The Price Difference Between Cotton And Alternative Fibers Has Narrowed Sharply.

Nowadays, when textile enterprises choose imported cotton and domestic cotton, they also shift from price to cotton quality.

Even if the choice of production type is entirely due to cost considerations, it will not be possible to replace cotton with cotton as soon as possible. Because chemical fiber has its market demand at present, it can not be completely replaced.

The price difference between cotton and alternative fibers has narrowed sharply.

Since the start of cotton purchase and storage in October 2011, domestic cotton prices have been at a high level.

Its substitute PET staple and price difference once reached 10500 yuan / ton, and the price difference with viscose staple fiber has reached 7650 yuan / ton.

Some inland areas

Told reporters that in order to reduce costs, they continue to increase the proportion of other alternatives in textile products in recent years.

In addition, the impact of cheap imports of cotton and cotton yarns during the same period also made them continue to reduce the use of domestic cotton in the past few years.

The annual consumption substitution data of cotton made in China show that the ratio of replacing cotton with chemical fibre in textile enterprises by 2011 to 2013 is 30% to 60%.

Taking the domestic cotton consumption of 11 million tons in 2011 as the base, the annual average reduction of cotton textile, especially domestic cotton, is 20% to 30%, about 1 million 500 thousand to 2 million tons in 2011 - 2014, and the increment of chemical fiber substitution is between 1 million 500 thousand and 2 million tons per year.

In addition, according to the textile enterprises in Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other places, with the change of consumption main force in recent years, the requirements for raw materials in downstream orders are also changing.

"For example, home textile products, young people now have little to look at the ingredients, more emphasis on the feeling and style."

A person in charge of a company in Nantong said that the change of consumption demand has made many enterprises strive to develop and improve the blending process of Tencel, modal, polyester and other synthetic fibers, while meeting downstream consumption and achieving cost compression.

With the adjustment of the selling price of State Cotton in April 2014, domestic cotton prices fell sharply, and the price difference between inside and outside cotton gradually narrowed.

At the same time, the price of major staple products such as viscose staple fiber and polyester staple fiber has been rising step by step, and the price difference between cotton and its substitutes has dropped rapidly.

Today, the price difference between inside and outside cotton has been reduced to around 700 yuan / ton.

The price difference between cotton and PET staple has been reduced to 5000 yuan / ton.

The advantages of non cotton fiber are no longer in cost. The profit of cotton yarn is better than that of artificial cotton yarn and polyester blended yarn. Cotton consumption has a potential of growth again. Can the "cotton era" return?

In the interview, reporters learned that the replacement of pure cotton and alternative fibers is now not only a simple cost.

When choosing imported cotton and domestic cotton, the focus of textile enterprises also shifted from price to cotton quality.

In domestic cotton, Xinjiang cotton's "three wire" problem was criticized last year.

Market participants believe that in the short term, the decline in cotton prices and the rising price of alternatives such as viscose staple fiber and polyester staple will have little effect on the proportion of cotton used by textile enterprises.

"For many textile enterprises, the type of products is not single. When a variety is losing money, another species may be making profits, so the impact of the change in the cost of raw materials on the product category is not so great as we all imagine.

Even if the choice of production type is entirely due to cost considerations, it will not be possible to replace cotton with cotton as soon as possible. Because chemical fiber has its market demand, it can not be completely replaced.

The head of a textile enterprise said.

"Now cotton prices are open and pparent, and the downstream prices are priced according to cotton prices, so prices are not the primary factor for us to consider.

The head of a textile enterprise in Nantong said that the proportion of cotton used in textile enterprises is closely related to the changes in the structure and consumption habits of the downstream customers, which are not changed overnight. Even if the "cotton era" is returned, it will be a gradual process.