Weak Demand In Textile Market, Weak Growth Of New Orders

The traditional textile off-season is still the same. The market price of cotton yarn has slightly declined, the sales of finished products has slightly improved, and the inventory situation has slightly improved. At present, there are few new orders for textile enterprises, and the startup rate has declined. At present, the startup rate of textile enterprises in the mainland remains about 70%. As of July 5, the startup load of textile enterprises in the mainstream areas of the country was 73.8%, a 0.54% month on month decrease. Finished goods inventory is still slowly digested, and loss operations are common. According to the survey, the cotton yarn prices of textile enterprises in Yuncheng and Linqing regions of Shandong Province are relatively stable at present, with a loss of 500-1000 yuan/ton. The quotation of pure cotton yarn of small and medium-sized enterprises in other regions continued to decline slightly, and the inventory level of downstream grey cloth was relatively high.

The main contract of Zheng Mian Futures rose and fell, and the weekly average price rose slightly. The spot price of domestic cotton was generally stable with the futures. On July 5, the price of domestic cotton 3128B was 15777 yuan/ton, down 49 yuan or 0.31% from the previous week; The settlement price of Zheng Mian's main contract was 14735 yuan/ton, up 55 yuan or 0.37% from the previous week.

Affected by the hot weather in summer, some factories have increased their working days off in shifts, and their startup has declined in a narrow range. Recently, the domestic sales orders of the weaving factory are scarce, and some enterprises have started the autumn order proofing work, but the export orders have not improved. When the overall order is insufficient, the weaving factory produces regular spot goods, but the production and sales situation is not ideal.

According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to May, the profit of cotton spinning enterprises above designated size decreased by 10.25% year on year, 0.87 percentage points more than that from January to April; The profit of cotton weaving enterprises increased by 10.09% year on year, 7.82 percentage points slower than the growth rate from January to April. The profit growth of cotton spinning and cotton weaving continued to diverge. From January to May, the operating income and profit margin of cotton spinning and cotton weaving enterprises above designated size rebounded; The operating income profit margin of cotton spinning enterprises above designated size was 1.19%, 0.16 percentage points higher than that of January April; The operating income profit rate of cotton weaving enterprises above designated size was 2.34%, 0.15 percentage points higher than that from January to April.

According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to May, the yarn output of cotton textile enterprises on the designated scale was 8.918 million tons, down 1.28% year on year, 0.83 percentage points less than that from January to April; The cloth production of enterprises above designated size was 12.99 billion meters, up 2.48% year on year, and 0.91 percentage point lower than that from January to April.

A few mills said that the current delivery of goods was slightly better than that in early June, but overall demand showed no obvious signs of recovery. At present, it is still in the traditional slack season of the textile industry. The demand of the textile market is weak, and the growth of new orders is sluggish. Some textile enterprises adjust their production rhythm and reduce the start-up rate to cope with market changes.