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Major events of China viscose industry in 2020

2021-01-04 08:28:25 CCFGroup

The COVID-19 swept the world in the first half of 2020 and production, domestic sales, exports, price and inventory of the industry chain kept refreshing new records. The market warmed up in the second half of the year and the price surged subsequently in Oct and Dec. Market participants started to replenish stocks with improving confidence and increasing capital amid the expectation of demand recovery, laying a good foundation for 2021.

Month	Event	Key word
Jan	Indian spinning industry requires the government to impose anti-dumping duties on rayon yarn.	Rayon yarn, anti-dumping
Jan	Tangshan Sanyou passed EU-BAT audit.	Tangshan Sanyou, environmental-friendly
Feb	Chinese Lunar New Year holiday was extended by the COVID-19 outbreak	Industry
Mar	Resumption of work	Industry
Apr	High whiteness VSF was produced by Yibin Grace.	Yibin Grace, high whiteness VSF
Apr	High whiteness VSF was produced by Shandong Yamei.	Shandong Yamei, high whiteness VSF
May	Sateri successfully started production on its 20kt/yr lyocell fiber plant in Rizhao of Shandong.	Sateri, lyocell, Asia Symbol
	Xinxiang Chemical Fiber successfully started production on its phase I 20kt/yr biomass cellulose plant.	Xinxiang Chemical Fiber, VFY
	H&M 2020 Conscious Exclusive Collection was made from ReVisco?	Tangshan Sanyou, environmental-friendly
Jun	Aoyang’s high whiteness VSF started to be officially applied in downstream segment.	Aoyang, high whiteness VSF
Jul	India filed an application for anti-subsidy investigation concerning imports of viscose rayon filament yam from China.	VFY, anti-subsidy
	China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles held a response meeting to the countervailing investigation against imports of viscose yarn above 60 deniers from China by India.	VFY, anti-subsidy
	Zhongtai successfully started production on its 40kt/yr high whiteness VSF plant at one time.	Zhongtai, high whiteness VSF
	Henan Taikang started construction on its 200kt/yr lyocell fiber plant.	Lyocell
	Huatai Chemical planned to build 160kt/yr environmental-friendly bio-based fiber plant.	Cellulose fiber
Aug	Jilin Chemical Fiber started up its 15kt/yr carbon fiber project.	Jilin Chemical Fiber, carbon fiber
	China CAMC Engineering Co., Ltd, CNIC Corporation Limited, China National Light Industrial Products Import and Export Group Co., Ltd and China General Technology New Materials Group Co., Ltd signed strategic cooperation agreement.	Pulp-fiber and forest-pulp- paper integration in overseas market
	Jilin Tangu started up its phase II 50kt/yr carbon fiber precursor project.	Jilin Chemical Fiber, carbon fiber precursor
Sep	Lenzing delivered fibers from the two Austrian production sites Lenzing and Heiligenkreuz directly to customers in China by train for the first time.	Lenzing
Oct	Suring price of the industry chain	Industry
Oct	China Textile Academy Green Fiber Co., Ltd started production on its 60kt/yr lyocell fiber plant.	Lyocell, capacity
Nov	Sateri (Changzhou) held commencement ceremony of its project in Liyang.	Sateri, lyocell, nonwovens
	APP Yancheng held ground-breaking ceremony of its cellulose fiber integrated industrial base.	APP, cellulose fiber
	14th China Hangzhou Cellulose Fiber (Viscose) Industry Forum	Industry
Dec	Nanjing Chemical Fiber planned to acquire 51.91% stake of Shanghai Yueke for 389 million yuan.	Nanjing Chemical, acquisition
Dec	China Nonwovens & Industrial Textiles Association established Nonwoven Industry Green Development & Innovation Alliance.	Industry, nonwovens, green

In addition to industry fluctuations, it can be seen that Chinese companies have also sped up transformation and upgrading under great pressure.

There will be new members entering cellulose fiber industry in the future and lyocell as well as nonwovens are still the hotspots at present. Among them, the former is mainly attributed by the multiple layouts by the leading company--Sateri, and the latter becomes more popular in 2020. Compared with the active investment in downstream product manufacturing last year, the companies are more concentrated on the production of high whiteness VSF this year.

After years of hard work, we can also see some achievements made by leading Chinese enterprises like certification audit and the launch of a series of finished products coopered with end-user market, which are all enhancing the environmental image of enterprises and fibers.

The scale of traditional textile-grade cellulose fiber is still growing, and the trend of differentiation is also accelerating. Large enterprises pay more attention to the connection from raw materials to end-user market and we can see more and broader space for cooperation and development in the future.

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