Yoga Clothes In Yiwu, Zhejiang Are Popular At Home And Abroad

"The factory can produce nearly 40000 sets a day, and several American customers have placed orders for more than 100000 pieces respectively. How long do you think we need to deliver?" On March 20, Wang Xiaoyan, a businessman who has been operating yoga clothes business for 12 years in Yiwu International Trade City, Zhejiang Province, joked in an interview with www.chinanews.com.

A foreign businessman is choosing yoga pants. Photographed by Qian Chenfei

As the weather gets warmer, yoga, dance, boxing and other sports are almost "sought after" by women all over the world, driving the sales of related clothing "skyrocketing". Yiwu is known as a "city built on the market". Benefiting from the flow of people, logistics, capital and information constructed by 2.1 million kinds of commodities sent to more than 230 countries (regions), the city's commercial development is "the prophet of the spring river water warming duck".

"At the beginning of the new year, I received many orders for yoga clothes, most of which were sent to Europe and the United States. Today, several foreign businessmen came to the store, who felt that some styles were too conservative, and the sexy suspenders were more popular overseas." Wang Xiaoyan said that at present, the company's design team is adjusting the styles according to customer requirements in order to receive more orders.

Yoga clothes sold by a shop in Yiwu International Trade City. Photographed by Qian Chenfei

Also busy is merchant Wu Meifang. "Today's young people wear yoga clothes as casual clothes, even as a fashion item of 'Generation Z'. In order to meet the trend, we have also designed new yoga clothes suitable for a variety of scenes, which are welcomed by buyers in Europe and the United States." She said that recently, the number of foreign businessmen in Yiwu International Trade City has gradually increased, and some new products will also be tried to purchase. It is not too small to order 300 or 500 pieces at a time. As long as there are enough customers placing orders, there will be no repeat customers.

On the same day, Indian purchaser Mukesh and his friend RAJU were looking for suitable yoga clothes in Yiwu International Trade City. "We have friends who are familiar with each other who open a shop here. This time, we mainly look at their new products and sports goods," Mukesh said.

According to the data of "Yiwu Shopping" (online platform of Yiwu International Trade City), from January 1 to March 15 this year, the trading volume of yoga pants in Yiwu International Trade City and Huangyuan clothing market increased by 13% year on year, and the trading volume of yoga clothes increased by 10.5% year on year. According to Yiwu Customs, in the first two months of this year, the export of sports goods and equipment in Yiwu was 1.7 billion yuan, up 70.5% year on year.

(Source: China News Network)