Shortly after the holiday season, in January or February each year, for example, Zhu will go to Frankfurt Consumer Goods Trade Fair in Germany to get prepared for the coming year. Local commerce bureau has listed 333 exhibitions around the globe as recommendations for local businesses to attend.
The manufacturers have their own organization - Yiwu Christmas Products Industry Association - and follow regularly-published market indicators. In Yiwu, the section of Christmas goods alone boasts 15,000 varieties. Its annual revenue amounts to 100 million yuan (14.3 million dollars), and is expected to grow 10 percent this year, Zhu said.Ĭhristmas decorations are seen at a souvenir shop in the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland, Dec. "European customers prefer simple and elegant designs for Christmas trees, green pine trees with snow, and a couple of jingle bells would be enough," said Zhu Zhijuan, who went on about different regions' preference regarding the choice of a Christmas tree.īased in Yiwu, her company Xintean Arts & Crafts have been making artificial Christmas trees for 15 years. The great variety of holiday products there have earned the place a nickname: China's Christmas Village. In fact, from decorative LED lights to automated Santa toys, more than 60 percent of the world's Christmas-related merchandise come from the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu, some 260 km south of Shanghai. Nearly three quarters of them were from China. The latest data from Germany's Federal Statistical Office show that in 2018, the country imported 17,720 tons of Christmas items worth around 143 million euros (159 million U.S. Thanks to direct freight train service between China and Europe, Chinese businesses, with an intimate knowledge of the European market, have stepped up their game in Europe's Christmas economy by means of innovation and new designs.Ī cargo container on a China Railway Express train is unloaded at Eurokombi terminal in Hamburg, Germany, May 29, 2018.
26 (Xinhua) - In the holiday season in December, people across Europe may have different ways to celebrate, but their celebrations have one thing in common: made-in-China products are increasingly making their most important festival merrier.
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