When the editor recently visited the textile market for research, he found that almost all companies were taking stock of year-end sales, profits, inventories, etc. At the end of a year, a year-end summary is indispensable. The editor also made a summary of the gray fabric market in 2021.
Grey fabric sales will improve in 2021, and product differentiation will be obvious
Under the normal situation of anti-epidemic, the sales situation of gray fabrics in 2021 has improved compared with 2020. Overall, it can be described as “no shortage of orders”. Since the epidemic has not fully recovered, the market has started to operate later than in previous years. In addition, manufacturers have more or less orders for the year before the holidays. Many textile companies have taken the time to rush to make orders for the year after resuming work. The market in March There is a market trend. In the fourth quarter, as the domestic sales and foreign trade markets gradually recovered, market demand improved. Towards the end of the year, driven by downstream expectations for improvement next year, year-end stocking orders have been placed one after another. Partial transactions in the market have improved, and production and sales have flattened again.
In terms of specific products, due to product differentiation, their performance will also vary. Spandex will start to rise crazily in 2021. Driven by demand and costs, it has experienced a wave of market performance and performed better than polyester products throughout the year. With the price of spandex skyrocketing, stretch gray fabric is the product with outstanding performance throughout 2021, and it is also relatively hot-selling throughout the year. Therefore, the overall sales volume has always been very impressive, 40-50% better than previous years.
However, due to the epidemic and rising raw material prices, sales of the imitation silk series have not picked up, and the peak season is not strong. At present, the price and sales volume of conventional varieties of imitation silk fabrics have decreased. However, the price of differentiated customized fabrics is generally acceptable. Although the volume has increased, the overall price is not very high.
The price of gray fabrics fluctuated greatly, with a slight decrease at the end of the year compared with the beginning of the year
Since 2021, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the entire textile industry chain has experienced violent fluctuations, and the price of gray fabrics has been affected by the “roller coaster” price of raw materials, and has also experienced ups and downs. At the beginning of the year, due to the excessive price increase of polyester filament, the price of gray fabric also increased significantly. But then it entered the off-season, and the gray fabric market fell both in volume and price, and the price once fell to the bottom. It was not until the end of September that the market conditions improved, and the entire industry chain also ushered in a wave of price increases. However, because the downstream market was not hot enough, the prices of gray fabrics, fabrics, etc. increased slightly. Then the peak season ended and the price of gray fabrics fell again. Therefore, the overall price of gray fabrics at the end of the year was mostly lower than that at the beginning of the year.
Take 100D four-sided elastic as an example. Compared with the beginning of the year and the end of the year, the price of gray fabrics has declined. The price at the beginning of the year was 2.4 yuan/meter, and at the end of the year it was 2.2 yuan/meter, a decrease of 0.2 yuan/meter. However, there was a market explosion in October, which caused the price of gray fabric to reach the highest point of the year. The price of 100D four-way stretch gray fabric was 2.45 yuan/meter.
SPH products have recently increased in volume, and the supply of raw materials is tight, so there is a need to queue up. However, the price of gray fabrics at the end of the year did not change much from that at the beginning of the year, and was basically stable. The price of gray fabrics for CEY products has increased. It was 2.5 yuan/meter at the beginning of the year and 3.1 yuan/meter at the end of the year, an increase of 0.6 yuan/meter, which is a large increase.
Judging from monthly performance, textile and clothing retail and online sales in 2021 are basically good in the first half of the year, especially in February and March around the Spring Festival. Of course, this is mainly because the outbreak around the Spring Festival in 2020 is the outbreak point of the epidemic. It greatly affected the textile and clothing retail industry at that time. Foreign trade is mainly concentrated at the end of December. This is mainly due to the rebound in overseas clothing demand in 2022. Under the normal situation of anti-epidemic, global clothing demand has begun to pick up.
After a wave of year-end “tail-up” market conditions, not only did the textile market usher in holiday adjustments, but it also revealed signals about the market trend in 2022. This signal has greatly given the market a shot in the arm. Textile people have changed their mentality in predicting the market next year, and most of them are optimistic. There will definitely be peaks if there are troughs. In addition, some unfinished orders will be left at the end of the year, and the “gold, three, and silver” stages of the traditional peak season will soon come, and the market in the first half of the year can be expected. And there is a saying in the industry that the market will be good for three years and bad for three years, so next year will be the beginning of three good years. Even if the problem of excessive inventory of clothing and gray fabrics has not been effectively destocked, the old gray fabrics and clothing have become old styles and will inevitably be eliminated. Next, new hot styles are needed to become favorites. Therefore, the possibility of replenishment in the industry next year is high.
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