Yiwu is located in Zhejiang province, in the east of
. Crowned as “a sea of commodities and a paradise for shoppers”, Yiwu, china boasts an aggregate market floor area of 2.6 million square meters with 53,000 booths and 200,000 persons engaging in business. The market gathers 320,000 varieties of goods with 1,502 categories from 34 industries (note: there are 500,000 varieties of goods in the world as defined by the UN). Since 1991, Yiwu’s market turnover has been ranked first among all the large special markets throughout for 14 consecutive years. In 2003, the total turnover of commodities was 24.83 billion Yuan, which is an 8.4% increase compared with the previous year. Yiwu is a city that takes pride in “emphasizing quality” and “keeping faith.” It is the only five-star market in
Zhejiang
province (as assessed by the Zhejiang Administration for Industry and Commerce).

Source: http://www.ywdi.com/index.php/6

Logistics in Yiwu

Thousands of containers per day, originating from Yiwu, are shipped internationally from ports in Ningbo and
Shanghai
.