Yiwu Won The Title of “China Gloves & Mittens City”
It’s known from the national textile industry cluster work meeting that Yiwu was awarded the title of “China Gloves & Mittens City” on December 2. Yiwu gloves & mittens industry is an up-rising star in many industries. It’s developing so fast that the scale is second to none throughout the country. Currently, the industry has more than 500 manufacturers and over 30,000 pieces (sets) of glove machinery, covering a rich variety of gloves such as knitted gloves, magic gloves, leather gloves etc.The industrial output of the whole industry values over 3 billion yuan. Many people first got to know Yiwu through the small commodities market, which also attributed to the emerge of a number of gloves included Yiwu industries.
In Yiwu International Trade City District 4 Gloves & Mittens Market, businessmen with different skin colors can often be seen doing inquiry and seeing samples. A dealer who has an online shop told us that the passenger flow volume is not large recently, cause a lot of long-term customers place orders online, while it was by the platform of the small commodity market that they got to know Yiwu products. Now, the annual industrial output of Yiwu glove industry values more than 3.5 billion yuan, of which 60% are for export and the annual export value is up to nearly 150 million U.S. dollars.
However, Yiwu glove industry has setback too. The snow in early 2008 helped selling out all stock gloves, but the unexpected continuous warm winter weather is very unfavorable to the glove industry. Therefore, looking for new markets and developing new products are the development direction in future.
“Yiwu Gloves & Mittens” impressed many people by its processing ability. While this is not the final goal of glove business owners. It is investigated that almost every business owner expressed the desire for their own brand. To make consumers bear in mind the personalized brands by the awareness of “Yiwu Gloves & Mittens” is the common dream of Yiwu glove industry.
