The current situation of China's knitting machinery industry in 2020, new elastic fiber is a new trend.
Release time:
2024-07-31
The process of using knitting needles to form loops of yarns of various raw materials and varieties, and then connecting them into knitted fabrics through strings. The knitted fabric is soft, has good wrinkle resistance and breathability, and has greater extensibility and elasticity, and is comfortable to wear. Knitted products are not only used for taking and decoration, but also can be used in industry and agriculture, medical and health, national defense and other fields. The knitting process is divided into weft knitting and warp knitting.
Definition and Classification of 1. Knitting
The process of using knitting needles to form loops of yarns of various raw materials and varieties, and then connecting them into knitted fabrics through strings. The knitted fabric is soft, has good wrinkle resistance and breathability, and has greater extensibility and elasticity, and is comfortable to wear. Knitted products are not only used for taking and decoration, but also can be used in industry and agriculture, medical and health, national defense and other fields. The knitting process is divided into weft knitting and warp knitting.
2. Development Status of Knitting Machinery Industry in China
Since 2015, China's circular weft machine sales have been basically flat, and in 2019, China's circular weft machine industry benefited from the rebound in downstream markets such as Guangdong and Shaoxing, with circular weft machine sales of 23000 units, a growth rate of 9.5. As domestic enterprises respond to the "Belt and Road" initiative and actively explore overseas markets, export models cover single, double-sided and computer jacquard, China's circular weft machine sales will continue to grow in the future.
After two years of rapid development in the flat knitting machine market since 2016, there was an inflection point in the second half of 2018, and the sales volume began to decrease. In 2018, the sales volume of flat knitting machines was 150000 units, down 18.9 percent from the same period last year. In 2019, the domestic market continued its downward trend and faced greater downward pressure. In 2019, the sales volume of flat knitting machines was 91000, down 39.3 percent year-on-year, while the overseas market maintained its growth trend. The downstream market of flat knitting machine is becoming saturated, the homogenization competition is becoming more and more serious, and the overall growth rate continues to slow down. At the same time, part of the vamp market orders flow to warp knitting equipment. The single-system computerized flat knitting machine market for traditional sweaters is affected by the downstream market, and its performance is relatively flat, resulting in a large decline in production and sales.
The warp knitting machine industry is affected by market saturation, raw material price fluctuations and other factors, the overall market downward pressure is greater. Under the rapid growth in 2016 and 2017, the growth rate began to slow down in 2018, and the sales volume of warp knitting machines decreased from 4.7 thousand units to 3.3 thousand units in 2017-2019. Among them, the main reason is the decline in the production and sales of high-speed warp knitting machines. After nearly two years of rapid development, the market tends to be saturated, and the decline in production and sales appears to be relatively large. New technological breakthroughs are needed to avoid homogeneous competition. Multi-axial warp knitting machines are limited by prices and downstream market demand, and production and sales have declined to a certain extent compared with the same period last year.
Export Situation of Knitting Machinery in China in 3.
Knitting machinery exports are mainly flat knitting machines and circular weft machines. Among them, flat knitting machines have outstanding performance in overseas markets. Exports to Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia have continued to grow, especially the Indian market has maintained steady growth for two consecutive years. From 2015 to 2019, the export value of flat knitting machines continued to grow, from US $0.17 billion to US $0.28 billion, with a compound annual growth rate of 9.68.