Today, a trading friend complained to the editor: “Recently, a customer in the United States just placed an order for tens of thousands of meters of oblique peach printing. It was almost finished, and suddenly he said it was cancelled. It’s really ridiculous. I don’t understand!”
Although the trader said that the cancellation of the order will not have a great impact on them, because their other customers also make this kind of fabrics, and they believe that this batch of goods can be sold later. But this kind of cancellation of orders is also troublesome. If the canceled fabric is not a regular fabric, or the color is special, it will be more difficult to ship it later.
The risk of doing foreign trade business this year is too great
Since this year, halfway Cancellation of orders is nothing new. In mid-March, the textile industry faced a concentrated cancellation and delay of foreign trade orders. So, what about these orders that were canceled or delayed midway?
A trader said: “In March and April this year, we had a total of 200,000 meters of orders canceled. At that time, we had all finished dyeing and they were all sitting in the warehouse. , we can only wait and see if there are any customers who want them. Fortunately, ours are more conventional pongee and peach skin velvet. We hope customers will place orders later and we can get the right ones.”
Coincidentally, another trader whose order was canceled also said helplessly: “The products we make are relatively niche. At that time, 50,000 meters were canceled and they are still in the warehouse. Mainly because the foreign trade market has not fully recovered. This American customer has not yet resumed placing orders. If it cannot be shipped, it will only be sold as disposed cloth.”
This kind of cancellation of orders halfway is not only It only happens in our textile industry. Recently, it has been widely reported that Kingfa Technology’s 6.8 billion mask order was let go by an American company. Coupled with the unclear direction of Sino-US relations in recent days, this series of events has made people in the textile industry worry. Qi Qiyan, “There are too many uncontrollable factors in foreign trade and it is full of uncertainties. Since the Sino-US trade war imposed tariffs last year, we have not been able to negotiate prices with our American customers, and we have not yet made any offers. The order means we have lost this customer. But also because of this incident, we began to realize that we need to seize the domestic market and began to develop domestic trade customers. Now we have several powerful clothing brand customers.” A the trader lamented.
Uncertainty factors have increased
A few days ago, aviation and trade friends We have all received the following notice:
In accordance with U.S. customs and border requirements, goods sent to the United States through all channels from now on, outer boxes and products must be labeled with “Made in China” ” label, otherwise the local import is not allowed!
The United States strictly inspects certificates of origin. For textile companies exporting, not only does it increase tariffs, but they may also face risks such as returns, confiscation of goods, or fines!
At the same time, according to feedback from some textile and apparel foreign trade companies in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, recent requirements from American buyers and retailers Xinjiang cotton cannot be used in orders (processors need to provide proof of cotton origin). This is mainly due to the “Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory Announcement” issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Treasury, State Council and other departments in early July, claiming to strengthen Xinjiang-related export controls and Sanction intensity.
5 million US orders for silk spinning “smash” to the textile industry
China-US relations Although the situation is unclear, recently, some companies have received orders for 5 million meters of nylon spinning. Due to the outbreak of the epidemic in the first half of the year, foreign trade orders were frequently canceled, foreign trade companies were almost shut down, and logistics was blocked. In addition, the epidemic in the United States was serious, and it was difficult for the United States to recover in a short time. When conducting market research in May and June, foreign trade companies reported that U.S. orders had not improved and that spring and summer fabrics showed no signs of movement.
In recent times, the market situation seems to have improved, and printing and dyeing factories have become busy. Some companies that make knitted products said that there are explosions in dyeing factories that make knitted products. Due to the warehouse phenomenon, the dyeing factory machines are all turned on, and the mating period is extended to about 15 days. Although the COVID-19 epidemic is still raging around the world, demand for textiles and clothing is slowly recovering. my country’s textile industry exports maintained growth in July. According to Customs Express data, from January to July 2020, my country’s exports of textiles and clothing were US$156.482 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.57%, and the growth rate was 2.41 percentage points higher than that from January to June.
In the post-epidemic era, my country’s textile industry’s foreign trade exports have maintained slow growth. Amid the tense situation between China and the United States, U.S. orders are still being issued. This is ultimately due to my country’s manufacturing industry. The status of a major country cannot be replaced. </p
