Lowering The Cost Of Polymerization Leads To The Decline Of Polyester Staple Fiber Prices, Bringing Opportunities And Challenges To The Industry.

In 1-10, the market of domestic direct spun polyester staple fiber was ups and downs. However, with the production of large scale refinery units, the decline of polyester raw materials reduced the cost of polyester. Although the price of direct spun polyester staple fiber also declined, it also increased the market price advantage, thus occupying the market share of some other products in other fields.

In the era of big refining and refining, the price of PX and naphtha was significantly reduced in the past few years. At present, the difference between the two prices has been reduced to 260-280 US dollars, and the price difference has been relatively stable. At present, the processing fee of PTA has been reduced to around 600 yuan. According to the information, due to the advanced technology level, the processing cost of the new PTA device is less than 400 yuan, and the industry processing fee will continue to decrease in the future with the industry's own survival mechanism. Ethylene glycol is also facing an overcapacity crisis when it is newly put into production. What kind of opportunities and adjustments will the future cost of polymerization bring to the direct spinning polyester staple industry?

At present, the main downstream downstream industry of polyester staple fiber is the cotton spinning industry. Although the traditional demand is growing slowly, the other differential fields have gradually entered a bottleneck which is more difficult to break through due to the rapid development in recent years. However, under the background of big refining and petrochemical era, the reduction of polymerization cost not only made the price of direct spun polyester staple fiber fall into a long and uncertain way, but also brought a very obvious price advantage to the industry.

With the gradual improvement of price advantage, polyester staple fiber will continue to replace some other raw cotton fabrics such as recycled polyester staple fiber, cotton and viscose staple fiber in some fields. Specifically, although the traditional cotton spinning industry has been depressed, and in recent years, with the relocation of the terminal industry, it has also led to the shrinking of the domestic market share, coupled with the continuous trade disputes. The overall operation of the domestic cotton market is weak, but it is reflected in the polyester staple market. Due to the reduction of polymerization cost, the price advantages of polyester staple fiber are highlighted. Some spinning industries have increased the consumption of polyester staple fiber. The phenomenon of "cotton to polyester" and "sticky polyester" in some areas is not uncommon, so the future share of polyester staple fiber in the cotton textile market is expanding. In other fields, such as filling industry, demand will be expanded due to the improvement of price advantage. In particular, the filling polyester staple fiber is not easy to be recognized by consumers because of its quality. Therefore, this field has been occupied by recycled staple fibers. But since the policy of prohibition of waste was put into operation in 2017, recycled staple has gradually lost its price advantage due to the high price of raw materials. However, with the continuous reduction of polymerization costs, the price and quality advantages of staple staple fibers (mainly hollow and low melting point) have been gradually highlighted. In recent years, demand has been increasing significantly, and in many areas it has replaced the share of the regeneration market and the share of the market filled with sponge.

On the whole, although the reduction of polymerization cost will directly lead to the decline of polyester staple fiber prices, its price advantage will also increase significantly, and the future industry should not be too pessimistic.