Wenzhou is the country’s major lighting production and export base. Affected by the international financial crisis, orders from Europe and the United States and other countries and regions have been greatly reduced. With the gradual recovery of the global economy, the demand for lamps in the international market began to rebound, prompting importers to conduct A large number of replenishments, which led to substantial growth in Wenzhou lamps exports. Since the beginning of this year, Wenzhou lamps and lanterns exports to Russia accounted for 4.2% of the total exports of lamps and lanterns, exports to the United Kingdom accounted for 3.7% of total exports, exports to the United States accounted for 1.2% of total exports, compared with the same period last year have been greatly improved. Exports to Australia, Finland, Spain, and other countries also showed an upward trend, and the market gradually developed toward diversification. Wenzhou lamps and lanterns exports to chandelier, downlights and related accessories, Christmas lights, string lights, holiday lights also account for a larger share. In response to the EU's two "green directives", Wenzhou lighting companies actively adjust the product structure, the new energy-saving lamps and other products as a weapon against the international market, has now successfully entered the European and American markets, a major highlight of this year's lamp exports.
11 months before Wenzhou, Zhejiang exported more than 100 million U.S. dollars worth of lamps and lanterns
According to statistics from the Wenzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, in the first 11 months of this year, a total of 5003 lamps were exported from Wenzhou, with a value of 102 million US dollars, an increase of 22.2% and 37.1% year-on-year respectively.