——Brief Analysis on Price Index 20090309
In the period of March. 2 to March. 8, the number of buyer subscribing products in each professional market of China Textile City increased slightly, the spot transaction rose up gradually, order sending increased in partial areas, particularly in the spring apparel fabrics. Some spot transaction and order sending got a rise in different degrees in polyester fabrics, polyester/wool fabrics, polyester/spandex fabrics, viscose/wool fabrics and nylon/cotton fabrics. Home textile market went stagnant and smooth. Spot transaction and order sending in curtains and bedding increased slightly, the fabrics with new styles and innovative patterns took the advantageous position on the market while the spot transaction and order sending in curtains were not adequate. The turnover of fashion accessories rebounded slightly on the whole. The sales in thread & rope, laces and apparel linings grew higher in different degrees. According to the sample-data supervision and analysis on nearly 1000 representative products, the price index of the issue 20090309 of "China·Keqiao Textile Index" closed at 90.18 points, up 0.15% from last issue. As the first classification showed: the price indices on apparel fabrics and fashion accessories rose up, pulling the general price index to rebound slightly; but the price indices on raw materials, grey cloths and home textile declined, relatively restraining the rebound rate of the general price index. In it, the price index on raw materials closed at 79.32 points, down 0.08% from last issue; grey cloths closed at 92.55 points, down 0.13%; apparel fabrics closed at 96.51 points, up 0.16%; home textile closed at 94.53 points, down 0.36%; fashion accessories closed at 98.45 points, up 0.05%.
The markets of partial materials went smoothly in a steady trend, price index climbed up slightly
The price index on viscose category closed at 74.32 points, up 0.63% from last issue. Recently, the viscose staple market price goes steadily in an uptrend, the downstream rayon yarn price still tends to rise up slightly; at present, the viscose staple market price presents a firm trend, rayon yarn sells relatively well, the goods delivery is relatively ideal, the quotation offered by factory is steady and firm, the market still has some orders. The price index on other chemical fiber category closed at 71.44 points, up 0.13% from last issue. The whole turnover of spandex market keeps a rising trend. As the spandex quotation tends to go steadily after the rise, in the downstream market, factories follow the rising trend for the unit price of spandex going up. In these days, with the domestic demand increasing, the production and marketing of spandex fabrics in the downstream gradually go up, the total purchase amount of spandex is expected to climb up day after day. The whole turnover of nylon market gets a slight increase, the civilian nylon filament sells relatively smooth, but the whole market demand on nylon filament goes flatly. As the low-price products coming to the market leads to the difficulty in raising the price. However, most of factories keep the quotation firmly with the support of cost. In acrylic market, thanks to the increase in orders, the market sales become relatively active, the price going steadily by and large. The price index on cotton/ramie category closed at 92.78 points, up 0.04% from last issue. The upstream cotton price mainly going firmly, in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing region, the whole transaction on cotton yarns presents a lukewarm situation, the price staying firmly in steadiness, 60S cotton yarn sells well in the market. Due to the limited foreign orders in the downstream, the real demand on cotton yarn remains inadequate. In the whole market, the price and sales volume of cotton yarn appear weakness while struggling for the rise. The conventional cotton yarn market still keeps its flat trend. Factories have a stronger sentiment to sell products.
Apparel fabric transactions grow gradually, leading to a small rebound in price index
The price index on apparel fabrics closed at 96.51 points, up 0.16% compared to last issue. Part of cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind, marketing departments of factories and large-scale business operators upgrade the spring apparel fabrics. Some innovative fabrics are warmly welcomed. The target garment making companies mainly place orders for various products. In some small and medium-size business households, the target seasonal fabrics transactions tend to climb up slightly. All these resulted in the rise in the price index of partial secondary classification of apparel fabrics. In it, the price index on polyester fabrics closed at 93.20 points, up 0.42% from last issue. In polyester FDY75D—150D printed chiffon, printed chiffon crepe, cutting motif printed chiffon, jacquard printed chiffon, polyester printed peach velvet, knitted printed double-faced stretch and knitted printed 4-way stretch, the market starts to sell these products in small quantities of different varieties, the fabrics in simple style and innovative patterns took the advantageous position on the market. The price index on polyester/spandex category closed at 95.58 points, up 0.26% from last issue. As to spring filament satin 4-way stretch, wool-like satin 4-way stretch, twilled satin 4-way stretch, cationic two-tone rayon striped 4-way stretch, cationic color-mixed rayon striped 4-way stretch and filament color striped 4-way stretch, the spot transaction on fabrics in different colors goes smoothly in the consecutive days, part of large-scale salesrooms have a relatively active order sending; to spring polyester/spandex fabrics, the batches of spot transaction and order sending increased compared to last issue, as well as the volume. The weaving factories in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing region use air-jet, water-jet and rapier looms to make polyester/spandex fabrics, so that a high output can be achieved and quick delivery can be provided, favored by the target customers and garment factories buyers in secondary markets all round the country. Part of cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind, marketing departments of factories and large-scales business operators dominate the marketing advantages, the delivery in factories and warehouses gradually increased. The price index on nylon/cotton fabrics closed at 102.76 points, up 0.37% from last issue. Nylon/cotton poplin, nylon/cotton crepe, nylon/cotton stripe and check, nylon/cotton weft stretch, nylon/cotton 4-way stretch start to sell well, the spot transaction and order sending on spring fabrics increase day by day. The price index on polyester/wool fabrics closed at 107.31 points, up 0.46% from last issue. Partial order sending on spring mid-heavy polyester/wool fabrics starts, polyester/wool melton, polyester/wool fancy suiting, polyester/wool checked suiting, polyester/wool herringbone, polyester/wool raised velvet and polyester/wool flannel start to sell well in small quantities of different varieties. At present, due to the low temperature, this series of fabrics are warmly welcomed by the target customers in the north, the central and the west of China, the spot transaction and order sending start to sell partially. The price index on viscose/wool fabrics closed at 104.39 points, 0.58% higher than last issue. The order sending on spring mid-heavy viscose/wool melton and viscose/wool raised velvet starts.
Fashion accessories sold well and dull, the price index on each small category went up and down
The price index on belts closed at 95.52 points, 1.29% lower than last issue. The sales on ribbons, gauze belts, webbing, elastic belts, cotton belts, silk belts and cohesive belts were inadequate, the unit price going down in steady trend. The price index on lining materials closed at94.65 points, 1.71% lower than last issue. The total turnover of shoulder lining, collar lining, breast lining, waist lining, pocket lining and shoulder pad were no enough, the unit price going down in steadiness. The price index on thread & rope closed at 103.25 points, up 0.06% compared to last issue. The sales volumes on sewing thread, high tensity thread, polyester rope, cotton rope, elastic rope, embroidery thread and nylon thread rebounded slightly, the unit price going up in steadiness. The price index on laces closed at 103.48 points, 0.19% higher than last issue. The total turnover of polyester laces, cotton laces, nylon laces and rayon laces rose up slightly, with a steadily rising unit price. The price index on apparel linings closed at 96.04 points, 0.99% upper than last issue. Recently, the total sales volume on polyester linings climbs up gradually. 170T polyester taffeta, 180T polyester taffeta, 190T polyester taffeta, 210T polyester taffeta, 210T poly trilobal (silk-like) have a slight increase in turnover; shuttle five-heddle satin, shuttleless five-heddle satin and water-jet satin also have a small increase, the prices keep steady; water-jet 210T full elasticity sanded polyester pongee present a start to sell well; shuttle eight-heddle satin, water-jet eight-heddle satin, 240T water-jet shumei satin, water-jet twill rayon lining and other fabrics start the spot transaction in small quantities of different varieties, the prices keeps steady; the demand on jacquard linings, lustrous checked linings, semi-elastic polyester pongee rise up slightly, with a increase in turnover. The sales volumes on cationic lining, rayon lining, nylon lining, T/C lining, polyester pocketing mainly made by polyester pongee and summer silk, T/C pocketing, cotton pocketing go up slightly with steady transaction prices, the orders for small quantities will have a higher quotation in partial areas.
It is predicted that the turnover of the whole market in China Textile City will tend to go up. As the domestic demand heats up gradually, more and more customers and fashion accessories manufacturers from the target secondary markets all around the country subscribe spot goods and send orders. The sales in spring fabrics gradually increase, and apparel fabrics including spring polyester fabrics, polyester/spandex 4-way stretch, multi-chemical fiber wool-like, T/R wool-like, nylon/cotton fashion fabrics, T/C printed fabrics, cotton printed fabrics and new-style fashion fabrics interact with each other, the turnover climbing up gradually. The sales in spring and summer printed fabrics tend to sell smooth by and by, printed, jacquard, cutting motif, burn-out and embroidery fabrics interact with each other, printed fabrics dominate the market. The transactions on the fabrics in simple styles and innovative patterns increase gradually, the new-pattern fabrics developed by large-scale printed fabric companies take the higher position in the market. The interaction between jet woven printed fabrics and knitted fabrics, the interaction among polyester filament printed fabrics and cotton printed fabrics, cotton/polyester interwoven printed fabrics, cotton/polyester interwoven burn-out printed fabrics and T/C blended printed fabrics promote the continuous climb of the whole market sales volume.
Top 10 Categories in Rising
Top 10 Categories in Falling
1 Apparel Linings
0.99%
1 Lining Materials
-1.71%
2 Viscose
0.63%
2 Belts
-1.29%
3 Viscose/Wool Fabrics
0.58%
3 Blended
-1.15%
4 Polyester/Wool Fabrics
0.46%
4 Polyester
-0.99%
5 Polyester Fabrics
0.42%
5 Curtain Gauze
-0.98%
6 Nylon/Cotton Fabrics
0.37%
6 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloths
-0.96%
7 Polyester/Spandex Fabrics
0.26%
7 Cotton Fabrics
-0.40%
8 Laces
0.19%
8 Fashion Fabrics
-0.23%
9 Curtains
0.16%
9 Polyester/Nylon Fabrics
-0.19%
10 Other Chemical Fiber
0.13%
10 T/C Fabrics
-0.03%
In this issue, the price indices on polyester/wool fabrics, T/C fabrics, fashion fabrics and viscose category ranked the first five categories in rising. The sales volume increased in different degrees compared with last issue. The slight increase of unit price of partial representative products was the main factor.
In this issue, the price indices on chemical fiber grey cloths, belts, polyester/spandex fabrics, polyester fabrics and nylon/cotton fabrics ranked the first five categories in falling. The sales volume declined in different degrees compared with last issue. The slight decrease of unit price of partial representative products was the main factor.
