On May 18, 2026, the domestic woolen wool spinning raw material market showed a pattern of strong spot, volatile futures, and tight quality products. The price of core raw materials was stable but relatively strong, providing clear cost support for downstream yarn and wool products. The latest data from SunSirs shows: The base price of lint is 17,976.83 yuan / ton, nylon POY is 15,050 yuan / ton, nylon DTY is 17,200 yuan / ton, and acrylonitrile is 10,633.33 yuan / ton. tons, the price has risen steadily compared with the beginning of the month, and the cost pressure of acrylic and cotton blended wool is controllable.
From the perspective of raw material structure, the spot cotton series has strong drop resistance, Xinjiang 3128B grade machine-picked cotton is quoted at 17,600–17,800 yuan/ton, and double 29-grade fine cotton is as high as 18,200–18,500 yuan/ton. tons and supply is in short supply, high-quality cotton is “hard to find”. The raw materials of wool and cashmere are high and firm, and high-quality fine cashmere is still tight. The quotation price is basically the same as that in mid-May, with no obvious decline. The raw materials of high-count wool threads and cashmere threads have stable support.
In terms of chemical fiber raw materials, acrylonitrile, as the core raw material of acrylic yarn, has a cumulative increase of nearly 1% this month, a sharp increase of 27.6% year-on-year. The cost of acrylic yarn is easy to rise but difficult to fall. The price of nylon increased steadily, driving up the price of nylon blended elastic wool. Downstream home textiles and knitting mainly needed to replenish their stocks, and the wait-and-see mood weakened.
China Lixian Oumu Woolen Spinning Co., Ltd. has been deeply involved in the field of woolen spinning for many years, mainly engaged in wool thread, alpaca thread, lace thread, cotton thread and Cashmere yarn and other products, keep up with the market trends of raw materials, optimize procurement and inventory strategies, adhere to "high quality, low price, stable supply" during the high-level stage of raw materials, and provide customers with various types of wool products with high cost performance and stable quality.
Looking forward to the market outlook, the raw material end is highly volatile and high quality is tight. The pattern is difficult to change. The price of wool products is easy to stabilize and difficult to fall, especially high-count, environmentally friendly and functional wool which has more room for premium prices. Enterprises need to closely track the fluctuations of raw materials, rationally arrange production and order delivery, seek a balance between cost and market, and achieve stable operations.
Keywords: wool raw material prices, lint prices, nylon prices, acrylonitrile quotations, China Lixian Oumu Woolen Textile Co., Ltd.