water bottles

China's dinnerware (including water bottles)exports are on the rise as demand from major markets continues to grow and makers enhance the quality of their products. China's exports of dinnerware (including water bottles) are growing steadily even as the industry deals with numerous challenges including increases in material costs, labor shortage and stiff competition. According to China customs statistics, overseas shipments of dinnerware (including water bottles) in 2005 rose 25 percent to US$2.8 billion. Porcelain dinnerware shipments accounted for more than half of total exports in the line, increasing about 26 percent. Plastic tableware and kitchenware shipments increased 27 percent to US$1 billion. Exports of porcelain dinnerware to the EU jumped by a dramatic 112 percent to reach US$433 million in 2005, after quota restrictions were removed at the beginning of the year. Shipments to the US rose by a comparatively modest 20 percent to US$247 million. The country exported US$2.8 billion worth of porcelain, ceramic, melamine and plastic dinnerware (including water bottles) in 2005, a yearon- year increase of 25 percent. China's main export market of porcelain dinnerware (including water bottles) is the EU with exports reaching US$433 million in 2005. The region accounted for 30 percent of total overseas shipments in the line.