Kids love toys. This is a universally recognized fact that no child could refrain from the temptation of cute, adorable toys.
Where are they mostly produced?
How do they reach the market without any signs? You must want to figure out them when you search where toys are manufactured.
China manufactures some of the best toys in the world. Toy cars, electronic toys, dolls, stuffed animals and other children’s products are important parts of the toy market, and the Chinese suppliers offer the best prices.
What kind of toys can be sourced from China?
First, you’ll need a clear understanding of all relevant regulations and policies about toy importing from your local government and the toy exporting policies from China. Generally, toy importing regulations and policies vary in different places. For example, the EU implements the toy directive regulations about toy safety, while the USA has the CPSIA in place to ensure all imported children’s products are safe for its domestic consumers. Different as they are, they both require importers to be aware of the certification and consumer safety compliance. CE marking is a quality indication for European importers as it shows the toys satisfy the essential safety requirements. An imported toy with CE marking means that the toy gains access to the community market, a trade symbol that it is legal to market the product.
How to find the right china toys factory?
Once you have relevant regulations in mind, you can go to some B2B platforms such as Alibaba, global source, and made-in-China to find relevant products and communicate with their suppliers.
Besides, the trade fair is another choice for you to find the right suppliers. You can find the trade shows details on trade exhibitions in your country. While there are also famous toy fairs in China you should know about. Below are the fair details for your reference.
In addition to these trade fairs, do you want to check these suppliers in person? We will introduce the toy industry clusters in China and help you to know much more about your Chinese suppliers. China’s toy factories are located in different places according to different toys.
1. Chenghai, Shantou, Guangdong Province – The global capital of toys
Chenghai has been credited as the world’s capital of toys with its numerous large-scale toy factories around. If you are specialized in the toys business and you are constantly purchasing them in large quantities, Chenghai shall be the top destination for your visit. You can find toy companies, factories or things related to toys everywhere in the city. Many toys around the world come from Chenghai. The main toy categories in Chenghai include Chinese baby toys, plastic toys, China electronic toys, and high-tech toys. As a result, the procurement price for these products in Chenghai is cheaper than the same products in other places in China such as Shenzhen, Guangzhou, or Hangzhou.
For example, if a china toys factory in Chenghai wants to manufacture a remote-controlled car for you, they just need to purchase the main accessories of the toys from the local circuit board d factories, wheel factories and then assemble them together. The cost of the toys will be greatly reduced and a lot of time will be saved, while the quality will be guaranteed.
Generally, most of the factories in Chenghai have no sales team given their poor English. How are their products exported to all corners of the world? This shall be attributed to trading companies, who upload all products to their Alibaba pages or personal websites and manage the foreigners’ orders.
These large trading companies have their showroom in Chenghai, you can also go there with a bilingual (Chinese & English) translator and visit the showroom. During the visit, you can put most toy samples you are interested in into your shopping cart and take them away for free. There will be free lunch, free drinking as well as free cigarettes for you.
2. Yiwu – a paradise for shoppers with low-value and small toys
The toy manufacturers in Yiwu mainly produce low-value toys like DIY craft toys. The categories include fad toys, loom toys, and magic sand. These factories are scattered around Yiwu. If you source these toys with small items, Yiwu will be the right place.
Except for Chenghai, Yiwu also produces plastic toys, but the price in Yiwu is much cheaper than that produced in Chenghai as there are many similar toy accessory factories in Yiwu that also supply toy accessories in Chenghai.
If you want to find Yiwu toy factories, you can go Yiwu Wholesale market directly. If it is the first time you to visit Yiwu, a china sourcing agent will be better for your visit.
Yiwu gathers the most complete toy categories. You can easily find plush toys, plastic toys, simple electronic toys, etc… at the lowest price in the Yiwu market. There are some remote-controlled and other high-tech toys suppliers in the market, too. But the price is not good. Because there are few manufacturers of complicated remote controlled and high-tech toys in Yiwu.
Normally, the price of Yiwu toys is the lowest. However, the quality is not as good as you would expect.
For example, the materials, glossiness, and color of the plastic toys produced in Chenghai are much better than those of Yiwu. Of course, the price of Yiwu will be half cheaper than that of Chenghai. To sum up, you have to make a balance between the price and quality according to your real demands.
If you are visiting China personally and your specialization is in the plastic or electronic toy business, then you can visit Chenghai. If toys are only a part of your business and you want to buy many other products in your container, then Yiwu will be a suitable place. Because it‘s very convenient to buy all your products in Yiwu wholesale market. Even if you buy Chenghai-made toys in Yiwu, the price here won’t have a great difference from buying from Chenghai.
3. Yangzhou &Qingdao – The plush and stuffed toys
Yangzhou & Qingdao were the main places to manufacture plush and stuffed toys. However, these manufacturers have gradually moved into Jiangxi given the high cost of labor and production.
4. Yongjia, ZhejiangProvince – the main city to produce learning and playground toys
Qiaoxia is a small town in Yongjia city in Zhejiang Province. It is the main place where learning and playground toys are produced in China. If you source them online, please pay attention to the location in China, and make sure they are from Wenzhou as Yongjia belongs to Wenzhou.
5. Yunhe, Lishui –Wooden toy city
Yunhe is a small town in Zhejiang province. Yunhe is famous for its wooden toys as it is rich in wood. It is home to a lot of wooden factories in this area. There is a wooden toy market in Yunhe. If you plan to visit Yunhe, we suggest bringing a Chinese translator with you as no people could speak English there.
