Amid a turbulent global trade environment, Yiwu's export reached 420.7 billion yuan in the first half of 2026, surpassing 400 billion for the period for the first time. Total imports and exports hit 486.42 billion yuan, up 19.9%.
The 32nd China Yiwu International Small Commodities Fair, held Oct. 21-24, drew 193,628 professional buyers, up 4.08%, including 14,759 overseas buyers, up 23.37%. The city's GDP rose 8.0% to 135.61 billion yuan, the fastest among Zhejiang's top counties.
Yiwu now sends goods to 233 countries and regions, with its most concentrated single market, the Middle East, at only about 15% of trade, cushioning it against any single region's shocks.
The 'world supermarket' runs on breadth: more than 3.8 million market entities, about 300,000 daily visitors and over 1,000 new product designs debuting each day.
Image: Tourist goods in Yiwu International Trade Mart. Source: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).
