Current Situation: The Price Of Dyes And Chemicals Has Soared Since The End Of Last Year

"The price of dyes and chemicals has soared, but cloth However, it is difficult to increase the price. Even if it does, the processing fee of one or two cents per meter of cloth will be added at most. " Recently, Ma Endong, chairman of Zhejiang Bairui Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd., told reporters in Taoli Shuguang Village, Qixian Town, Shaoxing County that only by constantly innovating products and improving added value is spin The way out for the enterprise.

After the Spring Festival this year, the price of disperse dyes soared. At present, the unit price per ton has risen to 30000 yuan, nearly double the price of last year. At the same time, the rise in the price of disperse dyes drives the rise in the price of other dyes.

As usual, the printing and dyeing industry enters the peak production season around October every year. However, different from the past, this year's printing and dyeing enterprises are obviously differentiated. Due to the rising cost of dyes and the pressure of environmental protection, some small printing and dyeing enterprises have a hard time.

Status quo: Since the end of last year, the price of dyes and chemicals has soared

"The price of dyes showed signs of rising at the end of last year. Later, it became more and more fierce. For example, the price of disperse red 3B100% and disperse black ECT300% of disperse dyes rose, doubling." Ma Ndong said.

It is understood that driven by individual varieties, the overall growth of the dye industry this year is relatively obvious. Disperse dyes rose from 17000 yuan/ton at the end of last year to 30000 yuan/ton at present; Reactive dyes increased from 20000 yuan/ton to 30000 yuan/ton at present. In other words, in less than a year, disperse dyes and reactive dyes increased by 76% and 50% respectively.

A relevant person from Shaoxing County Printing and Dyeing Industry Association said that a while ago, Shaoxing County Printing and Dyeing Industry Association, on behalf of more than 200 printing and dyeing enterprises in the county, submitted a Report on the Requirements for Anti monopoly to Zhejiang Provincial Price Supervision and Inspection Branch. Recently, the rising trend of dyes has subsided, but it is still impossible to assert that this year's rising trend of dyes has stopped.

Ma Ndong told reporters that the price of dyes will rise at a fixed time every year, and then fall back at the end of the year. However, this year's growth is too fast, and it is not clear whether it will continue to rise in the future.

"At present, the environmental protection requirements and labor costs have increased, and the price of dyes has gone up in a mess. Without increasing the processing costs, the survival pressure of printing and dyeing enterprises has been tested by a variety of factors." Ma Ndong said that the rise in the price of dyes and chemicals has hit some pure processing printing and dyeing plants very hard.

What makes printing and dyeing enterprises sad is that the high costs have not been transferred to the downstream along the industrial chain. A number of dyeing and printing enterprises interviewed said that although the price of dyes soared, the price of products could not be raised. Only a few small customers could increase a little. The orders of large customers could not increase the price at all. Overall, the increase of fabric products was almost zero.

"Normally, when the price of dyes goes up, the price of printing and dyeing plants can also go up, but the problem is that the market demand is not large, and there are many enterprises competing to take orders, so the price can not go up all the time." Ma Ndong said.

Trouble: the price of dyes and chemicals increases, and the cost of printing and dyeing increases

"Under normal circumstances, the dye cost is controlled at about 20% of the printing and dyeing cost, and the printing and dyeing enterprises still have profit space." Fu Jianlin, chairman of Shaoxing County Shengxin Printing and Dyeing Co., Ltd., told reporters that because the dye enterprises have increased their prices, but the processing fees of printing and dyeing enterprises cannot rise, which forced some printing and dyeing enterprises to reduce or stop production.

A few days ago, the reporter visited some printing and dyeing enterprises in Shaoxing County. Some business owners told the reporter that at present, the dye cost has accounted for 40% of the total printing and dyeing cost, while before that, the proportion has been a little more than 20%. In addition to the increase in environmental protection costs and labor costs, the company's cost expenditure this year has increased significantly. Although the overall market is relatively good this year, the company's profits are very thin.

Shaoxing County is the place where the printing and dyeing industry gathers. At present, there are more than 200 printing and dyeing enterprises. The printing and dyeing processing capacity accounts for more than half of the total amount of the province, accounting for nearly 30% of the total amount of printing and dyeing above the national scale. The printing and dyeing industry in Shaoxing County consumes 10 billion yuan of dyeing and chemical materials annually. Even with such a large purchase volume, Shaoxing printing and dyeing industry still has no bargaining power with upstream suppliers. "Printing and dyeing enterprises are concentrated, and giants such as Longsheng and Runtu are the first to raise prices. After they raise prices, other small and medium-sized enterprises will follow suit," Ma said.

It is reported that dyes and chemicals are the main raw materials for printing and dyeing enterprises. The dyes and chemicals used by printing and dyeing enterprises in Shaoxing County are mainly purchased from three enterprises, namely Zhejiang Longsheng, Runtu and Hangzhou Jihua. The output of the three dye and chemical enterprises accounts for more than two-thirds of the national dye market, accounting for about 90% of the market share in Shaoxing County.

"The frequent price increases of dyes and chemicals have a great impact on the normal market order of printing and dyeing enterprises," Ma said.

Thinking: How should printing and dyeing enterprises cope with price rise?

The price of dyes and chemicals rises, but the price of mass products cannot rise. What should we do?

Chen Quansheng, secretary-general of Shaoxing County Printing and Dyeing Industry Association, believes that in the face of the soaring price of dyes and chemicals, Shaoxing printing and dyeing enterprises should go out of the embarrassing situation under cost pressure, and make expedient measures. Printing and dyeing enterprises can properly reduce and limit production in the off-season, on the one hand, eliminate a batch of textile products with high energy consumption, low added value and no profit, and improve the profit output of raw materials; On the other hand, it is also conducive to the withdrawal of funds and the smooth passage of the off-season.

Fu Jianlin said that more imported dyes and chemicals can be selected. On the one hand, the cost can be reduced, and on the other hand, the use of imported environmentally friendly dyes and chemicals is conducive to improving the quality of printing and dyeing and enhancing the competitiveness of products. In addition, printing and dyeing enterprises must take the road of differentiated competition, attach importance to the development of new products, improve product grade and added value, and gradually transform products with low profits and large amount of dyes and chemicals into products with relatively high added value.

Ma Ndong said that the price of dyes and chemicals will rise sharply, and the dyeing fee will definitely rise eventually, which will certainly affect the competitiveness of fabrics in the market, especially at present, the market is still dominated by price competition. However, enterprises are not afraid of the price rise of dyeing fees. What they are really worried about is that some printing and dyeing enterprises use less dyes to reduce production costs and affect fabric quality due to the price rise of dyes and chemicals. For a piece of fabric, the quality of processing after printing and dyeing directly affects the fabric quality, color fastness, color difference, etc. Any problem in any index will affect the brand image that has worked hard for many years. Under the condition that the production cost has soared, but the increase of dyeing fees has not kept up with it, it is certain that some printing and dyeing enterprises, in order to seek immediate benefits, will use substandard dyes or chemicals, which may affect the overall external image of the fabric of the Light Textile City (600790). Therefore, printing and dyeing enterprises should actively deal with the price rise of dyes and chemicals, and pay more attention to how to improve the dyeing process and increase the added value.