Profit
According to the latest data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the profits of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide fell by 27.4% from January to April 2020, of which The profit decline of the textile and garment industry, which is closely related to us, reached 34.8%. After years of rapid development, the textile industry has experienced an unprecedented “recession” this year.
Output
At the same time, not only profits are plummeting, but fabric output from January to April also fell by nearly 30% year-on-year. You must know that the textile market in 2019 was already tepid, with a relative lack of orders and fabric production falling back to the level of 2006. On this basis, there is such a large decline this year, which is enough to illustrate the difference in the textile market.
Of course, the unfavorable situation of the textile market this year is inseparable from the raging pneumonia epidemic around the world. In particular, our textile foreign trade “accompanied” the entire epidemic. At the peak of the domestic epidemic, factories were stagnant and could not make orders; while the domestic epidemic improved, various overseas countries that “watched” in the early stage have experienced situations where the epidemic is out of control, and textile fabrics cannot Normal production flow is followed by a wave of order cancellations! The domestic textile industry is also facing the double blow of weak recovery of domestic trade and complete stagnation of foreign trade.
However, behind the various “pessimistic” data, there is also some good news. Textile and apparel profits fell by 43.5% from January to March, and the decline significantly reduced to 34.8% after April, indicating that the company’s profit situation has improved; at the same time, the decline in fabric output was 31.1% from January to March, and after April also dropped to 29.1%. Although the change is relatively small, it can also reflect that the company’s operating conditions are improving.
Not only is the data improving, we textile people can also clearly feel that the overall market atmosphere is changing recently!
Market orders come forward to provide help in times of need
Different from ordering fabrics with many types, mixed colors and small orders, the market Orders are always accompanied by various labels such as single variety, large quantity, and low quality requirements. Although the profit per meter of market orders is difficult to compare with that of ordered fabrics, their large quantities and easy operation have made them the darling of the market. Especially when all kinds of market orders are fully issued, it will drive the entire market atmosphere and push the off-season market directly to the peak season.
This year’s market orders are late, but not absent, especially recently For a period of time, it was market orders that played the leading role. According to an employee of a dyeing factory, there were few orders in the factory some time ago, and workers were on rotation. Half of the 12 setting machines could not be operated every day. However, due to recent market orders, the factory now maintains around 10 setting machines. In the open state, three of them are specially designed for styling several fabric varieties. Although the machinery and equipment are not yet fully operational, it is relatively much better.
There is no doubt that this year’s market orders are not as good as those in previous years, but it appears in the face of an urgent shortage of orders, which is the greatest support for the textile market. Of course, not only the current order situation is relatively better, but the future order situation is also worth looking forward to.
The number of sample searches and proofing has increased, paving the way for future orders.
“With the market trend a while ago, There is almost no difference in people, and the number of people coming to look for samples has increased significantly in recent times,” said a person in charge of a textile company.
Not only them, but another textile trader also felt deeply. Customers now send different fabric samples every day for price. Sometimes there are more than a dozen varieties a day. . Although there have been no orders being made recently, the entire company has been very busy dealing with customer requests for samples.
As the number of samples increases, it also drives the growth of samples in various factories. The samplers of printing and dyeing enterprises have begun to become a little busier, and the number of samples in many finishing factories has also increased significantly. According to one company, they have recently been working on five or six fabric composite designs, and customers are in urgent need of them. They have not had decent finishing proofing for a long time.
The increase in proofing and looking for samples is to some extent preparing for subsequent orders. After all, the first step in any order operation is proofing. It may take many proofings to get an order, but there is no It is basically impossible to get an order after proofing.
Although the current textile market is still in an unprecedented off-season, the market is in a state of recovery compared to previous months. Especially now that various types of proofing are increasing in the market, which is also a sign that orders will improve in the future. </p
