Yiwu Expo Into the International Trade City, the products with South American elements are dazzling, there are handbags with "I love Rio", coin purses with the Chilean flag, and dolls with Spanish slogans. The 2008 financial crisis has caused the European and American markets to weaken. South America, as an emerging market, has become a major exporter of Yiwu. "Yiwu Manufacturing" is spreading everywhere in the South American market.

In the international brand alliance Star Home Lighting Hall, the reporter happened to meet buyers from Chile. "Every year, this Chilean merchant will come to me five or six times, ordering forty or fifty containers a year, this time to pay the bill." Liu Jianguang, general manager of Zhejiang Starpae Co., Ltd. said.

Like Liu Jianguang, Fan Zhixiang, an international business city operator, said that their crafts export destinations are mainly in Europe, America and South America. "I have a group of South American customers, such as a Ecuadorian customer who has worked for four years. It is a supplier of many well-known grocery stores in Ecuador." Fan Zhixiang said that in addition to purchasing crafts from him, this customer also purchases daily necessities in other shops. , small household appliances and other necessities. "According to this customer, Yiwu small commodities are selling well in the local area."

Of course, when it comes to the South American market, Brazil is a country that has to be mentioned. Brazil's light industry base is weak, and most of the small commodities are imported. The Brazilians living in São Paulo, no one knows the 25th block, which is almost a replica of the Yiwu market. Huang Yunlong, head of Yiwu Aipute Lighting Appliance Co., Ltd., which started to enter the Brazilian market in 2013, said that most of Brazil's goods are purchased from Yiwu and Guangzhou. It can be said that there are all kinds of small commodities in Yiwu, Brazil. Many Brazilians know that China has Yiwu.

In order to better develop the Brazilian market, Huang Yunlong set up an import and export company in Brazil, hoping to send products to foreign customers faster, while attracting more Brazilian customers to Yiwu. At present, Huang Yunlong not only set up a base in Brazil, but also set up branches in places such as Eldovia and Colombia. "In the last year's sales, South American market share accounted for about 30%, reaching more than 20 million yuan." Huang Yunlong said.

South American elements frequently enter Yiwu

Just as "Yiwu manufacturing" entered the South American market, the South American elements also began to appear in Yiwu.

Last year, Cheng Jianxin, president of the Chilean Chinese Yiwu Chamber of Commerce, who had been in Chile for more than 10 years, brought Chilean apples, red kiwi, kiwi, and cherries to Yiwu. "These fruits are harvested from local farms and then directly refrigerated and shipped to the country. I want more Yiwu people to eat fresher Chilean fruits." Cheng Jianxin said. Not only that, but he also wants to bring local aquatic resources back to Yiwu. "Chile has the longest coastline in South America and is rich in aquatic resources. I hope that more Yiwu people can enjoy quality seafood."

"Chile is the first Latin American country to sign a bilateral free trade agreement with China. Benefiting from the good trade between the two countries, my business in Yiwu has also been booming for many years." Chilean merchants who have been engaged in foreign trade for 16 years in Yiwu Phil Silva Lorner said that as far as he knows, 60% of Chile's daily necessities are from China. In recent years, Rafael has tried to introduce Chilean wine into Yiwu and has achieved great success. He believes that the future import trade will become smoother and smoother.

There is a strong rhythm of Latin music in the sound, colorful folk decoration on the wall, and a chat in the Spanish business of the neighboring table. In the International Trade City, there is such a Western restaurant that can be said to be a South American merchant. The gathering place of Yiwu. The owner of the store, Hugo, is from Colombia.

In the fall of 2012, Ugo heard about Yiwu from a friend in South America. This year, Yiwu is opening up the South American market. More and more South American merchants have come to China to "gold rush" and regard Yiwu as their second hometown. Non-traders like Hugo also have the opportunity and confidence to be a boss in Yiwu. Nowadays, Ugo has become accustomed to living in Yiwu. He also wants to open another branch to serve more South American fellows.

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South America is geographically divided into: northern countries including Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela and Colombia; Middles of the Andes include Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia; and southern countries include Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Brazil, the eastern South American country, accounts for about half of the total area of ​​the continent.

South America has diverse environmental resources, mostly in developing countries, with limited industrial development. It can only export cheap agricultural, animal husbandry, and mineral raw materials, and still exports first-grade products. The level of economic development and economic strength of different countries are very different. Brazil and Argentina are the most economically developed countries, plus Venezuela, Colombia, Chile and Peru, with the GDP of the six countries accounting for more than 90% of the continent. The modern economies of all countries are highly concentrated in a few large cities or coastal areas, and the economics in mountainous and remote areas are backward.

In 2008, after the outbreak of the US subprime mortgage crisis, the European and American markets began to weaken. The keen Yiwu merchants changed their direction and began to study the customs, etiquette and preferences of Latin America, and actively explored a broader market. Yiwu's small commodities are very popular in the local area, especially Christmas items. According to the Yiwu Customs statistics, from January to November 2017, Yiwu Christmas exports were 1.41 billion yuan, of which Chile, Brazil and other countries were major exporters.