Before The Price Of Melted Cloth Falls Back To The Epidemic, The "Mask" Industry Will Usher In A Real Ebb Tide.

With the improvement of domestic epidemic situation and the gradual stabilization of overseas epidemic situation, the demand market of mask has correspondingly changed. Due to the weakening of the epidemic situation, apart from some shopping malls and public transport facilities still required to wear masks, many domestic communities and factories have removed temperature and masks checkpoints, and market demand for respirators has also declined rapidly.

Therefore, the price of melted cloth as a mask "heart" material has plummeted. Earlier, as the demand for mask increased continuously, the supply of melt blown fabric was quite tense and the price was even more than ten fold at the time of domestic epidemic.

Let's take a look at this crazy price trend:

Before the outbreak, the price of melted cloth was about 18 thousand / ton.

In February 28th, some middlemen bid 290 thousand / ton.

On 07 March, the melt blown fabric was 520 thousand / ton in stock.

In March 28th, prices plummeted to around 150 thousand / tonnes.

On the 08 th of April, the melted fabric began to rebound, rising to 500 thousand / ton.

In April 16th, prices continued to rise, up to 700 thousand / ton.

In April 23rd, the price of melted cloth fell by 400 thousand, about 300 thousand tons.

In June 6th, the price of melted cloth decreased from 425 thousand yuan / ton in April to 30 thousand yuan / ton.

The price almost came back before the epidemic. Business information shows that as of June 5th this year, the number of enterprises in the business scope includes the cancellation of key words "melt blown cloth" to cancel the number of enterprises 45. There are more than 10 thousand enterprises whose business scope covers the cancellation of key words "Mask".

In June, the supply and demand of mask market gradually returned to the state before the outbreak. Information on discount masks, processing melted spray cloth and transfer mask machine also began to be concentrated on various Internet trading platforms.

Earlier, with the gradual improvement of domestic epidemic situation, and the outbreak of outbreaks of foreign countries, the demand for respirators increased day by day. This also allowed many mask makers to turn their attention from the domestic market to the international market. With the increasingly stringent requirements of overseas import and domestic export supervision, the trade of mask has become more and more difficult.

European union: Cancellation of export ban on personal protective equipment

European countries have stepped out of the epidemic and resumed normal pace since June 1st. At present, Europe has lifted the export ban on protective products, and the demand for masks in China is decreasing.

In March this year, the European Union issued an export ban in order to ensure adequate supply of personal protective clothing (PPE) and other personal protective clothing (masks). In May 26, 2020, the European Union officially abolished the export ban on personal protective equipment.

EU official website notifications the original address: Https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm? Id=2147

In April 26th, the EU issued a revised plan to reduce the list of products that require export authorized masks, glasses and protective clothing, expand the geographical scope of partners with tightly integrated supply chains, and request Member States to quickly approve export authorization for humanitarian purposes. The revised plan also requires Member States to report the authorization to the European Commission.

Reminder: this also shows that the EU's demand for masks and other anti epidemic materials is gradually decreasing, and the production enterprises that take the EU as the main market for epidemic prevention materials may need to reduce their production capacity appropriately.

Italy: Masks will no longer rely on imports in September.

According to the European Internet report, Italy new crown emergency Commissioner Arcuri said in May 27th that since September, the production capacity of Italy protective equipment can fully meet the domestic market demand and basically achieve self-sufficiency.

Since the outbreak of the new crown outbreak, 135 enterprises in Italy have been transformed to produce medical protective equipment and supplies, and the Italian government will continue to promote the social capacity of medical protective equipment. Recently, the Italy National Health Organization has reached an agreement with two large enterprises. By the end of June, the two enterprises will provide 31 million surgical masks daily. I believe that masks will no longer rely on foreign imports at the latest of September.

Arcuri emphasized that so far, the National Health Department has reached agreement with 19 enterprises that have transformed production and protective products, and has signed over 1 billion 800 million mask orders, and the average price of each mask is 0.42 euros.

As early as April 25th, Italy has declared that the contradiction between supply and demand of domestic medical supplies and equipment has been basically alleviated. The government will lift the ban on the export of medical protective supplies and materials, and regulate the marketing behavior of medical protective products such as masks, and set the price of commodity market protection.

Russia: Lifting of export ban on masks and personal protective articles

In March 2nd, Russia began to restrict exports of personal protective products due to the development of the epidemic, and banned the export of medical articles including medical masks, gauze, medical cotton, chemical protective clothing, medical gloves, respirators, shoe covers and disinfectants, until June 1st.

In May 3rd, the Russian government lifted the export ban on masks and personal protective equipment, and the relevant documents were published in the official website of legal information. The document announced that it had temporarily banned exports of specific materials from the Russian Federation since March 2nd and that the amendment to the ban was invalid in April 2nd. The document takes effect from the date of issue.

U.S.A: Bring a lawsuit against a Chinese company

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in May 7th that it had lifted the license of some 60 Chinese manufacturers to sell N95 masks in the United States on the grounds that the masks produced by these manufacturers could not provide adequate protection against the new crown virus. According to FDA, the particle filtration efficiency of some respirators has not reached a minimum of 95%.

As of June 7th, the number of licensed manufacturers of FDA masks in China was 31.

The list of the latest 31 Chinese enterprises is here:

Https://www.fda.gov/media/136663/download

In June 5th, New Jersey federal prosecutor Capet Nieto and New York Eastern Federal Prosecutor Donohue formally sued a packaging and printing company in China during the US new crown virus outbreak and exported nearly five hundred thousand fake N95 masks to the United States, and lied that these mouthpieces were in line with the N95 mask standard, thereby offending the Federal Food and Drug Act (Federal). Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act).

According to the lawsuit filed by the federal prosecutor's office in Broolyn's federal court in New York on 6 July, the company produced 495 thousand and 200 bad N95 masks from April 6th to April 21st this year, and posted the certification of the national occupational safety and Health Institute (NIOSH) and the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the US. To disguise the poor quality of the product, the company submitted a false registration statement to the US Food and drug administration.

The company faces three accusations against the federal food, drug and Cosmetic Act. If the charge is established, the maximum penalty for each charge is $500 thousand.

Canada: Blacklisting of dozens of Chinese mask manufacturers

In May 10th, the Canadian Federal Ministry of Health warned the KN95 masks produced by dozens of Chinese companies. The recent detection of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health found that some KN95 masks failed to meet the filtering standards to prevent 95% small particles.

In May 11th, the Canadian Ministry of health continued to update the masks on the KN95 problem. It indicated that importers and distributors who had not been able to import a mask that did not meet the performance criteria had been asked to notify their customers and label them again, indicating that they could still be used as respirators although they may not meet the standards required by the front-line medical staff. These masks are not prohibited from entering the market.

Canada recommends that provincial health departments and medical institutions check the list immediately to ensure that the respirator is up to standard; the general public can still use these masks on non medical occasions; it is suggested that people report any adverse health products to the Canadian Ministry of health.

Please export the masks to Canada immediately and check the list of questions immediately.

Canadian official documents search address:

Https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2020/73137a-eng.php

Https://healthycanadians.gc.ca/recall-alert-rappel-avis/hc-sc/2020/73063a-eng.php

Iran: It is forbidden to import medical products that can be produced in China.

Iran "IFPnews" reported on May 13th, acting minister Hussein Modares Giabani recently said that in order to support and encourage domestic production, the Ministry of industry and mining and trade refused to approve the import of medical products that could be produced in China, while the domestic N95 mask, protective clothing and coronavirus detection kit had been approved for export without restriction, in order to support domestic producers and meet the demand of foreign epidemic prevention.

The deputy minister pointed out that the above three products were already oversupplied in Iran, and Iran has become an export center for medical materials related to the new crown virus.

In addition, the Ministry of industry, mining and trade, the Ministry of health and the food and Drug Administration jointly approved the export of domestic respirator, life monitor and household oxygen saturation monitor, and the export quota was half of the output.

Whether at home or abroad, the dream of a mask maker's prosperity has come to a close.