China's heating "artifact" is in Europe!

Recently, "Europeans bought Chinese electric blankets" rushed on Weibo hot search.

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According to the Hong Kong Grand Gongwang, European countries imposed sanctions on Russia, which led Russia to repeatedly reduce the supply of European sky. Faced with soaring energy bills, the European people began to look for "cheap alternatives" in the cold.

It is reported that the export of heating equipment such as electric heaters, electric blankets, and air source heat pumps has expressed explosive growth this year. Consumers with online electric blankets leave a message and say, "I know it can save me some heating fees. Now the warm quilt is already a luxury."

China's heating "artifact" is in Europe!

According to data from the China Household Electric Association, the categories of home appliances on European exports since 2022 mainly include air conditioning, electric water heater, electric heater, electric blanket, and hair dryer. Among them, electric blankets have led other categories with a 97%growth rate.

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Data from the General Administration of Customs also show that in July of this year alone, the EU's 27 countries imported China's electric blankets as high as 1.29 million, an increase of nearly 150%month -on -month.

Among them, China exported 419,000 electric blankets to Germany in July, and the export volume increased to 632,000 in August. Britain imported 582,000 Chinese electric blankets in August.

In addition to electric blankets, heaters are also sought -after in Europe.

Cixi City, Zhejiang Province is one of the heater production bases in my country, and exports account for 30 % of the country. Different from the peak season of the production of electric heater around mid -September in previous years, the sales season this year has been extended for about a month. Relevant companies have been busy making orders this year to cope with the "make -up waves" of customers such as Europe and other places.

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According to Cen Na, the chief of the Cixi Customs Inspection of Ningbo Customs, from January to August this year, the export of Cixi heater was 3.35 billion yuan, an increase of 26.3%year -on -year, of which 1.53 billion yuan was exported, a year -on -year increase of 55.2%, compared with the same period of the same period of previous years Compared to the sales season of the EU heater, it is expected to be extended for about one month.

In the "World Supermarket" Yiwu small commodity city, merchants who run heating products such as hot water bottle also felt the unusual order this year.

"This year's orders in Europe are particularly hot. From time to time, there are orders in March and the transaction rate is very high. In terms of quantity, the largest orders in the previous year are about 900,000 pieces. 2 million pieces. "

Luo Lanxian, a merchant who has operated the hot water bottle business in the small commercial city of Yiwu, said that he had issued the customer’s order before the end of July, but now as the weather is cold, customers in Europe and other places have added a batch of orders. Turned up.

"The electric blanket changed my life"

As winter approaches, European natural gas prices and electricity prices continue to fluctuate sharply, and the skyrocketing energy bills cause many Europeans headaches.

In this case, the cheap and not power -consuming electric blanket has become a good choice.

According to the British "Daily Mail" reported on the 22nd, some experts calculated a account: an electric blanket with a rated power of 100 watts opened for one night (8 hours), the electricity bill required was only 0.42 pounds, which was far lower than the boiling heating. price. And lower power will save money.

In terms of price, on Amazon, the price of cheap electric blankets can be as low as 20 US dollars (about 143 yuan), and the expensive price is about 500 yuan to 600 yuan. High, but it is still more cost -effective than using natural gas.

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And some overseas netizens who have already experienced electric blankets directly called: This artifact is too comfortable.

"If you can afford an electric blanket, make a nest, and make it comfortable, just stay there. Heating with electric blankets is much cheaper than getting the whole house. On January last year, I was in my birthday last year. I received my first electric blanket, and it changed my life since then. "

"I can no longer wear clothes and wrap myself in a super comfortable electric blanket forever! I have become a big child and refuse to leave my blanket!"

Chinese netizens warm reminder: Remember to drink plenty of water and hope they don't get angry ...

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Original title: China's heating "artifact" is in Europe!

Source | China News Agency

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