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Economic crisis hits China's toy exports: state media

Chinese workers stitch teddy bears, at the PP Bear Toy Company located in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on November 24, 2008, that would have been Christmas presents destined for European or American children, but because of the global economic slowdown, they will be sold on the domestic market. The Chinese government wants to boost domestic consumption to take some of the pressure of its export dependent economy, it also wants attract more sophisticated and technology advanced business to its manufacturing regions. Photo courtesy of AFP.
by Staff Writers
 Beijing (AFP) Feb 7, 2009
 Growth in Chinese toy exports slowed sharply last year as the global economic crisis hit demand, state media said Saturday, citing customs figures.

Exports rose by 1.8 percent to reach 8.63 billion dollars in 2008, well down from the 20.3 percent growth recorded in 2007, the Xinhua news agency said.

China accounts for 60 percent of the world's toy production but has been hard hit by the slowdown in its main markets in the West, and almost half its toy companies have been forced to close, the customs department said

"Toys are not a life necessity, so people's demand for that kind of product declined in the face of a grim economic situation," it said in a report.

The slowdown has been exacerbated by a series of safety scandals that have hit China's toy industry in recent years, the report said.

The United States and European Union countries buy two-thirds of all exported Chinese toys.

Chinese toy exports to the United States rose 3.1 percent last year, well down on 2007's 14.2 percent, while sales to EU countries increased 9.3 percent, against 21.1 percent.

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