——Brief Analysis on Price Index 20091026
As 2009 China Keqiao International Textile Expo (Autumn) comes nearer, target customers increase. From Oct. 19 to 21, the sales volume of China textile city markets climbed up day by day. On the 22nd, due to the insufficient spot purchase, the transactions fluctuated and went down. On Oct. 23-24, some target autumn and winter fabrics sold well, the sales tended to boost up. On Oct. 25, on the first day of the textile expo, more target customers offered to buy products compared with the previous day, autumn sales went upward in fluctuation. 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 20091026 issue of "China•Keqiao Textile Index" closed at 91.40 points, up by 0.12% from last issue. The first classification showed: the price indices on raw materials, grey cloths, apparel fabrics and fashion accessories rose up, boosting the price index on the general category to climb slightly; but home textile declined, relatively restraining the rising rate of the price index on the general category.
Polyester market jolted, viscose staple market increased slightly
The price index on polyester category closed at 74.59 points, down by 0.03% from last issue. On Oct. 19, polyester raw materials were quoted firmly. The leading quotation of PTA in East China was about 7100 yuan/ton, MEG about 6100 yuan/ton; On Oct. 23, PTA about 7150 yuan/ton, MEG about 6000 yuan/ton. On Oct. 19-20,the quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was between 8600—8700 yuan/ton. As semi-dull chips market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang rose slowly, buyers held a wait-and-see attitude, the trade declined slightly. On Oct. 23, the leading quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in cash acceptance was about 8650 yuan/ton. On Oct. 19, as polyester filament markets in Jiangsu and Zhejiang tended to rise slowly, except a slight increase in some areas, most factories quoted the products at average prices. Due to small inventory in polyester filament factories, some products were in a short supply. On Oct. 20, polyester filament markets in Jiangsu and Zhejiang went dull and well, the prices following the trend. The transactions tended to decline slightly. On Oct. 21, as the prices in the down chain continued to cool down in the uptrend, the whole polyester filament market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang mainly went flatly. On Oct. 22-23, the downtrend in polyester filament market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang continued, in which POY filament fell down at the rate of about 50—100 yuan/ton, DTY and FDY filament declined as well.
The price index on viscose category closed at 81.44 points, up by 0.15% from last week. Recently, viscose staple market kept rising steadily, the price went up further. The leading price of viscose staple 1.5D×38MM was about 16950 yuan/ton on Oct. 18, about 17000 yuan/ton on Oct. 19-22,17050 yuan/ton on Oct. 23. Since the prices of raw materials in the upper chain rose up, viscose staple prices increased slightly in a steady trend, the sales went relatively slack, but most companies kept low stocks. The prices of rayon yarns improved, but the trade remained slack. On Oct. 19, in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing market, the leading quotation of 30S knitted rayon yarn was between 21200—2130 yuan/ton, 30S woven rayon yarn between 20200—20300 yuan/ton; For the firm prices of raw materials, rayon yarn prices were stable and tended to climb slightly. The sales in woven yarns sold relatively well, but dull in knitted yarns. On Oct. 23, the leading quotation of knitted rayon yarn was about 21400 yuan/ton, 30S woven rayon yarn about 20400 yuan/ton; The sales in woven yarns went relatively well, knitted yarn sold slack.
Cotton fabrics kept a good market, polyester fabrics rose up in fluctuation
The price index on cotton fabrics closed at 105.55 points, up by 0.46% from last week.Recently, the spot transactions in cotton fabrics partially increase in China textile city, the spot transactions and order-sending in many cotton fabrics rose up slightly. On Oct. 22, due to the insufficient spot purchase, the spot transactions in cotton fabrics plumped down. But on Oct. 23-25, the daily trade in cotton fabrics tended to climb up. In these days, some large business salesrooms still sell the products in large quantities such as autumn and winter cotton pad-dyed drill, cotton pad-dyed canvas, cotton pad-dyed faille. More spot goods of casual cotton fabrics come into China textile city market. The spot goods have different varieties, target new-style fabrics increase, the sales are mainly done in small quantities and many batches. Target varieties are sold in medium-size quantities, some large salesrooms or cloth companies having various kinds in the market obtain more transactions. Parts of spring cotton fabrics start to sell, thin printed cotton fabrics and yarn-dyed cotton fabrics used in spring are ordered largely.
The price index on polyester fabrics closed at 92.97 points, up by 0.11% from last week. Recently, target autumn and winter polyester fabrics in China textile city markets had a slight increase in spot transactions and order-sending, the business range and volume in polyester fabrics continued to expand, but some small and medium-sized business households had a slack business due to the delivery on credit. The sales in autumn polyester wool-like fell down for the inadequate thickness.But the spot transactions and order-sending in early-winter extra-thick multi-chemical fiber wool-like, polyester wool-like tend to rise up. Some spot goods of polyester extra-thick satin brocade, serge, leolea wool-like and other early-winter products increase in the market. Promoted by domestic and foreign trade, the sales batches climb up. The sales in some warp knitted printed sheared velvet, knitted printed double-faced velvet and woven printed poly peach, and other new-style polyester fabrics in new designs partially go up, the transactions improve gradually.
Apparel linings continued to sell brisk, the demand for target varieties was expected to increase
The price index on apparel linings closed at 95.80 points, up by 0.15% from last week. Recently, apparel linings in China textile city were sold actively. Target fashion accessories manufacturing companies place many orders for quality finished linings, large business operators chartering machines still have the advantage in marketing. In these days, polyester taffeta, poly trilobal, five-heddle satin continue to sell brisk, large salesrooms obtain small and large orders, some big business operators chartering machines receive more batches due to the sales network of old customers. To polyester water-jet satin, polyester shumei twill, polyester lining twill and polyester twill silk and other linings, some small and medium-sized business households had a slight increase in spot transaction, some big business operators chartering machines tend to have more orders to send.The demand for target polyester linings increases. Besides 170T polyester taffeta, 190T polyester taffeta and 190T poly trilobal, 210T poly trilobal and shuttleless five-heddel satin demanded by garment manufacturing companies largely, the transaction batches and sales volumes in winter compounded cotton, quilting cotton,spray-bonded cotton and embroidered cotton go up for large demand, boosting the sales volume in linings to rank ahead among the major categories.
According to the forecast, the sales volume of the whole China textile city market will climb up gradually. As 2009 China Keqiao International Textile Expo (Autumn) is held in China Textile City International Exhibition Center on Oct. 25 to 28, domestic and foreign buyers will attend the fair, so the sales volume of the whole market tend to climb up gradually next week. In the future market, target customers will place more orders for autumn and winter fabrics, the purchase for early-winter extra-thick fabrics will also increase. Early-winter multi-chemical fiber wool-like, T/R wool-like and cotton fabrics, T/C fabrics, T/N fashion fabrics, T/N corduroy, cotton corduroy, polyester/spandex fabrics, T/W fabrics continue to sell well; Due to the textile expo, target customers increase,the orders for spring thin fabrics go up accordingly. It is expected that the trade will climb up higher next week. In home textile market, innovative fabrics used to make curtains and curtain gauzes continue to rise up, the spot transactions in target designs increase gradually. In apparel linings, the trade becomes more active, the target varieties tend to climb. The sales volume of the whole China textile city market is expected to climb up higher.
In this issue, the price indices on lining materials, cotton fabrics, chemical fiber grey cloths, belts and cotton/ramie 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 laces, polyester/nylon fabrics, polyester/wool fabrics, curtains and curtain gauzes 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.
Top 10 Categories in Rising
Top 10 Categories in Falling
1 Lining Materials
0.71%
1 Laces
-0.82%
2 Cotton Fabrics
0.46%
2 Polyester/Nylon Fabrics
-0.64%
3 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloths
0.29%
3 Polyester/Wool Fabrics
-0.42%
4 Belts
0.29%
4 Curtains
-0.35%
5 Cotton/Ramie
0.17%
5 Curtain Gauzes
-0.19%
6 Viscose
0.15%
6 Blended Fiber Grey Cloths
-0.17%
7 Apparel Linings
0.15%
7 Fashion Fabrics
-0.16%
8 Blended
0.12%
8 T/R Fabrics
-0.11%
9 Polyester Fabrics
0.11%
9 Thread & Rope
-0.10%
10 Other Chemical Fiber
0.04%
10 T/C Fabrics
-0.09%
