International oil prices have only risen to around US$70/barrel, and the price-raising spree of textile raw materials has begun again. On July 22, the price of polyester filament generally increased by 50-150 yuan/ton, and spandex increased by another 500 yuan/ton. So far this week, the total increase in spandex has reached 1,500 yuan/ton. The day before, some spandex factories even announced price increases: 20D increased by 3,000 yuan/ton, and 30D and above increased by 2,000 yuan/ton. The increase was astonishing. The frequency of weekly price increases for spandex has far exceeded that of polyester price cuts a while ago, but the hot-selling four-way spandex downstream has left the market with no other choice than to accept the price increase.
Changes every week, even several times a week The changing spandex prices have affected the normal production of textile companies. After all, there is usually a time difference of about 1-2 months between the quotation and the actual operation of orders in the textile market. According to the current price changes of spandex, it is obvious that the early quotation cannot guarantee fabric profits after 1-2 months. For this reason, many textile companies have shortened the validity period of fabric prices to ensure their own fabric profits.
The quotation is only valid for 3 days. You can order but not set a price
Faced with the sharp rise in raw material prices, the only response is to stock up and prepare goods immediately, and try to save your own costs as much as possible Control at a lower price level, which is the reason for “buying up and not buying down” in the market. In recent years, the price of raw materials has continued to rise, and most of the market has responded in this way. In particular, weaving factories that have received large orders or are preparing to receive large orders must prepare stocks as early as possible. According to a trader, they received an order for more than 1 million meters of four-sided elastic in June. In order to cope with the continued rise in raw material prices, they signed a contract with the weaving factory in advance, and the weaving factory immediately made relevant arrangements. Stocking and stocking of raw materials. This method seems to be a wise way to avoid the price increase of spandex and the inability to operate subsequent orders. However, this method has a prerequisite, that is, there must be sufficient supply of spandex raw materials. If the supply of spandex is tight, 1 million meters of four-way stretch The required quantity cannot be purchased immediately, so rising costs are inevitable.
The actual spandex market has now fallen into a situation where you may not necessarily be able to buy it if you want to. According to the person in charge of a four-way elastic weaving manufacturer, they now have to queue up to buy spandex, and it is not always possible to buy spandex if they want to, and they even need to find someone to go through the back door. The quantity purchased at one time will not last long in the factory, and it is unlikely that all of it will be used for one customer’s order. It is more or less necessary to ensure that every customer order can be produced.
In addition, normally if the price of raw materials changes by more than 500 yuan/ton, the price of fabrics will change accordingly. For this reason, they clearly stated to customers that the current quotation of elastic fabrics is valid for There are only three days, and you need to re-quote after three days, and you can order in advance, but the price is not fixed.
Four-sided elastic operation becomes more difficult, and alternative fabrics may become popular
An important reason for the unscrupulous price increase of spandex is that downstream four-way stretch fabrics are selling well and upstream raw materials are in short supply. However, such a price increase and quotation cycle make the operation of the entire order more difficult. The price of chemical fiber raw materials rose sharply at the beginning of this year. A large number of orders quoted before were unable to be operated due to the skyrocketing costs, and many cancellations occurred. The recent high-frequency price increases of spandex have also brought difficulties to the operation of downstream orders.
First of all, the order cannot be quoted. It is impossible to judge the cost change after one or two months. If the price is quoted high, the order cannot be received, and if the price is quoted low, the order cannot be received. Definitely a loss. Secondly, the order production cycle is extended. With the limited supply of spandex, the weaving factory will definitely distribute it equally to each customer order. This will also result in each order being unable to obtain sufficient spandex raw materials at the first time to complete production. . In addition, the price of four-way stretch fabrics is too high and it loses its advantage in foreign trade competition.
In the past six months, four-way elastic products have received more of our attention, but in fact elastic fabrics are obviously more than just spandex products. Elastic fabrics such as T400 It is also the darling of the market, especially since the textile peak season begins in the second half of the year, products such as T400 have been occupying every workshop of the printing and dyeing factory. The emergence of other elastic fabrics will cool down spandex products, allowing the prices of raw materials and fabrics to return to rationality in a timely manner, especially if the hype in the market ends as soon as possible.
The recent four-sided bomb market is relatively mixedThe soaring spandex prices have confused many textile veterans. The quotations are only valid for three days and have never appeared on almost any fabric. But behind the seemingly booming sales, there are indeed many pain points hidden in four-way stretch fabrics. If spandex continues to ignore the skyrocketing downstream prices, it is foreseeable that the best-selling stretch fabrics may change hands in the second half of the year.
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