With rising COVID-19 cases in Guangzhou, nylon textile filament in doldrums

The news of lockdown in Guangzhou's large wholesale fabric market had become the top line in social media in China in late October. Still the epidemic in Guangzhou has instead intensified and the downstream market may face a dismal closing of the shopping festival in November.

As of November 13, 707 new confirmed cases and 3,941 new asymptomatic infections were reported in Guangdong Province, mainly concentrated in Guangzhou. The number of new cases in Fujian Province has dropped significantly, and there are no new confirmed cases in Fuzhou.