Affected by the pandemic, orders for spandex in pandemic prevention materials, fabrics for sportswear and casualwear and thermawear improved in 2020. As per CCF Group, the prices of spandex gradually touched bottom in Jan-Jul, 2020. Demand for spandex surged after August and the market entered prosperity cycle. By the end of 2020, price, profit, operating rate and stocks of spandex all apparently improved compared with the beginning of 2020. Spandex price even hit 5-year new high. The following are big events of spandex industrial chain noteworthy in 2020.

Spandex companies including Huafon Chemical, Tayho and Zhongbai donated emergent pandemic prevention materials China, as the biggest mask producer in the world, took a lead in resuming production and exported massive mask and protective clothing. The Hs code of mask and protective clothing was split from March 20

The original Hs code 6307900000 was split into 6307900010 (mask) and 6307900090 (cargoes not otherwise specified made from other textile materials).

The original Hs code 6210103000 was split into 6307900010 (mask) and 6210103010 (protective clothing made from chemical fibers). As of October 20, China has provided anti-epidemic assistance to 150 countries and seven international organizations, exporting more than 179 billion pieces of masks, 1.73 billion pieces of protective clothing and 543 million testing kits.