——Brief Analysis on Price Index 20090629
Recently, summer sales of China Textile City partially went dull. The spot goods of summer thin fabrics declined for the limited marketing cycle, so the transactions tended to decline slightly; Although autumn mid-heavy fabrics pushed into the market increasingly, less spot goods were sold in the market. All small and medium-sized salesrooms mainly sold goods according to the demand, spot transactions were done in small quantities of different varieties, parts of large salesrooms received big orders for different products, but clients always placed orders by sample or for small quantities, the whole market sales volume seems to be insufficient. The transactions in home textile market still became inadequate. Some innovative curtains and curtain gauzes sold well, but the whole market transaction declined slightly compared with that in the previous issue. Due to the seasonal factor, the sales in apparel linings dropped down slightly, the business appeared to go dull in parts of trade areas, the prices of spot goods kept steady and tended to go down. The information was collected from 15 professional markets of China Textile City. According to the sample-data supervision and analysis on nearly 1000 representative products, the price index of 20090629 issue of "China·Keqiao Textile Index" closed at 91.49 points, down 0.16% from last issue. The first classification showed: the price indices on raw materials, apparel fabrics, home textile and fashion accessories declined in different degree, pulling the price index of the general category to decline slightly.
Polyester market dropped after the rise, the demand in the down chain was hard to increase apparently
The price index on polyester category closed at 73.42 points, down 0.07% from last issue. June 22, polyester raw materials in the upper chain kept steady, the main quotation of PTA in East China was about 7050 yuan/ton, MEG about 5000 yuan/ton; On the 23rd, polyester raw material market remained stable, the price of MEG moved down slightly, the main quotation of PTA in East China was about 7050 yuan/ton, MEG between 4950 yuan/ton. On the 24th, due to the decrease in crude oil price, polyester raw material market in the upper chain went flatly, the main quotation of PTA in East China was about 6950 yuan/ton, the main quotation of MEG was about 4850 yuan/ton; On the 25th to 26th, as the quotations of some raw materials were offered, the whole market of polyester raw materials in the upper chains relatively remained calm, the main quotation of PTA in East China was about 6950 yuan/ton, MEG about 4850 yuan/ton. On the 22nd, the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was between 8350—8400 yuan/ton in cash acceptance. Owing to the shortage of supply resources, polyester chips prices kept firm and the market went relatively well; On the 23rd, the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was between 8300—8400 yuan/ton in cash acceptance, the market price tended to go softly, semi-dull chips market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces tended to decline silently, the actual trading price can be reduced 100 yuan/ton in the preferential measure. On the 25th, the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was between 8300—8350 yuan/ton in cash acceptance, the actual trading price in cash was about 8200 yuan/ton, the semi-dull chips market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces went dull in a gloomy trade environment; On the 26th to 27th , the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was between 8300—8350 yuan/ton in cash acceptance, the actual trading price in cash was between 8150—8200 yuan/ton, semi-dull chips market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was in consolidation in a slack business situation. On the 22nd, those polyester filament manufacturers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces quoting lower prices still raised an extra 100 yuan/ton for the complementary measure; On the 23th, polyester filament prices in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces tended to go differently, partial manufacturers quoting lower prices still had some increase in price. However, as the price declined in the same area, parts of polyester manufacturers in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing region offered more preferential prices; On the 24th, due to no enough purchase, the leading polyester manufacturers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces mainly had no big changes in prices, but the preferential prices can be seen in the negotiation; On the 25th, the major polyester manufacturers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang quoted the price flatly, the actual trading prices still had room to reduce in the transaction, polyester market kept stagnant on the whole. As the market tended to drop down silently, the purchase in the down chain became more cautious, and buyers held a strong wait-and-see attitude; On the 26th to 27th, most of polyester filament manufacturers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang quoted the price flatly, the prices can be quoted in high preferential discount. Polyester filament market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang continued to decline, but some manufacturers still quoted FDY filament higher price.
Currently, with the support of raw material market in the upper chain, polyester filament manufacturers pushed out the the measures to limit the production and reduce the burden, and the quotation of polyester filament mainly tried to keep in the same level, no large falling can be predicted in the price. However, as the polyester filament consumption in the down chain is hard to increase, polyester filament prices still has heavy pressures to rise up. According to the forecast, polyester filament market will mainly be adjusted in steady trend, but the price of polyester filament is likely to drop slightly in the next market.
The sales in Apparel Fabrics fluctuated and shrank, summer fabrics sold dull gradually
The price index on apparel fabrics closed at 97.86 points, down 0.13% from last issue. Last week, the whole trade in all garment fabric markets of China Textile City declined compared with that of last issue. Considering the limited time for summer thin fabric sales, business households in each market reduced the volume of spot goods in the market; Although autumn fabrics are displayed increasingly in the market, spot transaction and large order sending are mainly done for small quantities of different varieties. As some small and medium business households got a slack business over the consecutive days, the whole market sales volume of apparel fabrics declined slightly than that of last issue. In it, the price index on polyester fabrics closed at 92.37 points, down by 0.24% from last issue. According to the market sales tendency, the whole market sales volume of polyester 118DFDY knitted printed double-faced stretch, knitted printed 4-way stretch and polyester printed chiffon, printed chiffon crepe and printed weft stretch chiffon dropped down compared with that in the previous issue, there had large orders sent by some cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and large salesrooms, but most of small and medium-sized business households got a slight decrease in sales volume compared with last issue, as well as the volume of spot goods and the whole market trade; Some autumn polyester fancy fabrics, multi-chemical fiber wool-like and knitted warp printed sheared velvet continued to come into the market, spot transactions and large order sending for different varieties went smoothly, but the whole sales volume appeared insufficient due to the limited client sources as the off-season was approaching. The price index on all-cotton fabrics closed at 103.96 points, down 0.05% from last issue. The whole market of all-cotton fabrics presented insufficient, partial small and medium-sized business households had a slack business. Summer thin fabrics sold dull, and thin yarn-dyed striped and checked shirting sold inadequately; However, some business went well though in poor situation, all-cotton autumn apparel fabrics partially sold well, parts of large business salesrooms continued to display more autumn all-cotton fabrics in the market, all garment making companies still placed large orders, so the sales volumes of autumn all-cotton apparel fabrics increased. But owing to the limited number of target clients, some small and medium-sized salesrooms had a dull market. All-cotton casual fabrics sold insufficiently, but the prices tended to keep steady. Some large salesrooms still received big orders from target clients mainly for small quantities of different kinds of autumn fabrics including all-cotton yarn 21SX21S 108X58 drill and all-cotton yarn 16SX12S 108X56 drill, the sales partially went well; Some cloth companies and large salesrooms have many kinds of autumn all-cotton anti-statistic fabrics in the market. Parts of large salesrooms still received large orders for all-cotton yarn 21SX16S 128X60 anti-statistic drill, all-cotton yarn 16SX12S 108X58 anti-statistic drill, 21S/2X10S 70X40 anti-statistic canvas. As the temperature is getting higher, some all-cotton fabrics sold slack, the spot goods in the market is limited, the price tended to remain steady; Target clients for all-cotton corduroy and all-cotton velvet only acquire the prices and cut the samples, the whole market trade became insufficient, the quotation becomes stable.
Apparel linings started to sell slack with declining transactions and prices
As it monitored, the price index on apparel linings closed at 95.29 points, down by 0.45% from last issue. Affected by the season, garment making companies all over the country got limited orders for autumn clothes, there had no enough demand for apparel linings, the whole sale in linings still exceeded the demand, white grey cloths and colorful grey cloths had more products in stock; as the sales volume fluctuated and shrank, the stock in weaving companies continued to increase, the ratio of operating machines was declining. The prices of linings sold largely in a wider range tended to become weak and soft while the prices of linings dropped down slowly. Due to the limited profit from conventional linings or popular spot products, the transactions were mainly done for large quantities. Although the prices of some varieties kept steady, most of small and medium-sized salesrooms obtained shrinking turnover. 170T polyester taffeta, 180T polyester taffeta, 190T polyester taffeta, 210T poly trilobal (silk-like) were partially sold in small and medium quantities, Shuttle five-heddle satin, shuttleless five-heddle satin, shuttles eight-heddle satin, water-jet eight heddle satin, 240T water-jet shumei satin, water-jet satin, water-jet twill rayon lining and nylon taffeta, semi-dull polyester pongee were mainly sold in small quantities of different varieties, the total sales volume presented a shrinking tendency. Cationic linings, DTY black fiber jacquard linings, knitted mesh linings, polyester twill rayon linings and polyester shumei satin partially sold well. T/C80/20 blended yarn 45S, T/C90/10 blended yarn 45S and 100DDTY net fiber interwoven jacquard stripe, jacquard linings still sold well partially, target garment making companies actively placed orders to some salesrooms. However, without the support of garment making companies in the down chain, the sales volumes of rayon linings, nylon linings, polyester pocketing made by polyester pongee and summer silk, and all-cotton pocketing sold insufficiently, the whole sales volume tended to go down slightly.
The whole sales volume of China Textile City is expected to shrink slightly. As the temperature is getting higher, the sales in all professional markets of China Textile City start the off-season in July. Clients from target secondary markets all over the country and fashion accessories manufacturers gradually reduced the purchase, and mainly buy summer fabrics according to the demand or buy small quantities of different varieties for the complement, the subscription to spot goods and large orders decline. The whole market transactions is forecast to decline slightly. The transactions for polyester printed chiffon and polyester knitted printed T-shirt fabrics will decline further, but some large salesrooms will still have some sales volumes. Some all-cotton printed fabrics, rayon printed fabrics and apparel linings interacted, innovative fabrics will still become the mainstream of the sales; Rotary screen reactive printed rayon fabrics and reactive engraved rayon innovative fabrics partially sold well, but the sales volumes of some small and medium-sized business households were limited. Autumn fabrics continued to increase in the market. Polyester/spandex fabrics, multi-chemical fiber wool-like, T/R wool-like, all-polyester wool-like and extra-heavy polyester printed fabrics, all-cotton printed fabrics, T/C printed fabrics and warp knitted sheared velvet partially sold well, but the transactions were mainly done in small quantities of different varieties. This series of autumn fabrics still sold insufficiently for not entering the consumption stage.
Top 10 Categories in Rising
Top 10 Categories in Falling
1 Polyester/Nylon Fabrics
1.96%
1 Linings
-2.44%
2 T/C Fabrics
1.10%
2 Polyester/Wool Fabrics
-1.21%
3 Polyester/Spandex Fabrics
0.39%
3 Belts
-1.16%
4 Thread & Rope
0.38%
4 Viscose Fabrics
-0.56%
5 Bedding Sets
0.31%
5 Apparel Linings
-0.45%
6 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloths
0.04%
6 Polyester Fabrics
-0.24%
7 Ramie Fabrics
0.00%
7 Blended
-0.22%
8 T/R Fabrics
0.00%
8 Viscose
-0.17%
9 Viscose/Wool Fabrics
0.00%
9 Other Chemical Fiber
-0.11%
10 Ramie/Viscose Fabrics
0.00%
10 Fashion Fabrics
-0.11%
In this issue, the price indices on polyester/nylon fabrics, T/C fabrics, polyester/spandex fabrics, thread & rope and bedding sets 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 linings, polyester/wool fabrics, belts, viscose fabrics and apparel linings ranked the first five categories in falling. The sales volumes declined in different degrees compared with last issue. The slight decrease of unit price of partial representative products was the main factor.
