As a part of preparingthe country for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Government of China hademphasized on the aspects of environmental protection. Chinese authorities had introduced asequence of bans and restrictions on chemical transportation, production andbuying-selling activities from the beginning of June lasting through to 30thSeptember in order to protect the environment during the Olympic Games. The Government had setabout halting production and closing down factories. This has had a deadeningeffect on the Chinese domestic market which cannot supply enough dyeing andprinting raw materials causing the prices to go high. As many as 1000 dyeingand printing factories had been shut down in Zhejiang Province while manyothers in Hebei, Henan and Shandong Province had been asked to stop productiontill the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. At the same time, prices of dyestuffs haveincreased by over 3 times and the situation was critical. Hence the exports ofChinese dyestuff products have suddenly decreased due to uncertain marketcondition and fluctuation which make international companies to considerdeveloping alternative sources of suppliers.


After Olympic, some of the experts comment thatthe situation will be under control in a short period of time whereas some othersbelieve that, it would be quite difficult for China to recover its global imagein the Textile Dyes and Chemicals industry. Fibre2Fashion.com has taken views ofsome of the traders and companies from China regarding the "PostOlympic Scenario of Chinese Dyes and Chemicals Industry". Some traders were not interestedto discuss anything, and merely replied that China dyeing and textile industry is notvery promising currently, while a few others came forward to share theirthoughts.


Ms. Maisie from Tianjin Hui Quan FineChemical Co., Ltd, a manufacturer of Optical brighteners in China has shared her view with us. Ms. Maise states that In the beginning of this year,due to the influence of Olympics, the price for raw material was jumping in China, so was the price of dyestuffs and optical brighteners. Therefore, the export volumehas reduced sharply. Well, domestic market was very good in the first half ofyear. I know many foreign mills were also affected by Olympics. As opticalbrighteners; manufacturer in China, we hope the price can be stable, so thatexport volume can return to normal in the second half of year. Now, theOlympics have finished successfully. After Olympics, we think the prices for dyestuffs and optical brighteners will be a little stable, maybe a little lower,however, the price can not be as lower as Pre-Olympics. I hope in the followingdays of this year, the price for raw materials can be acceptable by us mills,and the price for dyestuffs and optical brighteners can be acceptable by ourcustomers.


Mr. Gavin from HangzhouGuocai Chemicals Co., Ltd, specializing in themanufacture and sales of organic pigments and their intermediates, inorganicpigments, oil-soluble pigments and intermediates of pigments--H-acid and redbase etc. shared his views with us. Accordingto him In fact, Olympic has a great influence on chemical industry. First, itmakes the government pay more attention to the environment. Because ofthis reason, some chemical factories which do the great damage to theenvironment have closed. Second, it makes the price of chemical productsvery high which will be not changed in next very long time. Third, itmakes the factories to think more ways to improve the
processing technique tokeep ahead.

      

Ms. Carol from Hangzhou Liyi Chemical Co., Ltd shared her views with us. Accordingto her the price of dyes is falling now but still higher than before Olympic. Mostof factories are involved in production. Very few of them are closed. Sendingchemical samples is still difficult now; dyestuff samples sending have much restrictionsin custom".


Well, a number of questions may arisein mind like how much time will be required to return to the normal stage? Will China recover its image in the global market? What happened about all thosechemicals companies which had shutdown before Olympic? Will they start theiroperation? Will the Government take some corrective actions? etc. Time willreveal all the answers.