Global Textile Business (11.03): Oil Tank Of A Chemical Plant In Lanzhou, Gansu Province Catches Fire, And Sri Lanka Will Build A Textile Industrial Park

Epidemic report

According to the real-time statistics of worldomers, as of 07:19, November 3, Beijing time, the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus has reached 47.27 million, 437038 new cases, 1.21 million deaths and 5012 new cases. The number of countries with more than 100000 confirmed cases worldwide has increased to 51, and Belarus has become the latest country with more than 100000 cases. In addition, more than 90000 cases have been confirmed in Armenia, Ethiopia, Honduras and Venezuela. As of 07:18, Nov. 3, Beijing time, 9.55 million new coronavirus cases were confirmed in the United States, with 72302 new cases.

Domestic focus

1) The production and sales of polyester filament are light, while the production and sales of polyester staple fiber are slightly improved

On November 2, the overall production and sales of polyester filament were weak. Due to the fact that most of the downstream products had been prepared in the early stage, the purchasing enthusiasm was not high. As of 4:00 p.m., the mainstream production and sales of the factory were about 40%, while the production and sales of polyester filament in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions were estimated to be about 40%, with a decrease of 56% and 100% respectively. The overall production and sales gap of polyester staple fiber was small, driven by local production and sales By the end of the afternoon, production and sales rose by about 28%. The higher production and sales reached 150%, and the overall production and sales difference was large.

2) Emergency: flash explosion occurred in a chemical plant in Lanzhou, Gansu Province

According to a notice released by Gansu official microblog, at 8:12 on November 3, 2020, the naphtha storage tank of Sanxin new energy company on Xihuan East Road in Xigu District exploded and caught fire. After receiving the alarm, the municipal and District Emergency bureaus, the municipal fire rescue detachment and the Lanzhou Petrochemical fire brigade rushed to the scene for disposal at the first time. At present, the fire has been controlled, no casualties were caused, and the cause of the accident is under investigation.

3) Jiangsu will build a world-class high-end textile industry cluster in the 14th five year plan

"During the" 14th five year plan "period, Jiangsu textile's goal is to build a world-class high-end textile industrial cluster. Qian SUOMEI, leader of the preparatory working group of Nantong International Home Textile Industrial Park, suggested to promote the establishment of a collaborative development alliance of industrial clusters in the Yangtze River Delta region, carry out" group "participation, and provide cross regional one-stop procurement services for merchants, and promote the establishment of textile products within and outside the province The long-term cooperation mechanism of industrial clusters should strengthen the government guidance and establish the mutual visit mechanism of non-governmental organizations; vigorously integrate the advantageous industrial chains, strive to build regional industrial chain clusters, and create the cluster brand of "cluster R & D and design headquarters + core factories + peripheral outsourcing factories + key cluster advantageous resources + global sales channels" in the Yangtze River Delta region.

4) National "forum on innovation and development of key textile industry clusters" held in Yunchang town

On November 1, "forum on innovation and development of key textile industry clusters" was held in Yunchang Town, Yongqing. The conference has achieved two important results. First of all, China Fashion Designers Association and Yongqing yunshang town signed a cooperation agreement to jointly establish the "China Fashion Design trading center"; this project will establish a trading platform around fashion design, and promote the copyright trading of fashion design by establishing and applying a large database of designer design works. Second, advocate the "integration and co creation" of textile and garment industry cluster, textile and garment creative design Park and textile intelligent manufacturing service providers, jointly build a new mode of "one body, two wings, innovative development", promote the coordinated development of industrial chain, supply chain, innovation chain and value chain, and promote the comprehensive innovation and development of textile and clothing industry.

Global focus

1) The manufacturing industry is boosting and OPEC + production is expected to be delayed, and international oil prices will rise

U.S. WTI crude oil December futures closed up $1.02, or 2.85%, to $36.81/barrel on Monday, mainly driven by the market's expectation that OPEC's production reduction would be delayed for three months, and strong manufacturing data would boost oil prices. U.S. WTI crude oil December futures closed up US $1.02, or 2.85%, to US $36.81/barrel, and it fell to a new five-month low of $33.64/barrel in the early Asian market; December futures of Brent crude oil rose $1.51, or 4.03%, to $38.97/barrel.

2) More than 10 million confirmed cases of new crown in Europe

On November 1, local time, the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Europe passed another node - the number of confirmed cases exceeded 10 million. It took nine months from the announcement of the first confirmed case in Europe to five million confirmed cases, while it took only five weeks to grow from 5 million to 10 million. We can see how rapidly cases are soaring in Europe right now. According to incomplete statistics, at least 12 European countries, including Germany, France, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Czech Republic, Belgium, Britain (England), Austria, Greece, the Netherlands and Poland, have announced "blockade" orders to contain the epidemic.

3) Sri Lanka to build Textile Industrial Park

According to the Ministry of Commerce, citing Sri Lanka's "daily financial times" on October 30, Sri Lanka's cabinet recently approved the Ministry of industry's proposal to build a 275 acre Textile Industrial Park in battiklo. Cabinet co spokesman Dr. patirana said the cabinet also approved the declaration of the Industrial Park as a national strategic development project. The construction of Textile Industrial Park has always been the goal of Sri Lanka's clothing industry. This will help the garment industry affected by the new crown epidemic to overcome the turbulent external uncertainty, and take advantage of the changes in global value chain to recover its vitality faster.

4) The vacancy of Uzbekistan's textile and garment industry

According to Xinjiang Zhonglian Huayun news, Uzbekistan, the largest cotton producer in Central Asia, and the 34 million most populous country in Central Asia have gradually expanded the scale of its textile and clothing industry. Starting from 2020, Uzbekistan will also stop cotton export, which proves Uzbekistan's determination to transform from a traditional cotton raw material country to a textile country. It will carry out internal digestion and deep processing of cotton, and extend it to textile and garment industry with higher economic added value, and form labor-intensive industry to solve the purpose of employment, export expansion and economic restructuring.