduced, and some manufacturers are even preparing to give workers a period of “high temperature leave.”
“We were processing conductive cloth before, and now it’s basically finished. Next, we have no orders to make. The current operating rate is 90%, and it should be reduced in the future. Some factories around us have already stopped half of the work. ”
The above-mentioned weaving factory has more than 70 looms, and it still chose to use all kinds of looms during the off-season last year. Load production, firstly, because the factory has a loan, and the bank may come to check if it stops, secondly, because it is afraid that the workers will run away, and thirdly, there are labor, water, electricity, and machine depreciation expenses. In the past, they would choose to insist on not cutting production or taking holidays because of these considerations.
But this year, they calculated a number of costs and found that if they persisted in not reducing production, their working capital might eventually dry up. Based on the practices of surrounding manufacturers and after comprehensive consideration, they decided to lower the machine operating rate again in June. ” Now that the price of raw materials is at a high level, we only dare to choose the cheapest raw materials to weave cloth. We cannot sell the cloth, so we can only make less. Last month, we sold 700,000 meters of cloth at a loss, and now we still have 1.7 million meters of cloth in the warehouse. As for 10,000 meters, during this period, we choose to cultivate ourselves. By September, the orders may come, and we still have hope.” The cloth boss said helplessly.
There are too many things in the foreign trade market. Can I place an order in time for August?
Recently, riots in the United States have continued to escalate, which has affected neighboring countries. Protests in many places have turned violent, and the situation is very dangerous. If these violent protests continue to escalate and are not controlled, it is very likely to affect The foreign trade order will be issued in August.
Although September and October are the traditional peak seasons, most customers will stock up in advance, which means that the market in the second half of the year will start at the end of August. If you miss this node, it will be too late to make autumn and winter clothing. In this way, foreign trade customers are likely to give up autumn and winter clothing. But regardless of whether foreign trade orders can be launched in the second half of the year, what companies need to do now is to maintain their own healthy operation, so that they have the opportunity to be fully prepared to receive orders when the peak season comes! </p
