Summer Sales Partially Increased, Price Index Rose up Slightly

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 20090622 issue of "China•Keqiao Textile Index" closed at 91.63 points, up 0.08% from last issue. The first classification showed: the price indices on raw materials, grey cloths, apparel fabrics, home textile and fashion accessories rose up in different degree, driving the price index of the general category to advance slightly. Recently, parts of sales of China Textile City went smoothly, target autumn and summer varieties interacted. Due to the limited marketing circle of summer thin fabrics, business salesrooms with large quantities of spot goods enhanced the sales, the spot goods transaction and large orders for mid-thick autumn fabrics increased more than that in the previous issue. Home textile market rose back partially, the innovative fabrics to make curtains and curtain gauzes increased in different degrees. As the purchase for autumn clothes started partially, the sales in apparel linings increased slightly.

 

 

The price index on polyester category closed at 73.47 points, up 0.59% from last issue. June 15 to 17, polyester raw materials in the upper chain kept steady, sellers were reluctant to sell goods at cheap prices, and the main quotation of PTA in East China was about 6950 yuan/ton, MEG about 4700 yuan/ton; On the 18th, polyester raw material market remained stable, the price of MEG moved upwards, the main quotation of PTA in East China was about 6950 yuan/ton, MEG between 4800—4850 yuan/ton. On the 15th to the 16th, the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was 8000 yuan/ton in cash acceptance, both parties in the transaction relatively kept calm and buyers held a strong wait-and-see sentiment owing to the short supply in polyester chip market; On the 17th, the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was 8150 yuan/ton in cash acceptance, some quoted relatively higher was 8300 yuan/ton, the main part of the prices moved up apparently; On the 18th to the 19th,  the main quotation of semi-dull chips in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces was between 8300—8350 yuan/ton in cash acceptance. Due to the shortage of the supply, the price continued to advance. Most of manufacturers basically had no preferential measures and were reluctant to sell products at cheap prices. On June 15 to 16, polyester filament market rose slowly in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, most of manufacturers mainly quoted steady prices , but some manufactures having strong mind to sell products lowered the floor level of price, some manufactures kept wait-and-see sentiment; On the 17th, the quotations of DTY and POY filaments stayed stable in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The good sales in FDY filaments boosted the main part of the price to move up although a slight short supply happened due to the two main FDY filament manufacturers in Jiangsu stopped the production one after another in the previous period. On the 18th, the main part of polyester filament prices in Jiangsu and Zhejiang rose up apparently, the rising rate of polyester filament manufacturers was between 50—100 yuan/ton, parts of factories raising the prices relatively higher about 200—300 yuan/ton, though the purchase from the down chain was mainly small orders, the business atmosphere appeared brisk; On the 19th to the 20th, polyester filament market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang continued to increase, POY filament prices in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing continued to rise. POY filament price in Xiaoshan and Shaoxing markets kept on rising, some manufacturers quoting low prices for DTY filament and FDY filament raised the prices. On the 15th to the 16th, polyester staple sold dull in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the quotation mainly kept steady; On the 17th, 1.4D polyester staple market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang went down with decreasing trading prices; On the 18th, 1.4D polyester staple market in Jiangsu and Zhejiang kept steady, some manufacturers held wait-and-see attitude; On the 19th to the 20th, 1.4D polyester staple price in Jiangsu and Zhejiang rose about 100 yuan/ton wholly, the whole sale presented a dull market.

 

The price index on apparel fabrics closed at 97.98 points, up 0.07% from last issue. The whole sales volume of all apparel fabric markets in China Textile City increased compared with that in the previous issue, because of the increasing volume of summer thin fabrics in each market and autumn fabrics coming to the market and the growing spot transactions and orders for large quantities. In it, the price index on polyester fabrics closed at 92.59 points, 0.13% higher than last issue. According to the market trend, the whole market sales volumes 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 increased more than that in the previous issue, there still had large numbers of orders sent by some cloth companies with a shop in front and a factory behind and large salesrooms, and the sales volume of these products ranked ahead of all major categories; Some autumn polyester fancy fabrics, multi-chemical fiber wool-like and knitted warp printed sheared velvet came to the market increasingly, the transactions for different varieties were done successfully. The price index on all-cotton fabrics closed at 104.01 points, up 0.21% from last issue. All-cotton market partially ran well. Summer products sold insufficiently including all-cotton printed fabric, all-cotton yarn-dyed striped and checked fabrics, all-cotton yarn-dyed color striped and checked fabrics, all-cotton yarn-dyed crepe check and all-cotton yarn-dyed crepe stripe, some small and medium business operators got a slack business. But 60S×60S and 90×80 all-cotton yarn dyed and printed voile partially sold well, as well as some all-cotton poplin and all-cotton weft stretch poplin.Some all-cotton yarn-dyed striped and checked were still sold in large quantities. Some large salesrooms continued to have more autumn all-cotton fabrics displayed in the market, garment making companies all over the country kept on placing order for large quantities, and autumn all-cotton yarn-dyed checked fabrics can be sold in the market. Some large salesrooms still received orders from target clients mainly for small quantities of different kinds of autumn fabrics including all-cotton yarn 21S×21S  108×58 drill, all-cotton yarn 16S×12S  108×56 drill, all-cotton yarn 10S×10S  70×42 canvas, all-cotton yarn 21S/2×10S  72×42 canvas, all-cotton yarn 32S×32S  130×70 jeanette, the sales partially went well; As the temperature is gradually getting warmer, parts of all-cotton fabrics started to have a stagnant sale. No adequate all-cotton fabrics came into the market without big changes in price. All-cotton corduroy and all-cotton velvet were sold insufficiently. The price index on polyester/nylon fabrics closed at 95.21 points, up 0.44% from last issue. As more polyester/nylon fabrics were sold in the market, some sales in summer and autumn variety interacted, the sales volume of autumn mid-heavy fabrics in different patterns increased slightly compared with last week, so did order sending of some large salesrooms. The transactions in polyester/nylon pongee, polyester/nylon crepe and other summer and autumn fabrics increased slightly, driving the price index to climb up; However, the whole sale of autumn and winter extra-heavy polyester/nylon corduroy became insufficient, including color dyed, reactive printed, gold print and embroidered varieties.

 

According to the supervision statistic, the price index on apparel linings closed at 95.72 points, up 0.44% from last issue. As the orders for autumn clothes started, the demand for linings used to make sportswear and autumn clothes increased, causing the sales in apparel linings to rise slightly. The apparel linings sales in China Textile City market partially sold well though in the slack market, the sales volumes in some varieties spiraled up in fluctuation, driving the price index to climb up slightly. The whole sale in apparel linings mainly went flatly, the total turnover in polyester linings were not insufficient, but a slight increase in 170T polyester taffeta, 190T polyester taffeta and 210T poly trilobal (silk-like), and these varieties occupied the main lining market shares in China Textile City: shuttle five-heddle satin, shuttless five-heddle satin, shuttle eight-heddle satin, water-jet eight-heddle satin, 240T water-jet shumei satin, water-jet satin, water-jet twill rayon lining, nylon taffeta, semi-elastic polyester pongee and other fabrics had some sales volumes, but the business was mainly done in small quantities of different varieties, and the total transactions were not insufficient. Some cationic linings, DTY black fiber jacquard linings, knitted mesh linings, polyester twill rayon linings and polyester shumei satin still sold well. The sales in T/C80/20 blended organdy, T/C90/10 blended organdy, 100DDTY net fiber interwoven jacquard stripe and jacquard checked linings became one of the growth points for the increase in sales volume. But rayon linings, nylon linings, T/C linings, polyester pocketing mainly including polyester pongee and summer silk, T/C pocketing and all-cotton pocketing fabrics were sold insufficiently, the whole sales volume climbed at limited growth rate. Affected by seasonal factors, garment making companies all over the country received limited orders for autumn clothes, so there had no enough demand for apparel linings. The supply of linings still exceeded the demand, the inventory of white grey cloths and color grey cloths partially increased.

It is expected that the whole market sales volume of China Textile City will shrink a little in the tendency. As the temperature climbs higher gradually, the off-season of the summer appeared partially.

Clients from target secondary markets all over the country and fashion accessories manufacturers gradually reduced the purchase for summer fabrics, the spot subscription and orders for large quantities kept steady and tended to go down, so the whole market sales volume is expected to fall back slightly. The sales in polyester printed chiffon, polyester knitted printed T-shirt fabrics partially declined, the whole market sales volume still remained to be ahead among the major categories. Some all-cotton printed fabrics, rayon printed fabrics and other apparel fabrics interacted, innovative fabrics still became the mainstream of the sales, but some small and medium-sized business operators got limited transactions; parts of rotary screen active printed rayon fabrics and reactive engraved rayon innovative fabrics continued to sell briskly. The variety of autumn fabrics continued to increase, but the transactions were mainly done in small quantities of different kinds. This series of autumn fabrics sold insufficiently for not entering the consumption stage.

 

In this issue, the price indices on polyester/wool fabrics, linings, polyester, apparel linings and polyester/nylon 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 viscose fabrics, laces, polyester/spandex fabrics, bedding sets and chemical fiber grey cloths ranked the first five categories in falling. The turnover declined in different degrees compared with last issue. The slight decrease of unit price of partial representative products was the main factor.