By the American Association of the Third International Cotton “Cotton School” campaign, on April 22 ~ 23 in Haikou City, Hainan Province held successfully. Cotton from the country more than 80 enterprises in more than 150 business representatives on the U.S. cotton production and trade throughout the supply chain system of learning. In such a highly technical event, organizers in addition to providing participants with an understanding of the U.S. cotton industry, a platform for the whole process chain outside the market for the international cotton price trend analysis throughout the entire conference, and throughout the industry concerned about heat Negotiation focus.
Tight international market supply
As the economy started to recover, the world’s cotton resources, demand for it. India, Asia-Pacific region as a major textile producer, to alleviate the pressure on its domestic raw material supply, to restrictions on cotton exports. From April 9, the Indian export of raw cotton exports and cotton waste were collected Rs 2,500 / t and 3% of the tariff. April 20, Confederation of Indian Textile Commissioner ABJoshi said the registration of Indian cotton export license has been suspended. The move immediately to further tightening of global cotton supply, imports of cotton from India and China affect the supply of the domestic market even more nervous.
India is the world’s second-largest cotton exporter after the United States. India and the United States are the traditional cotton exports to China a major power, while China is the world’s largest cotton producing countries and consuming countries, as well as the world’s largest textile country of manufacture. According to the statistics report shows that in August last year, in February this year, India’s cotton exports to China surpassed the U.S. for the first time, significantly increase market share. When India closed the door of cotton exports, the market trend pattern will change? Market analysts believe that India is now ban cotton exports, and the time of uncertainty, China may turn to seek more U.S. cotton supply.
In this year’s “cotton school” activities, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Cotton Association, National Cotton Council, the U.S. cotton supply and marketing cooperatives, the New York Cotton Exchange, American Supima Association, Cotton Incorporated senior experts and other organizations U.S. Embassy in Beijing arrived at the scene all the agricultural commissioner, from cotton cultivation, production, distribution, warehousing, trade, risk management and other fields, as the representative of the participating companies the subject of lectures and discussions wonderful exchange. Also present at the lineup of the United States a strong teaching team of experts that the U.S. cotton industry, cotton production and consumption in China market unprecedented attention.
Seize market demand vacuum
India to tighten export of cotton to seize the opportunity, the U.S. cotton industry has sent a strong lineup for the all-round promotion of Chinese industry to make up the market gap and regain market, the largest share of Chinese imports of cotton. Excluding the three wire, size distribution of many domestic cotton mill use one of the major U.S. cotton, in addition, the U.S. cotton industry has demonstrated its advantage in warehousing and logistics. According to the National Cotton Council of BillRobertson Dr., to better serve the Chinese cotton textile companies, the U.S. cotton industry continues to improve the efficiency of ports and logistics, from the U.S. East Coast to China’s maritime trade and transport time was 31 days, from the West Coast to China the line just 20 days.
In this event, “the recovery of world textile procurement market” thematic discussion session, the U.S. Department of Agriculture World Agricultural Outlook Board fiber analyst CarolSkelly that the recovery in world textile demand, tight global supply of cotton has become a foregone conclusion. 2011 global inventories will continue to decline despite the new year will be U.S. cotton acreage has increased, but the lower opening stocks, market demand increased and supply decreased, cotton prices will be inevitable. She also predicted that the future of China’s textile consumer market will have 50% to 60% of domestic demand.
As the raw cotton prices remain high and volatile, to bring greater business risks of purchasing behavior.
New York Cotton Exchange Advisor JosephJO’Neill analysis, from 1991 to 2007, the cotton market price volatility difference of about 21 cents / pound, while in 2009, up 65 cents / pound, since 2010, the price volatility also 45 cents / lb level. For the past year, substantial fluctuations in cotton prices to the market price of great uncertainty, he describes how to use the hedge to avoid the risk of the cotton futures market.
The temptation of high-end market
In addition to price fluctuations in raw material cost impact on profits than the end product, the environment and save energy become the future industry development trend, more and more companies are working to improve the unit’s profitability, as this can reduce energy expenditure, they can get higher returns. This trend is prompting some industry competitive enterprises pay more attention to high-end line of high-grade raw materials, demand increased significantly. Supima cotton in the United States the highest grade, highest quality varieties, has been formed in the ultra-long-staple cotton brand. In this “Cotton School” campaign, the United States Supima Association president JesseW.Curlee introduced the participants to the classic super-long-staple cotton Supima apparel brands and the U.S. launch of SUPIMA BrooksBrothers series apparel success stories to show the U.S. high-grade super- Supima fine cotton clothing in the high-end retail market opportunities. According to a well-known participants in the domestic yarn production company CEOs said that last year the market price in a reasonable time to purchase just bought some American Supima cotton and yarn quality after the product’s luster and overall very satisfactory, the market margin is optimistic, the main supply to the high-end fabric suppliers and apparel brands. There are also some business representatives believe that if ultra-long-staple cotton for spinning purchase depends largely on market conditions and the needs of buyers, but they said that once the right opportunity, will try to use high-grade cotton.
The face of high raw material price movements, not in the business about the case of raw materials price movements in the downstream part of improving product value-added fabrics has also become an option. At the meeting, Cotton Incorporated has brought cutting-edge textile technology and processing techniques, such as waterproof fabric processing technology, functionality and other finishing processes, the use of new technologies to enhance enterprise grade products provide a solution.
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