On one side, we are busier than in previous years in rushing to ship goods, and on the other side, there is a wave of people returning home early due to the rebound of the epidemic.
Many textile bosses in the Wujiang area have been visiting dyeing factories recently, fearing that their orders will be delayed and the goods will not be shipped before the holidays.
“Recently, the dyeing factory has no production plan. Everyone is rushing to catch up with the goods. In addition to dyeing, we need to do all other aspects of the dyeing factory ourselves.” A worker from the four sides said Mr. Xu, the future trader. “Recently, my merchandiser and I have been sleeping in the dyeing factory every day, just thinking about shipping as soon as possible.”
“I just got three confirmation samples from customers this week. The dyeing factory salesperson also told me that the factory has a holiday on the 20th. It seems that it will be difficult to ship before the Spring Festival.” Another trader, Mr. Wu, also said In a headache.
It is expected that dyeing factories will encounter difficulties in shipping before the Spring Festival. After major dyeing factories in Wujiang area successively issued holiday notices, weaving manufacturers also began to plan their factory holidays.
The weaving market will press the “holiday button” from the 20th
“The factory is currently 90% open and plans to have a holiday at the end of the month.” said Mr. Qian, the person in charge of a textile company that specializes in home textile products.
“The factory has issued a notice that there will be a holiday on January 20.” said the person in charge of an imitation silk company.
“Our factory is going to start cleaning on the afternoon of the 19th and have a holiday on January 20th.” said Mr. Zhu, the person in charge of a circular knitting machine factory.
“The factory is still operating at full capacity at this stage, and we plan to have a holiday at the end of the month.” said Mr. Chen, the person in charge of a textile company that specializes in four-sided elastic.
According to interviews and surveys, we found that corporate holidays are currently mainly concentrated in two time periods, January 20 and the end of January.
Data from sample enterprises monitored by China Silk City Network found that the operating rate of water-jet and air-jet looms in Shengze area has been steadily declining recently, but the magnitude is not significant. 80% dropped to 70%, which shows that the market has not started a concentrated holiday. As the first holiday on January 20 approaches, it is estimated that many manufacturers will suspend production for the holiday, and the market will further decline.
“We mainly make fashion and down jacket fabrics, and the current orders are based on Chunya Mainly spinning and T400, we can reach the end of January, so we also set the holiday time at that time and want to complete the orders first.” said Mr. Zheng, who owns 200 looms.
Mr. Lu, another manufacturer of imitation memory and pongee, also said that the current orders on hand can be completed by January 20. Silon and Ditav are the main products, and there are not many new orders.
The Spring Festival of the Year of the Ox is less than a month away. The cold winter has compounded the complex impact of the epidemic. Epidemic prevention and control in various places has been upgraded, and many factories have also experienced epidemics. After the New Year’s Day holiday, some employees directly chose not to return to work, and many of the remaining non-local workers also planned to return home on January 15.
Stay? Do not stay? Unable to keep employees from going home
Different from the “chaos” situation in dyeing factories, most weaving factories also have workers going home early , but it did not have a big impact on their production capacity.
“In addition to the management, almost all employees in our factory are from other places. Recently, we are also considering whether we can not have a holiday during the Spring Festival holiday. We are still in the factory to find out if there is any No matter how many employees are willing to stay for the New Year, there will definitely be incentive policies with wages and bonuses.” said a person in charge of a cotton mill in Wujiang area.
“Most of the workers in our factory are from northern Jiangsu. There is not much risk in the province and the road is relatively close. It is estimated that not many will stay for the New Year. The workers have returned early. The heart of the family cannot be stopped.” said a workshop director of a dyeing factory.
For companies, in addition to trying to ensure the company’s labor needs before the Spring Festival, the bigger concern is production after the Spring Festival. Once the epidemic situation changes, employees returning home may not be able to return in time, which will affect the start of the factory.
Orders have dropped by 30-50% year-on-year, and there is still hope for March
With the weakening of new orders, most textile companies currently do not have many executable orders on hand. , many companies are doing the finishing work.
“We haven’t received any new orders for a week. We are all working on the orders we received before and are on holiday. Orders in January dropped by 30% year-on-year. ” said Mr. Wang, a salesman from a company that owns 300 looms and specializes in imitation silk.
“Compared with previous years, our orders in January decreased by 50% year-on-year, and compared with December, they decreased by 30%.” Mr. Zheng said.
“The overall situation before this year is still not as good as in previous years, mainly because the orders for artificial silk are much less than in previous years. Now…�It is not as much as in December, about 20-30% less. ” Mr. Ji, who specializes in four-sided elastic and imitation silk, said.
“Our four-sided elastic orders have been reduced by half compared with the same period in previous years. , almost the same as in December. “Mr. Chen said.
“The orders we are making now are mainly elastic fabrics, and the orders in January this year are higher than in previous years. It decreased by about 30%, which was basically the same as in December. “Mr. Li, who specializes in imitation silk, said.
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Received Affected by the epidemic, the orders of many textile companies have shrunk rapidly. They were unable to start production in the early part of 2020. After the resumption of work, foreign trade orders were almost zero. As a result, the market has been in an era of “more monks and less rice”. Therefore, even if the market bottoms out and rebounds in the fourth quarter, the overall market orders Compared with the same period last year, there is still a certain gap. According to interviews and surveys, most companies’ orders in January fell by 30-50% year-on-year, and the order volume of better companies was the same as the same period last year.
In fact, after experiencing the “most magical year in history” in 2020, the mentality of many textile bosses has improved significantly compared with last year. In the past, due to excessive inventory, they had to reduce production and reduce burdens, but now they are focusing on raw materials. With the surge in prices, “confidence” has increased, and Zeng Jin’s pressure may become a “sweet burden.”
As for the market situation in March, most of the companies visited expressed that they are still hopeful. As Mr. Lu said: “Judging from the current order volume, the market should pick up next year, and there may be a peak season in March. ”
Mr. Li also said: “The price of gray fabrics will rebound to a certain extent due to the increase in raw material prices, and there may be a small market trend in March. ”
However, after investigation, some textile bosses are worried about the market outlook. In their view, the rebound of epidemics at home and abroad, the appreciation of the RMB, and the increase in raw material prices will still be the peak season in March. The “bomb”!
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