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The Chemical Fiber Industry Will Show A Restorative Growth Trend In 2024 And Move Steadily Forward In 2025

2025/1/13 19:44:00 185

　　 At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, it is an important moment to review the past and look forward to the future. Through in-depth dialogue with the presidents of various professional associations, we will show the highlights, achievements and challenges of the industry development, and discuss the trend of the future situation. Mr. Chen Xinwei, President of China Chemical Fiber Industry Association, was interviewed.

　　 In the context of a stable and positive macro-economy, China's chemical fiber industry will show a recovery growth trend in 2024. Although affected by the weakening of the low base effect, the growth of some indicators slowed down, the industry still maintained a steady pace of development. We have made further achievements in brand building, green development, technological innovation and other aspects, laying a solid foundation for future development. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, the reporter of Textile and Garment Weekly interviewed Chen Xinwei, the president of China Chemical Fiber Industry Association, and made an in-depth interpretation of the current situation and future development of the chemical fiber industry.

　　 Under the coexistence of challenges and opportunities, the industry has grown steadily

　　 In 2024, China's macro-economy maintained a stable and positive trend, creating favorable conditions for the operation of the textile and chemical fiber industry. Chen Xinwei pointed out that under this background, the output of chemical fiber industry has achieved steady growth. Especially in the nylon industry, as the production capacity has not expanded significantly and the application increment in some fields has been achieved, the load of nylon filament has been kept above 90%, showing strong market demand. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to October 2024, the output of chemical fiber will be 65.64 million tons, with a year-on-year growth of 9.14%. From the link comparison, the growth rate will gradually decline.

　　 In general, in 2024, the economic benefits of the chemical fiber industry will be improved year on year, and the operation quality will be improved. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to October, the chemical fiber industry realized an operating income of 953.626 billion yuan, up 7.15% year on year; The total profit was 21.641 billion yuan, up 38.24% year on year. Due to the base, the profit growth gradually narrowed. However, the industry's average operating income profit margin is 2.27%, which is still at a low level in recent years.

　　 In terms of fixed asset investment, the growth rate picked up but the actual new capacity slowed down. According to the data of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to October, the fixed asset investment in the chemical fiber industry increased by 5.9% year on year, compared with 9.7% in the same period of 2023. The investment growth picked up under the low base effect. However, from the perspective of the industry's new capacity, in 2024, 1.96 million tons/year of polyester fiber will be invested, and the capacity growth will slow down; Polyester bottle tablets are still in the expansion cycle, with about 4.05 million tons of new production.

　　 According to the statistics of China Customs, the total export volume of main chemical fiber products in the chemical fiber industry from January to November 2024 increased by 0.17% year on year, and the cumulative year-on-year growth rate turned from negative to positive. By product, the export of polyester filament fell by 4.78% year on year, mainly due to the decline in exports to India; The decline in exports to Turkey was second only to India, largely due to the reduction of demand gap. The export of polyester staple fiber and nylon filament yarn performed well, with the export volume increasing by 6.84% and 14.04% respectively from January to November.

　　 Deeply integrated with fashion elements, new achievements have been made in fiber brand construction

　　 In the past two years, the chemical fiber industry has made remarkable achievements in brand building, from the release of Chinese fiber fashion trend to the joint creation and sharing of Chinese fiber brands, and then to the docking and exchange activities of Chinese fiber fashion trends (referred to as the Fiber Road for short).

　　 Chen Xinwei said that the Chinese fiber fashion trend release activity, which has been held for 14 years, has become the authoritative trend release IP in the national textile industry, leading the upgrading of the industrial chain and value chain, and becoming a gravitational field and vane linking the upstream and downstream of the industry and the end consumers. In 2024, the Chinese fiber fashion trend release activity will combine fiber brands with fashion elements through AI+naked eye 3D and other innovative forms, greatly improving the industry influence. Under the support of China's fiber fashion trend platform, more enterprises are moving towards the road of innovation and green, and the new product release conferences carried out by enterprises are more diversified. The participating enterprises also got strong gains. For example, the average profit rate of the popular fiber released this year was 16.85%, far higher than the industry average. 85% of the enterprises believed that the release of Chinese fiber fashion trends played a positive role in the promotion of the selected enterprises to the downstream.

　　 Since its launch in March 2023, Huafeng Millennium · China Fiber Brand Linkage Innovation and Sharing has received extensive attention from fiber enterprises. In 2024, the activity officially launched the construction of fiber brand library during the SS2025 China International Fashion Week, and released the first batch of 8 brands to enter the market. These brands were determined after the independent declaration of enterprises and benchmarking of China Fiber Brand Evaluation Index System Group Standard (T/CCFA 02012-2023).

　　 It grows from integration and grows from innovation. As an important extension of the "Chinese fiber fashion trend", the fiber road has covered Beijing, Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and organized key chemical fiber enterprises to communicate with dozens of downstream enterprises and high-quality brands, It has provided effective information on raw material trends for end brands, improved the efficiency of industrial chain docking, obtained opportunities for product development cooperation with the brand side, and guided fiber enterprises to innovate products.

　　 As for how to strengthen the fiber brand construction in the next step, Chen Xinwei said that he would further improve the service level of the selected chemical fiber enterprises, further enhance the depth of research on Chinese fiber fashion trends, further increase the innovation model and publicity, and promote closer linkage between Tongkun · China's fiber flow trend and Huafeng Millennium · China's fiber brand linkage and sharing, Powerfully support the soft power construction of Chinese chemical fiber enterprise brands and Chinese fiber brands, and promote their true international development.

　　 Green development continues to advance, and green fiber gets more recognition

　　 Driven by the concept of green development, more and more enterprises put green development at the core of their strategies, and the level of green manufacturing in the chemical fiber industry has been further improved. The intensity of resource and energy consumption and pollutant emission of the industry has kept declining, the technology of energy conservation and emission reduction has made significant progress, and the industry's green development standard system has been constantly improved. It is particularly worth mentioning that various green fibers such as chemical fibers, bio based fibers, and solution colored fibers have emerged one after another, which have occupied a very important position in the market and become a highlight of the industry.

　　 The industrial structure of recycled chemical fiber (hereinafter referred to as recycled chemical fiber) has been continuously optimized, the number of standardized enterprises has increased, the chemical recycling route has been industrialized, and high-quality bottle spun recycled polyester fiber has been recognized by the market.

　　 The industrialization level of bio based fiber is also constantly improving. The industrialization process of Lyocell, PLA and other fibers was accelerated. These fibers have the advantages of environmental protection, renewable, etc., and meet the needs of consumers for environmental protection and health. With the wide application of bio based fiber, the green development of chemical fiber industry will be more popular.

　　 The market share of liquid dyed fiber continued to grow. With the gradual deepening of people's awareness of environmental protection and the need for a better life, the solution colored composite functional fiber that integrates functions and environmental protection will have a broader application prospect.

　　 At present, there are 38 enterprises that have passed the green fiber and product certification, including two downstream product enterprises.

　　 Chen Xinwei said that although remarkable achievements have been made in the green development of the chemical fiber industry during the "14th Five Year Plan" period, there are still some problems, including the product structure needs to be optimized, the proportion of green products is insufficient, the identification method of recycled products is not perfect, the green manufacturing standard system is not sound, and the implementation of cleaner production audit is not realistic. For the green fiber certification work, quite a few enterprises still do not know enough. The main reason is that green fiber has not yet been included in the national green product certification system, which needs to further strengthen the publicity, display and promotion work.

　　 In the future, the chemical fiber industry should adhere to the priority of energy conservation, vigorously promote the promotion and application of energy conservation and carbon reduction technologies, actively promote cleaner production transformation, widely carry out the construction of green factories, green products and green supply chains, strengthen the comprehensive utilization of waste resources, and accelerate the mutual promotion and deep integration of low-carbon transformation and industrial development.

　　 Frontier academic research continues to emerge, and technological breakthroughs continue

　　 In 2024, under the guidance of scientific and technological innovation, the chemical fiber industry will continue to emerge cutting-edge academic research, make breakthroughs in process technology, and achieve fruitful scientific research results, which will inject a strong impetus into the transformation, upgrading and high-quality development of the chemical fiber industry.

　　 In terms of cutting-edge academic research, relevant domestic institutions and enterprises continue to play a leading role, and a large number of high-quality research papers have emerged. Papers such as Colored Polyester Fiber with High Efficiency and Anti dripping Performance jointly published by Wuhan Textile University and Zhejiang University of Technology cover multiple dimensions from basic theory to practical application innovation, providing strong support for technical upgrading and product innovation of chemical fiber industry. These research achievements not only improve the performance of chemical fiber products, but also expand their application fields and promote the progress of the entire industry.

　　 In terms of process technology, a number of internationally advanced achievements will emerge in the chemical fiber industry in 2024. The overall technology of the two projects, Development and Industrialization of Recycled Cellulose Fiber from Waste Cotton and Technology Development and Industrialization of High Color Fastness Viscose Fiber Dyed with Multi color Stock Solution, jointly undertaken by Tangshan Sanyou, Qingdao University and other units, has reached the international advanced level, of which the industrialization technology of producing viscose staple fiber from waste cotton has reached the international leading level. The "Carbon disulfide tail gas biological treatment technology and industrial application of viscose fiber production" jointly undertaken by Langkun New Environmental Protection and Yibin Hester Fiber, the overall technology of the project has reached the international advanced level, realizing the technological breakthrough and industrial application of viscose fiber waste gas treatment biological method.

　　 It is worth mentioning that projects related to high-performance fibers have also made significant progress. The project of Key Technology and Industrialized Application of Continuous Basalt Fiber Surface Modification and Preparation of High Quality Prepreg jointly undertaken by Sichuan Hengyao, Sichuan University and other units has developed a special sizing agent for reinforced continuous basalt fiber, realizing the batch production of high-quality continuous basalt fiber prepreg. Weihai Guangwei filament winding machine, pre oxidation furnace, high and low temperature carbonization furnace, carbon filament winding machine and carbon fiber production complete equipment, Jiangsu Zhaoyun prepreg production, pultrusion and molding equipment, Changzhou spinneret factory high-performance carbon fiber spinneret, new carbon valley multi axial warp knitting equipment, composite material pultrusion molding equipment A number of projects related to carbon fiber equipment and parts, such as carbon fiber composite automatic roll forming equipment, have passed the achievement appraisal and reached the international advanced level. These achievements not only enhance the independent innovation ability of China's high-performance fibers, but also enhance the market competitiveness of domestic high-performance fibers.

　　 In addition, a number of scientific research achievements were also awarded the 2024 Science and Technology Award of China Textile Industry Federation. Among them, the project of "Key Technology for Manufacturing Heat and Humidity Stimulating Responsive Polyester Fiber and Comfort Smart Adjusting Fabric" won the first prize of the Technological Invention Award; Three projects, namely, "Key Technology and Industrialization of Preparation of Bullet proof and Cutting proof UHMWPE Fiber and Its Lightweight Composite Materials", "Research and Development and Industrialization of Polyester Composite Fiber Melt Direct Spinning Engineering Technology", and "Global Visible Analytic Intelligent Big Data Platform and Integrated Technology of Polyester Fiber Whole Industrial Chain", won the first prize of Science and Technology Progress Award. These awards are not only a recognition of scientific research achievements, but also a commendation of the scientific and technological innovation spirit of the chemical fiber industry.

　　 Expand domestic demand, optimize supply, and develop steadily in 2025

　　 Looking forward to 2025, the chemical fiber industry needs to actively respond to the uncertainty of the external environment and changes in domestic macro policies to maintain the stable operation and high-quality development of the industry.

　　 For the next development direction of the chemical fiber industry, Chen Xinwei suggested that, first of all, we should effectively expand the demand for textile and clothing consumption. At the policy level, the implementation of the policy of expanding domestic demand should be strengthened, and enterprises should be encouraged to explore new incremental markets, such as "national style and national trend, big health, silver economy", to meet the diversified and personalized needs of consumers. At the same time, strengthen market supervision, ensure product quality, rebuild and consolidate consumers' trust in textile and clothing products.

　　 Secondly, it is still critical to further promote supply side structural reform. Enterprises should be guided to invest cautiously and avoid blind expansion and homogeneous competition to achieve sustainable development of the industry. In addition, we will strictly restrict energy efficiency, improve the green manufacturing standard system, eliminate outdated production capacity according to law and regulations, and provide space for optimizing the supply structure. At the same time, we will strengthen the implementation of relevant industry standards and conditions to ensure the healthy development of the industry.

　　 Finally, it is necessary to strengthen self-discipline in the industry and prevent "internal" vicious competition. The government should strengthen guidance; Industry associations should play the role of bridge and link to promote exchanges and cooperation between enterprises; Enterprises should set a long-term vision, avoid short-term behavior, and jointly maintain the market order and healthy development of the industry.

　　 In conclusion, in 2025, the chemical fiber industry should take expanding demand, optimizing supply and strengthening self-discipline as the development direction, actively respond to the challenges of the external environment, and achieve stable operation and high-quality development of the industry. At the same time, enterprises should also strengthen internal management, enhance core competitiveness, and contribute to the sustainable development of the industry.