Recently, the news that a large number of Indian textile orders flow back to the country has attracted widespread market attention. Are there any return orders? Has the domestic textile industry started to pick up?

Return of foreign orders

The output value of domestic textile enterprises has soared

In an enterprise that produces home textile products in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province, the reporter saw that in a workshop of tens of square meters, more than 10 workers were busy making tablecloths.

Shu Jiewu is the person in charge of the company. He told reporters that the company mainly produces home textiles such as tablecloths and pillowcases. It is a small company that has just been established for 4 years. In March of this year, he was still worrying about the wages of the workers, but he did not expect to receive an order from the international brand ZARA recently.

Shu Jiewu, general manager of Zhejiang Jinhua Henggang Home Textile Co., Ltd.: There are also in India and Vietnam. Customers told us that such a large amount may not be completed. After about a month or so, he said that there might be a shutdown.

Shu Jiewu told reporters that in order to receive this order, he repeatedly sent more than 10 samples to customers, and finally successfully received hundreds of thousands of tablecloth orders, and this order accounted for 60% of the company's total output.

In a clothing company in Shengze, Jiangsu, reporters also saw a busy scene. The person in charge of the enterprise said that due to the current severe epidemic in foreign countries, many manufacturers are in a state of suspension, resulting in failure to deliver goods.

In the domestic textile industry, the operating rate has basically recovered to more than 90%, so many orders have begun to return. And these return orders are dominated by consumables such as towels, home textiles, and home clothes.

Statistics show that from January to August, the national textile and apparel exports amounted to US$187.41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%. In August alone, national textile exports totaled US$14.72 billion, a year-on-year increase of 47%; clothing exports totaled US$16.21 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%, achieving positive monthly growth for the first time this year.

Hot sales of textile materials

　　 Trucks line up for loading

　　 The booming downstream orders has also driven the volume and price of upstream raw materials to rise.

　　 At the door of a textile raw material manufacturer in Shengze, Jiangsu, the reporter saw large trucks full of chemical fiber raw materials waiting to leave the factory. There are also many trucks waiting to be loaded on the open space of the factory.

　　 The driver, Master Hu, told reporters that after waiting for nearly 3 hours, it was finally his turn to load the goods.

　　Jiangsu truck driver Hu Master: I have to run several times a day, and some lines are too late. The busiest is to load the goods at night, and also to load the goods at night. It started to be busy in August and has been very busy every day.

　　The relevant person in charge of the company said that it has been a long time since I saw such a queue. Since September, the company's orders have shown explosive growth. The company's main product is polyester filament, which is the main raw material for many garments and home textiles currently on the market. It will take at least one month for the orders to be delivered now.

　　 Zhu Junying, general manager of Jiangsu Shenghong Chemical Fiber Marketing Center: We have continued for more than 20 days, and the production and sales rate has exceeded 100% every day. The inventory is now the lowest this year. In preparation for Double 11, the demand for e-commerce is very large, and the supply of cashmere products for winter is in short supply, and the supply of products from downstream customers is also in short supply.

　　 In addition to the increase in orders, the prices of raw materials are also rising. The data shows that the polyester filament market is booming after the National Day. As of October 16, the prices of polyester POY, polyester DTY, and polyester FDY have increased by 500/ton, 350/ton, and 550 yuan/ton respectively compared to the bottom of September. The prices of other raw materials such as cotton, spandex, viscose and other chemical fibers are also rising.