with cotton products becoming more advantageous

Some people believe that the reason behind the difficult situation of polyester yarn is due to the narrowing price spread between cotton and polyester, with cotton products becoming more advantageous. Of course, there are reasons in this regard, but it is definitely not the main reason. Before August 2021, when the price gap between cotton and polyester was low, such situation had never occurred. The fundamental reason lies in the substitution of "imitation cotton yarn", a product made of polyester filament.

Imitation cotton yarn, also known as "cool cotton" or "mitation cotton" yarn, has existed for many years, but it has never gained as much popularity as this year. Most of the imitation cotton yarn is twisted together by POY and FDY yarn, and some are composed of POY and POY yarn, making the fabric to possess the advantages of cotton to some extent (similar to polyester yarn). The specifications can reach 10-80S, even 100S. In terms of price, conventional varieties such as imitation cotton yarn 32S are 1000-1500 yuan/mt lower than pure polyester yarn 32S. Therefore, imitation cotton yarn has both the advantages of polyester yarn and a lower price, catering to the demand for "consumption downgrading". As such, the slight quality difference seems to be less important.