"The surface material is gone, at N95;

The leak-proof barrier is gone, at the plane mask;

The bottom membrane is gone, in the protective clothing......"

Confessions of a diaper......

"Can't buy non-woven fabrics, this inventory is only enough for a few days." A domestic wet wipe manufacturer revealed to reporters that due to lack of raw materials, some of their production lines have been in a semi-stop state. If they can no longer buy raw materials, they can only stop production.

At more than 3 p.m., a reporter from the upstream news Chongqing Business Daily saw in the wet towel factory that one of its production lines had been suspended. Previously, the line operated 24 hours a day.

Affected by the epidemic, the price of non-woven fabrics continued to rise, melting cloth rose more than 20 times in 2 months, spun-bonded cloth rose more than ten times, hot air cloth also rose eight times......

Demand has soared, and the price of non-woven fabrics has soared 29 times in one month and is still out of stock.

Non-woven fabric, also known as non-woven fabric, is composed of directional or random fibers. It is called cloth because of its appearance and certain properties. Its manufacturing has many production processes, including spunbond method, meltblown method and spunlace method.

Affected by the epidemic, masks and other epidemic prevention supplies demand increased, as the core of the mask, intercept bacteria, droplets of melt-blown non-woven fabrics first ushered in a surge in prices. Before the epidemic, the price of meltblown non-woven fabrics was around 20000 yuan per ton, and in February 2020, the price soared to 80000/ton, and in March the price of meltblown fabrics exceeded 500000/ton, an increase of 29 times. In April, affected by the international outbreak, meltblown non-woven fabrics ushered in the second round of surge.

Because the inner and outer layers of the mask need spunbonded non-woven fabrics, the price of spunbonded non-woven fabrics has also gone up all the way, and some merchants have placed orders until 2 months later.

On April 21, a reporter from the upstream news Chongqing Business Daily called Yunnan Nanyu Non-woven Fabric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The staff of the company said that the market has changed and the price has risen. The spunbonded non-woven fabric used for masks is currently 80000 yuan/ton.

Not only did the price go up, but the goods could not be bought. The reporter called many non-woven fabric manufacturers in Shandong, Guangzhou and Zhejiang, and most of them replied: "Non-woven fabrics for masks are out of stock!"

The non-woven fabrics produced by Chongqing Zhongtuo Non-woven Fabric Co., Ltd. can be used to make masks. The company said that it has not received orders for many days and the spunbonded non-woven fabrics in its hands have been placed in May.

Diapers and wipes manufacturers are affected, and some businesses are facing shutdown.

The problem of insufficient supply of non-woven fabrics also affects diapers and wet wipes enterprises.

"Price increases, can't buy." A diaper manufacturer in Hebei estimated: "About half of the diaper factories in the industry have stopped production or are about to stop production."

At the end of March, the price of spunlace non-woven fabrics also began to rise.

"Spunlace non-woven fabrics were more than 10000 a ton at the end of March, but now they are more than 30000 a ton and cannot be bought." The relevant person in charge of a domestic wet towel factory told reporters that they have cooperated with non-woven fabric manufacturers for many years, and they have never encountered a situation where they can't get the full price.

Today, the wet towel factory daily sales orders are still very large, but the shortage of fabric raw materials, some production lines have been in a semi-stop production state. Wet towel factory said that if they could not sell non-woven fabrics, they would have to stop production in May.

It is understood that the non-woven materials required for diapers and wet wipes are not the same as the non-woven materials required for masks. Why are such non-woven fabrics also facing shortages?

Industry insiders told reporters that SMS non-woven fabrics used in diapers belong to composite non-woven fabrics, which are hot rolled by spunbonded non-woven fabrics, meltblown non-woven fabrics, spunbonded non-woven fabrics and three-layer webs. Thin SMS products are suitable for sanitary napkins, diapers, etc., while SMS products with medium thickness can be used for making disposable protective clothing, etc.

In addition, due to the production of diapers non-woven equipment through a slight transformation, can produce masks with non-woven materials, some enterprises switch production, further leading to a shortage of non-woven materials for diapers.

"The conversion or also affect the spunlace non-woven fabric." Business analyst Man Rongrong said that the price of spunbonded non-woven fabrics and meltblown non-woven fabrics required for masks is higher, and non-woven fabric manufacturers can also transform their production lines to produce the materials required for masks.

Zhejiang Tiantai County Yongzhu Filter Cloth Co., Ltd. revealed that a number of local production of spunlace non-woven fabrics enterprises to produce non-woven fabrics required for the production of masks.

Diapers, wet wipes fear price increases? Some parents have begun to stock up

Diapers, wet wipes raw material prices, shortage, does it mean to increase prices?

"The discount on diapers is not as much as before." Consumer Miss Qin said that the discount she bought before the Fawn Ding Ding diaper L was often 199 minus 50, and last week it was 125 minus 25. Today, it seems that there is no discount. "Fortunately, I bought several large cases of diapers before." She said.

In the group of mothers where Miss Qin is located, Baoma has long called for diapers to be hoarded. A treasure mother said, "We have already started to prepare for the news that the price of diaper raw materials has increased."

Recently, the upstream news, Chongqing Business Daily reporter visited the market found that the current market diapers brand did not appear price increases. However, the reporter found that some brands of diapers were out of stock in some supermarkets in Wulidian. "It's sold out temporarily and should be made up recently." Supermarket staff revealed.

Chongqing Yonghui Supermarket told upstream news, Chongqing Business Daily, that wet wipes and diapers have not increased in price and have a certain stock.

Regarding whether the price will rise in the future, Yonghui Supermarket said, "Suppliers need to decide according to market assessment."

"At present, everyone has stock, but when the stock is sold out, the price may rise." A large mother and baby chain, who asked not to be named, said.

Upstream market begins to return to rationality

The production of masks requires polypropylene, and the surface layer of diapers also needs polypropylene, and demand drives the price of polypropylene skyrocketing. Previously, the market price of polypropylene was more than 6000 yuan/ton, which recently rose to more than 13000 yuan/ton, and once rose to more than 30000 yuan/ton for some time.

"What is needed to make masks is polypropylene fiber material, but all polypropylene materials have risen indiscriminately due to demand and excessive speculation." However, with the vigorous rectification of the market by the relevant departments and the popularization of polypropylene materials for masks in the industry, the polypropylene market has gradually returned to rationality, said Man Rongrong, an analyst at the business agency.

Among them, the price of polypropylene wire drawing since last Friday, or the market return to rational signal. Man Rong said that the current mask with polypropylene fiber material factory prices temporarily stable, the current demand is OK. "The whole polypropylene market speculation atmosphere is weakening, gradually returning to the general supply and demand price law."

To drive up the price of mask meltblown cloth? Strict investigation! There will be these work unfolding

On the afternoon of March 12, the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference to introduce the strengthening of market supervision and risk investigation. At the meeting, Chen Zhijiang, a first-level inspector of the Price Supervision and Competition Bureau of the General Administration of Market Supervision, introduced that recently, the problem of meltblown cloth prices rising too fast does exist. With the increasing production capacity of masks, meltblown cloth production has not kept up in time, resulting in a certain contradiction between supply and demand. Some unscrupulous operators took the opportunity to drive up prices and disrupt market order. In this regard, the market supervision department attaches great importance to it, acts quickly, and resolutely cuts off the chain of interests that disrupt the market order. Mainly from the following aspects to carry out the work:

First, the deployment of special investigations. On March 5, the General Administration of Market Supervision issued an emergency notice on carrying out a special investigation on the price of meltblown cloth, and deployed eight provinces, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Henan and Shandong, to carry out a special investigation on meltblown cloth. Concentrate on giving priority to handling complaints and reports on the price of meltblown cloth, and resolutely investigate and deal with those suspected of violating the law.

Second, organize special investigations. We have deployed capable forces, organized two task forces, and jointly investigated and handled relevant cases with the public security department. We have found two clues, investigated and dealt with five cases from the two clues, and publicly exposed them., Actively communicate and negotiate with relevant departments and relevant industry associations, and conduct market surveys in key provinces