Yiwu is ranked the 19th
among national counties
Railway, highway, airlines, flight and ship is
very convenient
Well known to the world
for its large small commodity markets
and tremendous
goods
The market with 320,000 kinds of commodities in
over 1502
categories
of 34 industries
In 2003 the trade
volume of market reached 24.827 billion Yuan
and USD 1.5 billion
More than 200 business
agencies established by the enterprise
and
businessmen from 40 odd countries and
regions
Yiwu is Located
in center of Zhejiang Province, covering a total area of 1105
km2, Yiwu has a local population of 670,000, and a non-native
population of 540,000.Located in the subtropical monsoon
climate zone, this city has 4 distinct seasons, enjoying
considerable amount of sunshine, plenty of rainfalls and
humidity, with annual average temperature 17C, 29.3C in July,
the highest, while 4.2C in January, the lowest, Annual average
frost-free period amounts to 243 days and annual precipitation
ranges from 1100mm to 1600mm.We ranked the 19th among national
counties Known as "china's No.1 Market"£¬China Commodity
City's trade volume ranks top for successive 13 years among
national wholesale markets.
The multiple track
Zhejiang-jiangxi railway, the No.03 Provincial Truck Line and
Hangzhou-Jinhua-Quzhou Express Highway run across the Yiwu
city, which is one hour's way by car away from Hangzhou, the
capital of Zhejiang province, and Ningbo, No.1. Port in the
orient and about two hour's way by car away from Shanghai
city. Now there are more than 20 airlines from yiwu airport to
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, shenzhen, qingdao, xiamen, and
other cities. In addition there are about 80 runs of train
pass by Yiwu city everyday while Yiwu is connected with
340-odd provincial passenger transport lines through which
goods can reach more than 30 provinces and municipalities. In
the meantime, 200 consignment spots directly cover 250
external transport lines businesses. The daily volume of
freight handed has reached 4300 plus tonnes.
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Commerce is lifeline to a
prosperous economy. Yiwu is well known to the world for its
large small commodity markets and tremendous goods. China Commodity Market is made up
of three market groups, namely Huangyuan Market, Binwang
Market and the International Trade Mart. Currently a total of
34,000 shops and booths covers a business area of 800,000 sqm
with 320,000 kinds of commodities in over 1502 categories of
34 industries. In 2003 the trade volume reached 24.827 billion
Yuan and USD 1.5 billion. The foreign rate of the markets
reached over 50%. And the market has become the largest
circulation center, information center and export base of
commodities in China. There are 80,000 business operators in
the China Commodity Market. Every day the market visit reaches
200,000 person times. More than 200 business agencies
established by the enterprise and
businessmen from 40 odd countries and regions, Over 5,000 foreign businessmen have been
attracted to permanently live in Yiwu, purchasing commodities
here and exporting to over 180 countries and regions. China
Commodity City has a full service of storage, freight
transport, custom, finance, inspection, insurance and
information network, The trade volume ranks top for 12
successive years in the wholesale markets of industry products
in the country. In 2002, it won the unique honor of "Value
Quality, Honor Credibility" from General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
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Yiwu City |
With the great upgrade of
exported-oriented economy, Yiwu is becoming the important base
for the production, export and purchasing of China
commodities. Foreign trade of commodities increased rapidly.
In 2003, export volume amounts to 1.6 billion, over 4000
famous enterprises at home and abroad set up agencies in our
market . At present, our production export to more than 180
countries and regions and we have set up over 30 branches in
Gansu, Shanxi, Xinjiang, South Africa, Ukraine as
well.
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