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szdaily -> Business/Markets -> 
China’s ceramics hub rises above trade woes
    2021-01-01  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

FROM regular COVID-19 updates to client visits, Zheng Pengfei’s social media posts offer a glimpse into how his ceramics business has fared through much of the past year.

Many orders were canceled in March and April due to the pandemic, casting a shadow on the business of Shunmei Group, a leading ceramics exporter in Dehua County of eastern China’s Fujian Province, said Zheng, the group’s general manager.

To counter the impact, Zheng and his team doubled their efforts to maintain close contact with foreign clients through email and WeChat, and to make sure every shipment was delivered as scheduled.

As the pandemic eased in China, Shunmei’s exports began to recover in May. “Orders have continued to come in over recent months,” said Zheng. “Christmas-related products have sold particularly well.”

Thanks to robust exports of ceramic home accessories and seasonal gifts, which account for around 80 percent of Shunmei’s business, the firm’s exports in 2020 are expected to outperform those a year ago despite the impact of the pandemic.

Dehua, a ceramics manufacturing powerhouse in China, exports more than 60 percent of its ceramic products to over 190 countries and regions worldwide. It was dubbed the “World Ceramics Capital” by the World Crafts Council in 2015.

From 1985 to 2019, the number of ceramics-making companies in Dehua ballooned from a few dozen to over 3,000. Roughly a third of the county’s population works in the industry.

In 2020, Dehua has risen above the trade woes caused by COVID-19, with exports hitting 2.49 billion yuan (US$380 million) in the first 10 months, up 7.8 percent year on year. It is estimated that Dehua’s ceramics industry will be worth 40 billion yuan by the end of last year. (Xinhua)

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