Recently, in addition to non-woven fabrics and melt-blown fabrics on the market, “bad cloth” polyester taffeta and pongee have also become a bright spot in the gray fabric market, such as 190T pongee, 210T polyester taffeta, and 300T pongee. Because it can be used as protective clothing, overseas customers, especially those in Southeast Asia, Africa, South America and other countries, are currently in great demand for it. Whenever an order is placed, the quantity can easily be hundreds of thousands of meters. For many manufacturers and traders who have canceled millions of meters of orders, this is simply a surprise!
Received an order of 2 containers of pongee + PE film
In the past two days , the company of a follower friend of the editor received an order for 2 containers of pongee + PE film, about 300,000 meters, exported to Argentina. According to this merchandiser: “Recently, the film factory is busy until 12 o’clock in the evening every day. There are many orders, and all the films are made of pongee, polyester taffeta, and non-woven fabrics.”
Not only composite factories, it is understood that most dyeing factories in Wujiang area also use polyester taffeta and pongee as the main fabrics. And they are basically used for whitening or whitening.
After completing this order, we will celebrate the Golden Week together and start the one-time-one-day-off mode!
Although many traders and manufacturers have received orders for pongee and polyester taffeta, the improvement is limited and other products are still performing mediocrely. The above-mentioned merchandiser also revealed : “Since April, we have only shipped goods once every half a month, mainly to countries in Southeast Asia where the epidemic is relatively mild. The order quantity is not large. The main task recently is to take inventory. It is not easy to get these two A large order for containers, but after this order is completed, there will be no more orders. It is estimated that it will be closed for about three days on May Day.”
A salesperson from another company whose 80% is foreign trade exports also said : “This year has been an avalanche! In addition to domestic sales, our company has basically canceled all foreign trade. The boss is going to let everyone take a break. Although people are relaxed, their wages will be cut in half. The company is saving money. Expenses have been spent, but we still have a family to support, but there is no way. The situation of every textile company is similar now, and you may not be able to find another job if you resign. I just want to go out to Didi during my vacation to supplement it. For home use.”
In addition to trade sales departments, there are many manufacturers who want to take advantage of the May Day holiday. The main reason is that both domestic and foreign trade are weak. Orders are sparse, and some are loose orders. The inventory is getting higher and higher. I want to take advantage of the golden week of May Day to alleviate the pressure on inventory and funds.
Data from sample companies monitored by China Silk Capital Network shows that most weaving companies are currently in the “inventory accumulation” stage. As of April 24, the inventory of gray fabrics in Shengze has risen to 43-44 days. Compared with the same period last year, it has increased by about 7 days, and compared with 2018, it has increased by about 20 days!
Polyester taffeta and pongee are selling so well, why are there still people selling them?
Although polyester taffeta and pongee are currently in great demand for protective clothing, they are only available in Southeast Asia, Indonesia and other countries that do not have very high environmental protection requirements. At present, most traders only provide The fabric is then used by the customer to find a local garment factory to make protective clothing.
Furthermore, since chemical fiber fabrics such as polyester taffeta and pongee cannot be degraded, while non-woven fabrics can degrade by themselves, protective clothing exported to Europe and the United States is still mainly non-woven fabrics.
Fabrics such as polyester taffeta and pongee have been in a state of overcapacity since 2019. At the end of last year, we conducted a survey and found that most manufacturers of polyester taffeta and pongee It means that the inventory is as high as millions of meters, and the daily output of a pongee machine is very high. In addition, the machines transferred from the central and western regions mainly produce low-end fabrics. Therefore, under the current situation, traders If you want it, you don’t have to worry about not getting it. This is also the reason why manufacturers are selling a large number of fabrics such as polyester taffeta and pongee. They also want to take advantage of the recent wave of demand to sell some goods to raise funds.
As for the current prices of these two fabrics, the editor also heard when visiting There are two different voices. Some say it has gone up, and some say it has fallen. The editor believes that the fall is due to some manufacturers selling goods, and the rise is probably just the adjustment from the previous selling price to the normal price. . Manager of a manufacturer specializing in pongee and peach skin velvetSaid: “Compared with the Chinese New Year, it is definitely down. Raw materials fell so hard before, and coupled with poor demand, fabrics dropped by nearly 5 cents. This week, some specifications of pongee are indeed It has gone back a little bit, but it is not as good as the previous drop. Overall it is still down.”
Postscript
This week, due to the sharp drop in crude oil, the polyester and polyester yarn markets also fell, and the market sentiment plummeted. The epidemic has caused continued weakness in domestic and foreign terminal demand. At present, only protective clothing fabrics are selling better in the fabric market, and sales of other products are still very few. Textile people have no choice but to wait. “Now I just want to do some loose orders, and if I can get my money back from outside, I will win if I don’t lose money. If I can survive one more day, it will be one day.” This must be the voice of many textile workers. </p
