As the “World Christmas Products Base”, Yiwu currently exports more than 20,000 Christmas products to more than 100 countries and regions every year. About 80% of the global Christmas products are produced in Yiwu, Zhejiang.
Data show that from January to July this year, the export value of Yiwu Christmas supplies reached 1.75 billion yuan, an increase of 88.5% year-on-year; among them, the export value in July was 850 million yuan, an increase of 85.6% year-on-year and a month-on-month increase of 75.8%.
In Yiwu International Trade City, Indian businessman Hassan has been busy running the market and looking for goods these days. At present, his biggest concern is whether the previous Christmas orders can still be shipped in September.
In a factory in Yiwu, more than 100 workers are rushing to make a batch of Christmas balls. This is the order received by the factory in June. The quantity is 20 million, and it will be shipped to the United States by the end of August.
In addition to the strength of the production link, the speed-up of the logistics link is also crucial. In the warehouse of a Christmas goods production factory, 52 containers of goods will be sent to France, Germany, Italy, Australia, Singapore and other places. During this period of time, in order to control both production and shipment, the factory dispatched more than 50 people to work in two shifts, 24 hours a day.
It is reported that due to the impact of the epidemic, in order to stabilize orders and customers, various merchants, on the one hand, accelerate the iteration of products and continuously increase the categories; on the other hand, improve the cost performance of products. In this year’s products, there are not only 5 yuan 100 Christmas hats, a few cents a Christmas ball, but also a few hundred yuan, thousands of dollars of electric Santa Claus.