Yiwu, an hour's high-speed train ride south of Shanghai, is said to produce nearly two-thirds of the world's Christmas decorations. Yiwu is an inland city with a population of approximately 1.2 million. According to monthly records from Hangzhou Customs, more than 600 factories and workshops around Yiwu produced $3 billion worth of Christmas-related products between September 2016 and August 2017. However, Yiwu not only supplies Christmas trees, but also many commodities.

The world's largest small commodity market - China's Yiwu Small Commodity Market, most of the markets and professional streets have now been moved to Yiwu International Trade City. Many people start to know Yiwu from small commodities. Anyone who does small commodity business in China knows that Yiwu can find the most complete varieties and the cheapest prices of small commodities. It can be said that it is small commodities that made Yiwu, a county-level city that was unknown ten years ago, famous at home and abroad.

Yiwu brown sugar. The sugar cane is chopped and crushed, and the pressed juice is first free of mud and impurities, and then boiled over low heat for 5 to 6 hours. Stir constantly to allow the water to slowly evaporate, gradually increasing the concentration of sugar. High-concentration syrup After cooling, it will solidify into solid lumps of jaggery, also known as brown sugar bricks. This traditional method maintains the original nutrition of sugar cane and also gives the brown sugar a special caramel-like flavor. The longer the brown sugar brick is cooked during the production process, the darker the color will be, making the brown sugar appear in different shades of reddish brown. Our common traditional powdered brown sugar is made by grinding brown sugar bricks.

Yiwu brown sugar is also called Yiwu Qing because of its bright yellow color with a slight cyan color. It is famous for its soft texture, loose like fine sand, pure and residue-free, sweet and delicious. In the 18th year of the Republic of China, he won the special prize at the West Lake Expo. In 1950, 21,600 acres were planted, in 1954, 57,900 acres, and in 1966, 17,100 acres. In the 1970s, it was about 20,000 acres. In the 1980s, the planting area stabilized at around 30,000 acres. Due to the promotion of improved varieties such as Ganzhuan No. 1 and Sichuan Cane No. 10 and cultivation techniques such as plastic film covering, the output of fresh sugarcane per mu increased from 2000-2500 kilograms in the early days of liberation to more than 5000 kilograms, and the total output increased by 1.5 times. With the development of modern sugar factories, sugar cane is mostly used for machine-made white sugar, and the output of brown sugar decreases accordingly. In 1988, the supply and marketing department purchased 1,525 tons. In addition to supplying the local market, it is mainly sold to Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Anhui and other places.

Yiwu Small Commodity Wholesale Market is composed of two market clusters, China Yiwu International Trade City and Huangyuan Market. The market has 43 industries, 1,900 categories, and 1.7 million kinds of commodities[1], covering almost It includes handicrafts, jewelry, small hardware, daily necessities, rain gear, electronic appliances, toys, etc.