Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the exports of the apparel industry in India and Southeast Asian countries have shrunk severely, and some textile orders have been transferred to China. Faced with a large number of returning orders, how should the domestic textile industry respond?
Orders are flowing back, and textile companies are operating at full capacity
Jiao Lingling is The person in charge of the import and export business of a large bedding manufacturer in Jiangsu was inquiring about prices on the phone from a European and American customer.
Jiao Lingling, deputy general manager of the import and export business of a bed sheet company in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province: Will it be reduced by another 2%? This is unlikely. We have recalculated the cost and this price is indeed our lowest price so far.
Jiao Lingling told reporters that this order was originally produced in India. Due to repeated local epidemics, the operating rate of textile companies was insufficient, so After returning to China, considering the large amount of the order, she went to the production workshop and repeatedly confirmed the production and construction period of the samples with the workers.
Jiao Lingling, deputy general manager of the import and export business of a bed sheet company in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province: The order amount is about US$20 million. In order After receiving this order, the company immediately adjusted its production layout and ran at full capacity.
In the production workshop of a clothing company in Dongguan, Guangdong, more than 200 looms are running at high speed. The person in charge of the company said that because the epidemic abroad is still severe, some orders from Southeast Asia have been transferred to China.
Qin Shujun, production director of a knitting company in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province: About 40% of orders including India and Southeast Asian countries have been transferred to us Here, the domestic startup rate has increased by about 30% to 40%, and is now 100%.
Xu Yingxin, Vice President of China Textile Industry Federation: Our country’s textile and garment industry has resumed work Production is around 90%, and many are operating at full capacity.
According to customs statistics, from January to May this year, the country’s textile and apparel exports were US$112.69 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%. Among them, textile exports were US$56.08 billion, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%. An increase of 16.1%. In the month of May, clothing exports were US$12.20 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37.1%.
The supply is tight and the price of textile raw materials has been rising
Reporters are interviewing It was found that while orders from textile companies are booming, some companies have begun to rush to buy and reserve raw materials, and the prices of textile raw materials have also been rising.
Zhou Jianchun runs a cloth shop in Wujiang, Jiangsu. For him, polyester filament is the raw material with the greatest demand. According to As usual in previous years, Zhou Jianchun did not stock up on too many goods during this traditional off-season. However, this year’s shortage of raw materials caught him by surprise.
The anxious Zhou Jianchun decided to go to the raw material factory to ask about the situation. The reporter followed Zhou Jianchun to this raw material production company. There was a long queue of large trucks waiting to be loaded at the door.
Truck driver: There are more goods now. We have to queue up one night in advance. In the past, we could only run one vehicle a day. Now there are three or four cars to run.
In another large raw material production company less than ten kilometers away from this company, ten production lines in a newly put into production workshop are With intensive operations, the annual production capacity can reach 200,000 tons. The person in charge told reporters that the production capacity will be increased by 800,000 tons this year. While the demand for textile raw materials is rising, prices are also rising.
Zhang Wenyu, deputy general manager of a chemical fiber company in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province: Filament export volume increased by nearly 60% from January to April %. From a price point of viewGenerally speaking, the overall increase is 40% to 60%. Compared with the same period last year, the increase of conventional filament yarn is 2,000-3,000 yuan per ton.
Reducing costs and improving efficiency, the textile industry accelerates transformation and upgrading
Enterprises are not helpless against the rising trend of raw materials. They are actively responding to the research and development of new technologies and materials to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
This is an all-in-one machine for producing woolen clothing. To put it simply, it is woven directly from a piece of yarn. A complete sweater is produced, while traditional machines produce single pieces, such as sleeves or collars, which require manual sewing stitch by stitch, and there are obvious stitches at the connection between the cuffs and the body. The sweater produced by the all-in-one machine is very flat in this position, so it will be more comfortable to wear. It only takes about an hour to produce such a sweater. There are about 30 all-in-one machines in this production workshop. , only two workers are needed.
Li Jianming, general manager of a textile company in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province: We have introduced the latest integrated product this year After the molding machine was installed, the production efficiency increased by about 50%. At the same time, the sewing link with the highest labor cost was saved, and the overall cost was reduced by about 30%.
The suit jacket worn by the reporter is made of discarded plastic bottles. In this factory, the discarded plastics will go through nearly 19 processes such as sorting, cleaning, and selection. It takes less than two hours to produce regenerated fiber filament, which has the same performance as ordinary virgin fiber filament.
These are fabrics made of regenerated fibers and ordinary virgin fiber filaments. There is actually no difference in the feel. , the suit jacket worn by the reporter used 30 discarded plastic bottles, and one ton of recycled fiber filament can consume 50,000 discarded plastic bottles. </p
