80% Of The World'S Christmas Products Are From Yiwu. What'S The Difference Here This Christmas?

Soon, the traditional Christmas consumption season in the west is coming, and shopping malls and supermarkets are already ready for supply. What are the Christmas season orders for Chinese Christmas products manufacturers? Reporters conducted an investigation in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta region.

Pearl River Delta "Christmas order" products to be upgraded urgently

Yide road and Wan Ling Plaza, located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, are the famous small commodity wholesale procurement centers in the Pearl River Delta region. It is also the largest Christmas product gathering place in the Pearl River Delta, where hundreds of businessmen are making toys, gifts, ornaments and other Christmas products. They are sold to more than 70 countries and regions. The person in charge told reporters that the sales volume of products declined this year due to the impact of the overall foreign trade environment.

Zhou Xiaojuan, director of Guangzhou Wan Ling Plaza, This year's business, we may export rate, Christmas Part dropped 30%, 40% have, export supply chain problems, and some of the current market problems.

Ms. Huang, a wholesaler, has been making Christmas toys for 16 years. In the past, foreign businessmen came to pick up Christmas products every year in June. They looked at goods and samples, but this year only in September and October did the merchants come, and the order volume also plummeted. Many foreign customers responded to her, their domestic consumption was weak, and their life was not good.

MS WONG: Those foreign customers are not able to do well in the economy. Foreign customers generally have low rent, that is, they do not want to pay the rent, because the purchasing power is not so strong.

Also feel the pressure of the jewelry business, Ms. Luo, she told reporters that both sides of the channel were her storefront, this year she gave up half of the store, only to preserve these shelves.

Ms. Luo: This year, more than 50% of the sales volume is at least less than half, so we are trying to figure out how to do more new items to see if they are suitable for these guests.

Competition from the same industry has also brought some pressure to the Christmas products industry in the Pearl River Delta. In the interview with reporters, we have contacted many enterprises engaged in Christmas products such as Dongguan, Zhongshan and Shenzhen. Most enterprises think that the design of Christmas products needs updating and quality needs to be strengthened, which are urgent problems to be solved in the eyes.

"South cold East heat" Yiwu Christmas products exports increased by 20%

In the global Christmas market, Yiwu, a small town in eastern China, accounts for 80% of the market share. It can be described as the world's largest "Christmas goods factory". So what happened to the sales of Christmas products in the Pearl River Delta? What about Yiwu's sales?

In the Christmas products area of Yiwu International Trade City, Zhejiang, there are more than 400 Christmas products merchants, and 80% of the world's Christmas products are from here.

In a shop in A District of Yiwu International Trade City, Chen Xiaofang, the shopkeeper, is sorting out the merchandise, and all kinds of Christmas products such as Christmas hats, Christmas clothes and Christmas stockings are covered with walls. There are more than 500 different samples of the Christmas hat. Chen Xiaofang told reporters that their merchandise exports accounted for more than 80%, mainly exported to central Europe, Russia, Southeast Asian countries. This year's sales are basically unchanged from previous years.

Zhejiang Yiwu International Trade City merchants Chen Xiaofang: Compared with the past, the volume is much larger now, but the profit space is much less. Because of the rising price of raw materials, we also have artificial price increases.

Zhejiang Yiwu International Trade City merchants Lu Minying: The number of orders increased by 30% over last year, and the number of customers also increased, because the new model attracted more customers. The former Russian customers were the main ones. Now Europe, America and Europe, anyway, there are all over the world.

Lu Minying has been making Christmas trees for 17 years, and the two shops are full of different styles of Christmas trees. From big to small, from simple money to colorful lanterns, she told reporters that their performance has been growing rapidly this year, mainly due to the launch of many new products. During the peak season, factory orders were lined up, and a lot of orders that were too late to be produced were also removed.

Ye hang, Zhejiang customs and statistical analyst, Yiwu, China: From 1 to October 2019, Yiwu exported Christmas products totaling 1 billion 920 million yuan, an increase of 23.9% over the same period last year. This growth rate is 10.6 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year. The export situation of Christmas products this year is also very good.

Yiwu's Christmas products are rising rapidly, and prices are improving.

Nowadays, the number of businessmen specializing in Christmas products industry in Yiwu has broken through 500, which actually covers a whole chain of production, sale and packaging of Christmas products. So, besides the continuous expansion of the industrial scale, how can the businessmen in Yiwu seize the market by enhancing the competitiveness of their products?

The green cedar is decorated with snow, which is decorated with gold and silver bells. This is the favorite of European and American customers. Red, green and blue lights are used to match the color of the flowers. They are popular among enthusiastic customers in South America. A Christmas tree factory in Yiwu is filled with samples that will be sent to customers from all countries. Ceng Fuhai, the director, told reporters that although Christmas has not passed this year, they have invested in the design, development and proofing of new products next year.

Ceng Fuhai, director of a Handicraft Co., Ltd., Yiwu, Zhejiang: We have invested 10 people in R & D team. Some have done research, according to the survey results, upgrading products, adding some light changes, optical fiber changes, adding Bluetooth music and so on. Our performance this year is ten percent higher than in previous years.

Besides the appearance, the material and technology level of Christmas products in Yiwu is also improving. For example, the simplest Christmas Tree Pendant products have introduced more environmentally friendly wooden products, cloth, iron art, and even high-end acrylic products. The spray painting process adopts the European Union or Japanese standard.

Yang Yibin, general manager of a Christmas Arts and Crafts Co., Ltd., Dongyang, Zhejiang, This wooden product is very acceptable to them in Europe and the United States, because it is environmentally friendly first; second, it is cheap. Our goods passed, and they were very well received.

Today, Christmas products in Yiwu are more beautiful, but the prices are even better. At first, the price of the PVC material Christmas tree sold in the market is only tens of yuan. Now the price of the Christmas tree with different shapes and unique PE materials is between 100 and 300 yuan. The wholesale price of the former Christmas ball is only 10 yuan, and the luminescent LED lighting pendant is 50 yuan.

Cai Qinliang, Secretary General of Zhejiang Yiwu Christmas products industry association, Some of the eliminated products may be treated as products, and the price will be lower and lower. Good products, our innovative upgraded products will be slightly higher in price, but how to improve abroad is acceptable. Because their foreign countries do not have the whole Christmas production chain.

Britain consumes 8 million Christmas trees in December each year.

Christmas tree sales are also a windy direction for Christmas consumption. So what kind of Christmas tree is more popular in Britain?

In the United Kingdom, Christmas tree as a traditional Christmas furnishings, the market demand is very large, every year in December probably consumed 8 million. Northern England is the preferred area for planting Christmas trees. In the northeast of Yorkshire, there is a large Christmas tree planting base.

The recent temperature around 10 degrees Celsius and the abundant rain in Britain have brought a bumper harvest to the Christmas tree garden in Yorkshire. In the 20 thousand trees behind me, 800-1000 such trees are transported to the market every day for consumers to choose.

Consumer: I probably bought 40 pounds for Christmas trees. I also plan to spend 25 pounds on Christmas tree decorations and some small ornaments.

The most popular Christmas tree in Britain is the Caucasus fir tree, occupying 80% of the market, characterized by good shape and undeciduous foliage. Industry data show that the price of 1.8 to 2 meters tall Caucasus fir trees is between 45-55 pounds, or 410 to 510 yuan.

Christmas tree garden in York, England: More and more people want to buy trees that are not easy to drop leaves. Instead of Norway spruce, Caucasus fir has become the most important Christmas tree in the market.

In order to facilitate transportation and sale, Christmas trees are usually wrapped up in a large number of plastic nets. This tree garden uses a degradable network of plants to reduce the environmental damage caused by packaging. In addition, they also provide services for recycling Christmas trees. On the first and second Saturday of January, consumers can send their trees back. The garden will crush the dried Christmas tree and then mix it with other crops to make fertilizer.

Experts say that each tree needs nearly 10 years of growth, so all growers need to be forward-looking, and even predict the sales situation after ten years. Over the years, they concluded that consumers' preferences for Christmas tree height are linked to the economic situation in the UK.

Oliver, former chairman of the Christmas tree Growers Association, UK: We find that the market's preference for Christmas tree size is related to consumer confidence in the UK economy. At the time of the 2007 loan crisis, we saw that the Christmas trees that consumers chose were suddenly much smaller than before. In recent years, the Christmas tree has been growing larger and larger. So far, we have sold many large trees this year.