Many textile bosses have complained that the market in April was not as good as in March, and orders dropped sharply. According to them, the May Day holiday, which is a short holiday, must be to relieve the current pressure. However, according to market research, most weaving manufacturers actually have no plans to take a holiday.
“There is no holiday in the factory on May Day, and the store may be closed for two days. Now the factory has to rush orders.”
“There are no holidays in the May Day factory. Our small orders are all about speed, and customers are in a hurry.”
Of course, there are also some manufacturers who are on holiday.
“Our May Day factory has a holiday. Originally, we only produce spot goods. It doesn’t matter whether we have a holiday or not.”
“We have a two-day holiday on May Day, the same as in previous years.”
Of course, the factual conclusion is not limited to the above-mentioned textile companies. After understanding, most manufacturers still will not take holidays.
The textile industry is a year-round job. In the past few years, due to the existence of special factors, various holidays, production reductions, and holidays occurred. Only during the Chinese New Year will workers make up for their work half a month or even one month earlier than in other industries. Back to the holidays that I usually don’t take.
Of course, the main reason for not taking a holiday is that there are too many orders and there is no time for production.
Poor market conditions are the cause of low profits
“Recently, workwear fabrics have been a little better, the order volume is quite large, and the profit is not particularly large.” said Mr. Gu, who specializes in orders.
“Orders have increased compared with March. The sales of imitation memory fabrics are good, the inventory has dropped, the prices are mainly stable, and some conventional varieties have reduced prices.” said Mr. Wu, who mainly sells nylon fabrics.
“Our profit is very low, only 0.1-0.2 yuan/meter, and the orders are small orders of several thousand meters or tens of thousands of meters.” Mr. Qian, who mainly deals in chiffon fabrics, said
“Our profit is still good because it is an order.” said Mr. Zhu, who is mainly engaged in lining materials.
From the above description, it can be seen that the current opinions of textile bosses are basically the same. They have orders on hand. The order situation may not be as good as in March, but the machines in the factory are definitely busy producing orders. The only shortcoming is that the profit of the fabric is not good.
Of course, there are fabrics with considerable profits. Most of these fabrics are niche and high-end. As the last house owner said, although his orders are small orders of several thousand to tens of thousands of meters, because of the fabrics he makes, It is relatively niche and is generally used as lining for suits. The local volume is not large and it is difficult for customers to lower the price. Naturally, profits are made.
It is also because of this year’s devilish market that textile bosses have abandoned the traditional principle of “buy when prices rise but not when prices fall” when purchasing raw materials, and instead buy cautiously regardless of whether prices are rising or falling.
Purchase raw materials carefully and beware of high-priced fabrics
“The price of raw materials will definitely fall in the future. Anyway, as long as you don’t buy it, there will definitely be a promotion.” said Mr. Gu, who specializes in orders.
“We mainly order weaving, and the quantity is not large, so the price will basically not fluctuate. Therefore, a change of two to three hundred yuan in raw materials will not affect us. We can just buy it normally.” said Mr. Zhu, who is mainly engaged in lining materials.
“We all stock up on demand. Raw materials will definitely fall in the future, so we don’t need to buy too much.” Mr. Qian, who specializes in chiffon fabrics, said
“The price of raw materials should also fall in the future, and the demand is not in place.” said Mr. Wu, who specializes in nylon fabrics.
Last Tuesday, the price of polyester filament dropped by 100-150 yuan/ton, and downstream weaving manufacturers mostly took advantage of the dip to restock. The production and sales on that day reached 400%, and some manufacturers even exceeded 1,000 yuan. Nowadays, textile company owners prefer promotions. Faced with rising fabric prices, it is difficult to obtain more profits by reducing costs.
After learning from the experience of using high-priced raw materials to sell low-priced gray fabrics in the early stage, textile bosses are also very cautious when it comes to raw materials. They basically buy what they need and stock the right amount at low prices, so that they will never spend a penny more.
Finally, most textile bosses are not optimistic about the market situation in May.
“It’s hard to say what the future market will be. I feel that the current market is not particularly good.” said Mr. Gu, who specializes in orders.
“We can’t draw conclusions about the future market now, but according to the situation at the end of April, it won’t be better.” said Mr. Zhu, who is mainly engaged in linings.
“May is about the same time as April, and autumn and winter fabrics are starting to be stocked,” said Mr. Wu, who specializes in nylon fabrics.
“There should be no Red May situation. The demand is in front of us, how can the market get better?” said Mr. Qian, who mainly sells chiffon fabrics.
Generally speaking, everyone is not optimistic about the “Red Five”. It does not mean that orders have decreased. The main reason is that May is also the alternating month between the off-peak and peak seasons. At this time…The orders placed by �� are basically replenishment orders that were not placed in the early stage. Spring and summer fabrics are basically finished, and the market has begun to stock up on autumn and winter fabrics in the second half of the year. In addition, this year’s market is special, and it will take time for demand to recover. Naturally, everyone is not optimistic about Wu. moon.
However, in previous years, there have been abnormal operations where the peak season is not busy and the off-season is not slow. It cannot be said that May will not be good until the last moment.
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