Recently, a piece of news about shipping attracted the editor’s attention: a container ship loaded with goods from Shanghai, Ningbo, and Shenzhen was rejected at the destination port.
It is reported that on Monday (March 9), local time, a container ship named “GH LEVANT” owned by Maersk had called at many ports in China. When we arrived at Port Louis, Mauritius, we were refused by port workers to unload!
▲Ship refused to unload cargo
Although the crew of the ship has been confirmed by the Mauritius health department as It is healthy and does not pose a threat to public health, and it has exceeded the 14-day quarantine period after leaving the Chinese port. However, the local dock workers still refused to board the ship and unload the cargo, citing concerns about the virus!
This should be the most direct and worst impact on shipping since the outbreak. Just because of concerns about the virus and the 14-day quarantine period, container ships are still unable to arrange loading and unloading at the port, and shipping schedules and cargo are facing serious delays. Although active negotiations are currently underway, it makes textile bosses feel worried: this year Whether it is domestic trade or foreign trade, it is difficult to do it. It has only been half a month since the start of work, and it feels like it is already the off-season.
The order was not transferred, but simply stopped!
“During the epidemic, our orders were canceled for hundreds of thousands of meters, all from European customers. The reason they gave me was that the epidemic was becoming more and more serious, the demand for clothing was declining, and this batch of goods could not be sold, so they simply stopped making it. “A foreign trader said.
“Due to the Sino-US trade war, our orders fell by half last year, and our natural profits also fell by half. This year, the situation is expected to be even worse. “A boss who has been involved in textiles for more than ten years said helplessly.
On March 11, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization Said that the new coronavirus epidemic has the characteristics of a “pandemic”! Italy has closed shops across the country, and the U.S. capital and 24 states have also entered a state of emergency. These bans and restrictions will significantly reduce the global demand for clothing.
A textile boss lamented: “The most terrifying thing is not the transfer of orders. We still have the opportunity to get back the transferred ones. Now it is that everyone’s demand has dropped, resulting in clothes that cannot be sold. The entire The industry chain from top to bottom is facing inventory problems. ”
It is understood that due to the limitations of its own structure, Southeast Asia has obvious deficiencies in completing orders with tight delivery times or orders with high labor complexity. Therefore, moving to Orders from Southeast Asia are basically low-end, and mid-to-high-end fabrics can only be made in China. If these high-end fabric orders are canceled, they will basically not be made, rather than transferred. This problem is more serious than transfer. , indicating that people around the world have reduced demand for clothing, and whether the demand can come back, it is still unknown whether the “retaliatory consumption” we are looking forward to after the epidemic will occur.
“Since the outbreak of the epidemic in China, we have known that sales in the first quarter of this year will be affected.” The above-mentioned textile boss sighed: “Looking at it now, the sales volume for the whole year will be difficult to survive. Difficult.
With reduced orders and devalued inventories, can the textile industry usher in spring?
The outbreak of the new crown epidemic has had a serious impact on the textile industry. In addition to the reduction in orders, textile workers are also facing the pressure of inventory funds. According to a The factory director revealed: “Our current factory attendance rate is 100%, and no workers have been lost. However, we have also paid a heavy price. All workers’ wages have increased by 200-500 per month. In addition, during the epidemic period, There is no reduction in rent, and money is really tight now. “
The same weaving factory owner also felt deeply: “We have basically no orders now, but our monthly rigid expenditure is tens of thousands, which means there is no income, only expenditure. We have 60 looms. Next, I plan to stop half of the machines, because there is no room for the cloth, and everything produced becomes inventory! Basically, there are about 100,000 meters of inventory for each variety. Now I really regret opening so early. ”
With the effective control of the domestic epidemic, the attendance rate of workers has also increased significantly. The current operating rate of looms in Shengze is 7- At about 80%, production capacity has been effectively restored, gray fabric inventory remains at a high of 38 days, and destocking is slow.
With the current price of polyester filament plummeting every day, many customers Everyone is lowering prices, and the gray fabrics in the cloth boss’s warehouse are also shrinking. But even if there is no profit, the cloth boss wants to get rid of the inventory as soon as possible. Only by realizing the inventory can the healthy operation of the enterprise be ensured.
An epidemic disrupted the rhythm of the textile market, turning the originally most profitable peak season into the off-season, and the off-season will How long it will last is still unknown. This epidemic has made it even more difficult for the textile industry. Many small and medium-sized enterprises are already on the verge of life and death. After the epidemic, many small and medium-sized enterprises may be unable to support themselves and withdraw from the battlefield early.
Editor’s Note
“There is no winter that will not be overcome, and there is no spring that will not come.” When will the spring of the textile industry come? Maybe after June, refer to the SARS in 2003. SARS started in March of that year. The month lasts until June, but consumer confidence will not show up until July and August. Business will be more difficult for at least the next half year. Textile people must be mentally prepared for a long-term struggle!
</p
