China is the largest toy manufacturing country, and approximately 70% of the world’s toys are made in China. The United States is the world’s largest toy importer, followed by Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Italy.
In this post, we will explore the China toy wholesale market and see how to import toys from China step by step.
The China Plush Toy Wholesale Markets
It seems that you can always find an industry cluster for a specific product in China. For example, you will find that the manufacturing cities for the umbrella are cities like Shaoxing (Zhejiang Province), Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province), Jinjiang (Fujian Province).
So before placing an order on B2B China wholesale websites, you’d better have an idea about the main manufacturing cities for the stuffed animals.
There are four manufacturing clusters for the plush toys: Yangzhou City (Jiangsu Province), Dongguan City (Guangdong Province), Qingdao (Shandong Province) and the Yiwu City (Zhejiang Province).
Yangzhou is specializing in the stuffed animals’ toy industry for many years, and it’s the leading area for manufacturing the plush toys for customers from all over the world.
Dongguan plush toy industry: Fast change, modern design.
Qingdao toy features: high-end quality plush toy
Yiwu Market: Provide competitive price.
So, you would need to evaluate what kind of products and the target market before buying from China.
The Pros and Cons of the Chinese Plush Toy Wholesale Markets
Pros:
You can find various vendors of plush toys in China due to the several decades developing in the plush toy industry.
Experienced workers, factories who have exporting experience in countries from all over the world.
Cons:
The plush toys made in China still can’t reach a high-quality standard product in the international market and only with the price advantage.
Labour-intensive industries are relatively backward in technology and have a simple product line. China stuffed animal factories do not focus on creating new designs and mainly focus on providing OEM service to global buyers.
How to Find the Right Stuffed Animal Vendor in China?
It’s not difficult to find a vendor in China. You can find both sources from online or offline and connect with potential partners for your toy business.
Buying bulk from B2B China wholesale sites: “Alibaba,” “global source,” and the “made in China” might be good options.
Aliexpress, DHgate can be good options if you are a startup business and want to start with a small purchase order.
You can also visit the YIWU toy wholesale market to get products at a very competitive price. Read the article “Find Best Toy Factory: How to Buy and Import Toys from China 2020? to get more ideas about how to source the toy vendors step by step. You can also hire a China sourcing agent like OwlSourcing to assist you when you have a project in China.
Why do You Need to Work with the Professional Vendors of the Plush Toys?
1. Certificates
The professional vendors would guide you about the import process and the necessary certificates for the plush toys for specific markets, such as EN71 for the EU market and ASTM 963 for the U.S. market (Factory better with BSCI factory audit report).
2. Material Selection (safe material)
A qualified toy vendor would assist you in analyzing the material when developing a new design of the stuffed animals. Such as the fabric material, inside filling stuff, flammability, the toxicity of the material. It’s critical when you are importing toys from China.
3.Quality Control
The professional toy manufacturer would control the quality, and therefore you don’t have trouble selling them in your market. The plush toys contain many components as below:
A: Material quality, Filling materials, Small parts
B: Sharp edges can be touched, Wire and rods, Nails and fasteners
C: Folding mechanism and hinge, Rope and rubber band
If the vendor can’t control the quality well, then it would not be good when you receive a complaint from the consumers.
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