SunSirs: Demand Was Weak, and Viscose Staple Fiber Continued Its Weak Trend

Last week (November 3-9, 2025), fundamental demand was weak, with orders being the primary focus. Viscose staple fiber continued its weak and stable trend, with prices remaining stable. The market for dissolving pulp, the main raw material, remained stable, with limited cost support. Physical inventories at various viscose staple fiber factories showed an upward trend. Downstream rayon yarn manufacturers mainly focused on fulfilling previous orders, resulting in a weak and stable overall market turnover, with sales proceeding on an as-needed basis. Viscose staple fiber prices continued to operate at a weak and low level.

Price trend:

According to data from the SunSirs' commodity market analysis system, the price of viscose staple fiber remained weak and stable last week (November 3-9, 2025). As of November 9, the average market price of viscose staple fiber was 13,120 RMB/ton, which was the same as the previous price.

Market Analysis

Regarding costs:

Last week (November 3-9, 2025), the price of raw material dissolving pulp remained largely unchanged, exhibiting a weak and stagnant trend. Cost support was limited. As of November 9, the price of domestic dissolving pulp was around 6,700 RMB/ton, while the price of imported hardwood pulp was around $800/ton, and softwood pulp was around $870/ton. The prices of auxiliary materials such as liquid caustic soda and sulfuric acid remained largely stable with minor fluctuations, offering only moderate cost support.

Downstream customers purchased on demand

The operating rate of downstream rayon yarn production facilities increased slightly, with prices remaining relatively stable. As of November 9th, the price of ring-spun R30S yarn in Jiangsu province was around 17,200 RMB/ton, and the price of ring-spun R40S yarn was around 18,300 RMB/ton. The market was in the traditional off-season for demand, with sluggish transactions in the downstream rayon yarn market. Factory inventories continued to rise, while new orders from end-user fabric mills were weak, leading to decreased demand for raw materials and no significant improvement in demand.

Market outlook

On the raw material side: the market for main raw material dissolving pulp and auxiliary raw material sulfuric acid is expected to remain largely stable, while the market for liquid caustic soda may see a slight decline. Therefore, the price trend of viscose staple fiber raw materials is expected to decline in the short term, with insufficient support from the cost side.

Supply and demand: The operating rate of viscose staple fiber plants is expected to remain relatively stable, and some manufacturers have low inventory levels. Therefore, the supply side of the viscose staple fiber market is expected to be relatively strong in the short term. However, demand in the end market is unlikely to improve, and purchases will mainly be made on an as-needed basis. It is expected that the demand-side driving force of the viscose staple fiber market will be limited in the short term.

Overall, the market for dissolving pulp, the main raw material, is likely to remain weak and stagnant. The overall supply is sufficient, but the demand in the end market is not keeping up, and the negative demand sentiment continues to extend upward. In addition, the major viscose staple fiber manufacturers have not yet released new prices, and the market is in a wait-and-see mode, waiting for prices to fall. Analysts from SunSirs predict that the viscose staple fiber market will continue to operate weakly in the short term due to the influence of the demand side.

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