February 20 (the twenty-seventh day of the first lunar month) is a full 20 days longer than February 1 (the eighth day of the first lunar month). What is gratifying is that after a period of defense wars in Wuhan and Hubei, good news has spread about the epidemic nationwide, which also shows that the epidemic prevention work has achieved initial results.
After the two major clusters of Shaoxing and Shengze issued market resumption notices a few days ago, Guangzhou Zhongda issued another notice: When the Zhongda Cloth Market will resume work and production will depend on the epidemic prevention and control situation in Guangzhou, especially the epidemic prevention and control situation in Hubei!
Notice of delayed opening of Guangzhou International Textile City
While the opening of the market continues to be delayed indefinitely, the other side is starting to get lively! In the past two days, there have been a lot of news about the start of construction in the editor’s circle of friends! The market has finally regained some “popularity”! Can communicate with many textile bosses, each link has different performance:
Weaving factory: Some people are “closed but not open”, while others are “half on duty”, and only about 20% of the work is open!
“The market is still quite polarized now, because of the epidemic. “Some factories that produce protective clothing and other products have not stopped production from the year before to now, and many have started emergency production before to supply protective products.” said a fabric boss.
However, protective fabrics are only a small category of fabrics. For most textile bosses, many companies have recently received the “Notice of Approval for Resumption of Market” and choose to Work will resume on the 18th and 19th.
Mr. Wang, a textile boss in Wujiang area, said: “At present, half of the workers have arrived, but work has just started, and the production capacity is still relatively low. The proportion of trade arrivals is greater than that of factories, and now out-of-town logistics Not all have started yet, and transactions are also restricted.”
Of course, many textile bosses still say that they dare not resume work easily due to the current epidemic. A textile boss in Xiaoshao area said: “To start work, all you need to do is submit an application, and most of our factory employees are locals, so I’m not worried about the shortage of workers after we start work. But now domestic trade is greatly affected, and the epidemic in Wuhan is still there. It’s very serious, and most of my customers are in Hubei, so I don’t plan to start operations in February!”
According to research, the current operating rate of factories in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is only about 20% , the current resumption of work is mainly local workers, and non-resident employees are arriving one after another. Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are still relatively strict on the isolation of returning workers, so it is expected that by the end of the month, the arrival of non-resident workers will be relatively concentrated.
Dyeing factory: The steam re-supply of the thermal power plant has been delayed. The dyeing factory has only one dyeing worker and the production capacity is very low!
On February 18, Shaoxing Textile Market opened. Shaoxing Binhai Thermal Power Co., Ltd., which originally planned to start gas supply on that day, issued a notice: Due to the gas supply to all users in the agglomeration area, The total actual demand for steam has not reached the minimum supply capacity of the unit. After research and decision by the company, the restoration of normal supply to the steam consuming units affiliated to our company will be suspended. The specific recovery time will depend on the actual demand in the agglomeration area.
It will take some time for the printing and dyeing process in Shaoxing to recover. This notice also disappointed the expectations of the upstream cloth bosses. The printing and dyeing link in Wujiang, another textile powerhouse, is also in a slow recovery stage recently. Although some dyeing factories have issued notices on the 14th that they can enter the warehouse and order colors, but after a week, the dyeing factories that have resumed work can basically only do pre-dying treatment, and production has not yet resumed, and some dyeing factories are still on holiday. .
“Dyeing factories are now short of workers. The dyeing factory I contacted has started pre-dyeing treatment, but there is only one dyeing worker, so productivity is very low.” Mr. Chen, a trading boss He sighed, “Now we can only communicate more with customers and tell them the resumption of work in all aspects of our place, so that they can rest assured.”
“I have been going there every day since the 15th. I ran to the dyeing factory because I have to rush to ship the goods when the order comes after the new year, but there is also a shortage of workers in the workshop, and it is estimated that it will take a few days to recover.” said another trader, Mr. Wu.
Although the dyeing factories that have resumed operations have given textile bosses hope, the low production capacity has also given the cloth bosses who are rushing to deliver goods a headache amid the labor shortage!
Finishing plants: lack of workers and no operation, most of them are in a “shutdown” state!
As the downstream of the entire fabric industry chain, the role of finishing is like a beautician, they play a “finishing point” role on the fabric. It is understood that the current resumption of work in the finishing industry is worse than that of the weaving and printing and dyeing sectors, and the resumption rate is also around 1-2. Most coating factories plan to resume work around March 1, waiting for government notification.
A few finishing factories that have resumed operations only operate some machines to accept proofing or process large quantities of goods, and some have resumed operations.The business is not open because workers are quarantined and cannot return to work normally until the end of the month.
“We had an order a year ago and we were going to start the work and then do the hot stamping process. However, after communicating with the hot stamping factory that we have been cooperating with now, we estimate that arrangements will not be made until the end of the month.” Mr. Wu said.
In fact, for the textile industry, the early or late resumption of work will affect the smooth and scheduled fulfillment of the company’s original orders. However, judging from the current market feedback, The real resumption of work is expected to be postponed, and the unpredictable epidemic situation has made companies that have already resumed operations even more nervous.
Fortunately, terminal demand is also slowly recovering. Although many textile bosses say it is “hard to say” about the future trend, rigid orders have been placed one after another. Some textile bosses Said: “The epidemic has had an impact on us, but fortunately, the orders negotiated before the year were still placed with us after the year. This is the customer’s recognition of our products and enterprise. The orders on hand now can be completed in March and April.”
It can be seen that although due to the impact of the epidemic, market supply and delivery have been blocked, and the market supply rhythm has been disrupted, the changes are more suspended or even stopped, but this is not the same Due to corporate credit issues caused by quality disputes, acceptance of short-term orders may be uncertain, but after the epidemic, the market will still pursue “product first” as king!
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