Recently, second-quarter economic data released by many countries show that the global economy still faces many challenges. After experiencing the first quarter in the early stages of the epidemic, the second quarter was the “pandemic period” of the epidemic in most countries, and various industries were severely impacted. The economic decline has hit a new low in recent decades. The world’s major multinational companies believe that the world economy will not return to pre-epidemic levels before 2022!
For the textile industry, the situation is not optimistic. Although as time goes by, the domestic epidemic has been brought under control and domestic trade has gradually resumed, in terms of foreign trade, due to repeated epidemics in the United States and Europe, the economic recovery has not been as good as expected, resulting in companies still facing great difficulties in foreign trade exports. .
When it comes to this year’s foreign trade, most cloth bosses sigh. In addition, the recent back-and-forth between China and the United States has made textile people pessimistic about foreign trade in the second half of the year. manner.
A foreign trade company that produces nylon yarn revealed: “We have not received any orders since the order was canceled in March this year. The international situation is not very clear recently, so we decided to take a break. year, we will no longer receive orders this year.”
Coincidentally, the person in charge of another foreign trade company that produces rayon said: “We have not received orders since August. Inventory is controlled, and the factory’s operating rate is maintained at about 50%.”
China-U.S. relations have begun to go back and forth again, and customers are hesitant to place orders
Speaking of the recent hot spots, Sino-US relations have become tense again.
Before the peak season of September, it is undoubtedly “even more difficult” for textile companies to receive orders. The person in charge of a foreign trade company said: “The impact of Sino-US relations on us is subtle. The impact of this year’s epidemic has made many companies There is no order to do, but Sino-US relations cannot be ignored. Once Sino-US relations become tense, many customers will become more hesitant to place orders. We have not received orders from the United States this year, and are now actively exploring new ones. market.” Similarly, another cloth boss also felt deeply: “Although the impact of Sino-US trade relations is not immediate, it may become apparent after a while. 70% of our customers are from the United States. The number of orders started to decrease last year. I heard that they transferred some of the orders to places like Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Turkey to make garments and then export them to the United States.”
Then. As the uncertainty in Sino-US relations increases, factors such as repeated epidemics, economic recession, reduced demand, and competition from Southeast Asian countries have made textile bosses tread on thin ice.
The terminal ordering mode is changing, and foreign trade orders will have to wait for another month
Except The above factors have led to a decrease in foreign trade orders. Another aspect is that the ordering mode of the terminal is changing. At present, the orders of major brands are mainly based on “small batch, multi-batch”, and the orders of the entire industry Stock levels are decreasing. Furthermore, because the inventory on hand of terminal clothing companies has not been fully digested, there is not such a large demand for stocking. Therefore, the entire clothing order placing will not return to the previous model in the next few years. Textile people need to adapt to this. changes in the pattern.
In addition, in terms of time, the stocking up for the Christmas season of foreign trade is generally 1-2 months in advance, and will be released successively in October and November, which means that at least Need to wait another 1 month. Of course, no matter what the future trend of Sino-US relations is, or whether the negotiations go smoothly, textile people will not be defeated. As a cloth boss said: “Although the situation is difficult now, there is no way out. Chinese companies have excellent technology.” and quality. If you want to complete mid-to-high-end fabric orders, other countries cannot replace this aspect.”
Therefore, cloth bosses still have to be confident about the market in the second half of the year. At present, the situation of some functional fabrics and distinctive and fashionable fabrics on the market is still very good. In the coming time, textile companies may as well choose to cultivate their own internal skills, actively develop customers, and wait for the recovery of the market. </p
