Shenzhen Rates as Santa's Top World Producer

2002/01/01

The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has become the world's largest exporter of Christmas products, including Christmas trees. Officials at Shenzhen Foreign Economic and Trade Bureau said that 70 percent of Christmas trees on the American market, including the one installed at the White House, are from Shenzhen.

The city currently has some 300 factories producing Christmas gifts and other products, generating revenues totaling US$2 billion each year. These exports are to the United States, Australia, European countries, Japan and South Korea. One Shenzhen official noted that all Christmas products sold in China's increasing number of Wal-Mart stores are from Shenzhen.



	Article featured in Beijing This Month, January 2002 Publication sponsored by Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Tourism