---Brief Analysis on Price Index 20100322
Market Review
Recently, in the period from March. 15 to March. 21, due to the fine weather, the temperature returned. Some sales in spring market of China textile city went smoothly, the whole trade climbed gradually, the sales volumes in various fabrics tended to climb slightly. The spot prices of spring and summer popular fabrics mainly went smoothly. Some large salesrooms raised the prices to the orders having hight requirement and the spot goods of new fabrics. 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 20100322 issue of "China•Keqiao Textile Index" closed at 94.58 points, up by 0.11% from last issue.The first product category showed: the price indices on raw materials, grey cloths and apparel fabrics rose up, pushing the price index on the general category to go up slightly; however, the price index on grey cloths, home textile and fashion accessories declined, relatively restraining the growth rate of the price index of the general category.
1. The price index on raw materials continued to go up, the prices of each category mainly rose up
The price index on raw materials closed at 88.17 points, up by 0.27% from the previous period, tending to go up slightly. Among them, the price index on cotton/ramie category closed at 109.02 points, up by 0.75%. Due to the uptrend in cotton market, the price of 329 lint in the mainland was about 15580 yuan/ton on March 15, about 15730 yuan/ton on the 19th; The prices of cotton yarns continued to go up steadily. Recently, people are optimistic toward the whole cotton yarn market in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing. The prices kept rising. The trade in cotton carded yarns 21S and 32S became relatively active. For inadequate supply in yarn factory, the stock rate was relatively low commonly. On March 15, the prices of 32S cotton knitted yarns were about 22000 yuan/ton, 32S cotton combed yarns about 25500 yuan/ton, 40S high-proportion cotton yarns about 23800 yuan/ton. Till March 19, 32S cotton knitted yarn was quoted at about 22700 yuan/ton, 32S cotton combed yarn about 26500—27000 yuan/ton, 40S high-proportion cotton yarn about 24000—24500 yuan/ton.
The price index on viscose category closed at 94.71 points, up by 0.02%. Recently, the prices of viscose staples continue to go up and down slightly. To viscose staple 1.5DX38MM market, the quotation was 20100—20200 yuan/ton on March 19, linters about
7700 yuan/ton on March 19, till the 19th, the quotation was about 7800 yuan/ton; cotton pulp kept about 13200 yuan/ton in the period from the 15th to the 19th . The prices of viscose staples temporarily stayed firm, the prices of rayon yarns mainly went steadily, the business partially became active, but the whole sale relatively remained dull. In Xiaoshan and Shaoxing market, rayon yarns especially 30S/2 and 40S sold briskly, factories had limited inventory. In it, from March 15 to March 19, the quotation of rayon 30S knitted yarn kept about 25400 yuan/ton, and 30S woven yarns about 24300 yuan/ton.
2. The price index on grey cloths declined slightly, different varieties went well and dull.
The price index on grey cloths closed at 94.89 points, down by 0.29% from last issue, tending to climb up slightly. Analyzed from the market, in this issue, chemical fiber grey cloths of this category tended to decline slightly, particularly in polyester grey cloths, polyester/linen grey cloths and polyester satin grey cloths, This falling pushed the price index to go down However, the price indices on blended fiber grey cloths and natural fiber grey cloths rose up in different degrees, relatively restraining the dropping rate of the price index. In it, the sales in T/C grey cloths, T/R grey cloths, Nylon/Viscose grey cloths, nylon/cotton grey cloths and nylon/cotton grey cloths increased the prices slightly, boosting blended fiber grey cloths climbed. In it, the sales volumes in spring cotton grey cloths partially increased, driving the price index on natural fiber grey cloths to rise slightly.
3. The price index on apparel fabrics climbed up, various spring and summer fabrics sold better.
The price index on apparel fabrics closed at 99.54 points, up by 0.23% from last issue, tending to rise slightly. Among them, the price index on cotton fabrics closed at 110.59 points, up by 0.65%. Recently, in China textile city markets, spring cotton fabrics continue to rise in quantity and variety, the products which can attract orders are getting more. The spot transactions and order sending are very active in spring cotton apparel fabrics such as reactive dyed, reactive pad-dyed and reactive printed fabrics. For the uptrend in cotton market, the prices of cotton yarns continue to rise up, the prices of spring cotton grey cloths go up slightly, as well as some unit prices of finished spring cotton fabrics. In China textile city, the prices of summer thin varieties including 60S×60S, 90×88 cotton voile, and cotton yarns and cotton grey cloths all rise up in certain degrees. In the traditional trade areas of China textile city and corporatization trade areas, cotton voile including grey cloths and finished fabrics all sold briskly; due to the demand in Arabian scarves and summer robes, the foreign orders continued to increase, promoting voile grey cloths in conventional and non-conventional density to sell actively and leading to the rise of finished fabrics. Cotton yarn 20S—40S thin conventioal dyed or stone-washed dyed, enzyme stone-washed dyed and reactive printed conventional cotton poplin, cotton plain, cotton jeanette and cotton drill used to make shirts, children's wear and skirts start to have more target customers to purchase. Some large salesrooms continue to have an increase in receiving the orders for conventional cotton apparel fabrics, the business is mainly done in small quantities of different varieties. Some products of the substantial companies won the market for good quality, companies receive small and big orders.
The price index on polyester fabrics closed at 94.25 points, up by 0.50% from last issue. Recently, due to the fine weather, more target customers enter the market to buy or place orders. Some cloths companies, sales departments of manufacturers and large salesrooms have an increase in the sales of finished thin polyester fabrics and receiving orders for spring and summer fabrics, good business can be seen. In China textile city market, the fabrics such as 75DFDY×100DFDY color dyed chiffon, silvery fiber embedded printed chiffon, sajincong printed chiffon crepe and flower printed motiff ramie sell actively in small quantities of orders, and the innovative fabrics newly developed by some large salesrooms, printing processing companies and substantial cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind start to attract the business, the prices are higher than that of staple goods.
4. The price index on home textile dropped down slightly, each category went up and down
The price index on home textile closed at 94.84 points, up by 0.44% from the previous period in a slight downtrend. Among them, the price index on curtains closed at 99.89 points, up by 0.14%. To polyester curtain fabrics, the spot purchase for different varieties is relatively active, tending to climb up in certain degrees; The purchase for jacquard curtain fabrics and jacquard printed curtains mainly made by big lustrous triangle profiled fibers is very brisk, the products in 280CM width dominate the majority of the market shares, new-style and innovative double-tone jacquard and color jacquard printed fabrics have the advantage in marketing. Embroidered curtain fabrics and printed embroidered curtain fabrics made by big lustrous FDY triangle profiled fibers, and embroidered curtain fabrics and printed embroidered curtain fabrics with (POY+DTY)composite fibers as the backing fiber and big lustrous FDY triangle profiled fibers are mainly done in small quantities of different varieties, the prices of the products in new designs rise up steadily.
The price index on daily-use hometextile closed at 102.42 points, down by 0.17% from last issue. In the recent hometextile market of China textile city, some cloths companies and large salesrooms have good sales in cotton hometextile fabrics, chemical fiber daily-use hometextile fabrics and T/C blended daily-use hometextile fabrics and T/R blended daily-use hometextie Fabrics, but insufficient in small and medium-size business households. The prices of staple goods dropped down slightly, causing the price index to fall.
5. The price index on fashion accessories continued to decline, and the index on belts dropped deeper
The price index on fashion accessories closed at 92.54 points, down by 0.40% and tending to decline slightly. Among them, the price index on belts closed at 99.06 points, down by 3.56% from last issue. Recently, in China textile city market, the trade in belts declines. In it, the sales volumes in ribbon, gauze belts, webbing, elastic belts, cotton belts, silk belts and adhesive belts are insufficient, the unit prices drop down in a steady tendency. The price index on laces closed at 95.03 points, down by 0.81%. Due to lack of transactions, the prices of laces decline in a steady trend; In it, some large salesrooms have good market in cotton laces, polyester laces, nylon laces and artificial fiber laces, so the price index drops down in a narrowing range, but small and medium-size business households continue to have declining transactions, the sales of the whole market are inadequate.
Future Forecast
Up to now, the spot transactions in the traditional trade areas of China textile city increase, the orders in corporatization areas are getting more. Some cloths companies, sales departments of manufacturers and large salesrooms have good business in target fabrics, the good market continues to be seen, so it is expected that the orders for spring and summer apparel fabrics continue to increase. Thanks to the increasing demand at home and abroad, some cloths companies and large salesrooms have more spot transactions and orders in spring and summer fabrics, the domestic demand partially recovers, and foreign orders continue to increase gradually. The sales in polyester fabrics, cotton fabrics, T/R wool-like fabrics, T/C blended fabrics, polyester/nylon fashion fabrics, nylon/cotton fashion fabrics and multi-chemical fiber wool-like spring and summer fabrics continue to go up. It is expected that, the trade will increase to some extents next week, and the price index on the general category continues to climb slightly.
Top 10 Categories in Rising
Top 10 Categories in Falling
1 Nylon Fabrics
1.06%
1 Belts
-3.56%
2 Polyester/Wool Fabrics
1.05%
2 Curtain Gauzes
-1.49%
3 Cotton/Ramie
0.75%
3 Viscose Fabrics
-0.83%
4 Cotton Fabrics
0.65%
4 Laces
-0.81%
5 Polyester Fabrics
0.50%
5 Chemical Fiber Grey Cloths
-0.71%
6 Polyester
0.26%
6 T/R Fabrics
-0.51%
7 Apparel Linings
0.23%
7 Polyester/Nylon Fabrics
-0.21%
8 Blended
0.20%
8 Nylon/Cotton Fabrics
-0.18%
9 Fashion Fabrics
0.18%
9 Daily-use Hometextile
-0.17%
10 Blended Fiber Grey Cloths
0.16%
10 Other Chemical Fiber
-0.14%
In this issue, the price indices on nylon fabrics, polyester/wool fabrics, cotton/ramie, cotton fabrics and polyester fabrics 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 belts, curtain gauzes, viscose fabrics, laces and chemical fiber grey cloths 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.
