——Brief Analysis on Price Index 20091130
Recently, more target customers enter China textile city, and the winter trade goes up for days. On Nov. 23-24, due to the fine weather, the daily sales volume climbed slightly. On Nov. 25-27, China textile city markets had a slight increase in spot purchase and order sending; On Nov. 28, as some target buyers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and the surrounding areas of China textile city withdrew from the market on the weekend, the sales declined. Affected by the constantly soaring rise of raw materials prices in the upper chain, polyester, viscose, cotton and blended materials, some polyester and cotton grey cloths, and finished fabrics had a slight increase in prices. According to the analysis on nearly 1000 representative samples collected from 15 professional markets in China textile city, the price index of 20091130 issue of "China•Keqiao Textile Index" closed at 92.39 points, up by 0.16% from last issue. The first classification showed: the price indices on raw materials and apparel fabrics rose, promoting the price index on the general category to climb slightly; however, grey cloths, home textile and apparel accessories dropped down, relatively restraining the rising rate of the price index on the general category.
Polyester price moved up for days, viscose staple market continued to rise
The price index on polyester category closed at 80.22 points, up by 0.93% from last week. On Nov. 23, the leading quotation of PTA in East China was about 7700 yuan/ton, MEG about 6750 yuan/ton; Till the 27th, PTA about 7800 yuan/ton, MEG about 7100 yuan/ton. On Nov. 23, the quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was about 9450—9500 yuan/ton. Till Nov.27, the leading quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in cash acceptance was 9550—9600 yuan/ton, some quotations provided in Xiaoshan was about 9700 yuan/ton. On Nov. 23, polyester filament market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang continued to go up at the rate of about 100—200 yuan/ton. Polyester filament companies have low inventory, so the supply was relatively insufficient. On Nov. 24, polyester filament in Jiangsu and Zhejiang remained the uptrend, some factories rose the prices about 100 yuan/ton, the contractual quotations of POY increased about 300 yuan/ton, causing the buyers in the down chain to decline the purchase. On Nov. 26-27, the uptrend in polyester filament market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang continued. The prices in Shengze, Taicang, Tongxiang and other places rose about 100—200 yuan/ton, FDY filament factories making low quotations in Shaoxing rose about 100 yuan/ton to meet the margin, but the prices in Xiaoshan were mainly quoted averagely.
The price index on viscose category closed at 86.43 points, up by 0.51% from last week. Recently, viscose staple market kept steady in an uptrend, the price continued to go up. The leading price of viscose staple 1.5DX38MM was about 18100 yuan/ton on Nov. 20, about 18200 yuan/ton on Nov.23, 18480 yuan/ton on Nov. 24-25, about 18500 yuan/ton on Nov. 26-27, the relatively higher price was about 18600 yuan/ton. Owing to the pressures from the soaring prices of raw materials, viscose staple prices continued to go up, factories kept relatively low inventory. The limited supply in each manufacturing company led to the short supply in the market. For the firm uptrend in viscose staple prices, rayon yarn prices climbed steadily and up. The prices of rayon yarns climbed up, the quotations of yarn factories became firm. On Nov. 23, in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing market, the leading quotation of 30S knitted rayon yarn was about 22800 yuan/ton, 30S woven rayon yarn about 21800 yuan/ton, 30S/2 knitted rayon yarn about 24000—24500 yuan/ton,. On Nov. 26-27, 30S knitted rayon yarn was about 23000 yuan/ton, 30S woven rayon yarn about 22200 yuan/ton, 30S/2 knitted rayon yarn about 24000—24500 yuan/ton.
The sales in polyester/Viscose fabrics increased slightly, but slack in T/C fabrics
The price index on polyester/viscose fabrics closed at 102.22 points, up by 0.11% from last week. Recently, in China textile city, the sales in winter extra-thick wool-like fabrics partly sell well, such as steam, singed, calendered middle-grade yarn casual wool-like and conventional wool-like. Some large salesrooms are more active in the sales. In each trade area, the business is mainly done in different varieties, more hot-sale products in the market. The spot transaction in some target new-style fabrics ready for this season or next season goes well, and new-style fabrics are favored by many target customers. Many customers make the package and prepare for the consignment. T/R wool-like is still the focus in the sales of staple fabrics. The newly developed new-style fabrics provided by some substantial cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and target large business operators renting machines are welcomed by target garment factories and foreign-trade companies, some sending orders actively. On account of the increase in domestic apparel orders received by some garment factories and more foreign apparel orders, more target garment factories purchase goods in China textile city, leading the orders for T/R wool-like fabrics partly to rise. Some cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and large business operators have brisk business in the orders for spring conventional wool-like fabrics such as conventional satin brocade made by T/R65/35 yarn 32S, T/R65/35 yarn 40S single-ply or double-ply in different proportion, single-faced serge, double-faced serge, satin back serge, toothpick serge and color yarn hopsack. T/R wool-like is partly welcomed by foreign-trade garment factories, the daily sales volume tending to rise up slightly.
The price index on T/C fabrics closed at 89.57 points, down by 2.81% from last week. Recently, the T/C fabric spot purchase of customers are insufficient in China textile city fabric market. Restrained by the international trade protectionism, the green barriers for environmental protection in the Europe and America and other factors, some small and medium-sized business households obtain less foreign orders. The sales in T/C grey cloths and finished fabrics are getting less than that in the previous period. But some large salesrooms and cloth companies pushed more winter and spring finished T/C fabrics in the market for attracting orders. To T/C fabrics made by dyed and pad-dyed T/C65/35 yarns and T/C80/20 yarns, used to make school uniform, working clothes, casual wear and professional clothes, some large salesrooms are active in obtaining and sending orders. Due to the improvement on dyeing and finishing, more orders are placed or sent for T/C fabrics. Some cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind, sales department of manufacturing companies and large business operators received more orders for T/C fabrics, some products are ordered from domestic and foreign customers. To meet the demand of some garment factories to produce foreign trade garment, some cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind, sales department of manufacturing companies and large business operators receive orders largely, but part of small and medium-sized households have dull business in this series and get insufficient in spot trade and orders.
Various curtains entered the market, causing to the increase in the sales; high demand in curtain gauzes increased the sales
The price index on curtains closed at 98.11 points, up by 0.47% from last week. Recently, target customers purchase various kinds of curtain fabrics in home textile market of China textile city, the sales are partly active and tend to climb up. Innovative curtain fabrics continue to be popular, the spot transaction increases. Some salesrooms send more orders for small quantities of different varieties and have more spot transaction in three-section positioning embroidered curtain fabrics in width 280CM, various kinds of fabrics can be chosen. Jacquard curtain fabrics, transferred printing embroidered fabrics, section multicolor curtain fabrics, positioning printed curtain fabrics, jacquard printed curtain fabrics, section single-color embroidered curtain fabrics and jacquard embroidered curtain fabrics mainly made by polyester are directly sold by factories, innovative fabrics occupy the market. As the prices of polyester filament keep rising, the soaring cost brings about the steady increase in the spot transaction in new-style curtain fabrics and the order prices for large demand. The sales in household curtain fabrics are mainly done in small quantities of different varieties. The new-style innovative jacquard, printed and embroidered fabrics are widely purchased in small quantities of different varieties, the fabrics in width 280CM are particularly welcomed.
The price index on curtain gauzes closed at 90.63 points, up by 0.20% from last week. Recently, the spot goods of curtain gauzes increase in home textile market of China textile city, more target customers purchase the products on the spot, the orders are partially rising up, large business households get the competitive advantage in the sales, some small and medium-sized households have more transactions in target fabrics, the daily transaction becomes active, target products are highlighted in the sales. Nylon/polyester or full-polyester embroidered curtain gauzes in extra width of some professional business households have relatively larger transactions in different styles. Curtain gauzes partially have small and large transactions, the business is mainly done for various innovative fabrics, some cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and large business households have large sales volumes, and some business salesrooms still obtain large orders fro nylon/polyester or full-polyester dyed, printed, jacquard or bleached products. As the prices of polyester filament continue to increase, the prices of polyester filament grey cloths rise up accordingly. Up to now, the prices of polyester and nylon curtain gauzes in home textile market of China textile city go up steadily, some innovative new-style curtain gauzes have a slight increase in the prices.
As the temperature drops, the demand for winter warm-up fabrics continues to increase in China textile city, target customers will purchase and place orders further for winter fabrics next week, the spot purchase for winter extra-thick fabrics will rise up, more orders will be obtained, and the orders for spring fabrics continues to increase partially. The sales in winter and spring polyester fabrics, cotton fabrics, T/C blended fabrics, polyester/nylon fashion fabrics, polyester/nylon corduroy, cotton corduroy, polyester/spandex fabrics, polyester/wool fabrics, viscose/wool fabrics, multi-chemical fiber wool-like and T/R wool-like continues to sell well, the sales in some products keep going well. The sales volume of the whole market is expected to advance further in fluctuation.
Top 10 Categories in Rising
Top 10 Categories in Falling
1 Belts
2.06%
1 Bedding Sets
-8.87%
2 Viscose Fabrics
1.35%
2 Thread & Rope
-3.68%
3 Cotton Fabrics
1.23%
3 T/C Fabrics
-2.81%
4 Other Chemical Fibers
1.10%
4 Lining Materials
-2.37%
5 Laces
0.96%
5 Apparel Fabrics
-1.78%
6 Polyester
0.93%
6 Ramie/Viscose Fabrics
-1.21%
7 Blended
0.77%
7 Viscose/Wool Fabrics
-0.69%
8 Viscose
0.51%
8 Polyester/Wool Fabrics
-0.49%
9 Curtains
0.47%
9 Blended Fiber Grey Cloths
-0.37%
10 Cotton/Ramie
0.37%
10 Polyester/Spandex Fabrics
-0.29%
In this issue, the price indices on belts, viscose fabrics, cotton fabrics, other chemical fiber and laces 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 bedding sets, thread & rope, T/C fabrics, lining materials 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.
