Yiwu Jewelry and Hair Accessories: How to Source from the Market

Last fact-checked: November 9, 2026.

Yiwu jewelry and hair accessories are concentrated in International Trade Mart District 1, and in the District 1 East building beside it. The operator's own pages, open on 9 November 2026, say what each floor sells. Start there. A blog map that puts jewelry on a different floor is a reason to re-check Yiwugo, not a reason to change the plan.

The floor names below are copied from the operator's District 1 and District 1 East pages. How a booth minimum works once you are at the counter is Yiwu MOQ and samples. Finished pieces you might list at home sit in the jewelry and watches category.

The graphic follows the operator pages below. It is not a hand-drawn map of the corridors.

What the operator pages say

District 1 was put into operation on 22 October 2002. The operator states a building area of 340,000 square metres, more than 10,000 booths and over 10,500 suppliers. The paragraph on that page says the first floor deals in artificial flowers and toys, the second floor deals in jewelry, and the third floor deals in arts and crafts. The fourth floor is the manufacturer outlet. The floor table on the same page lists floor 2 as "Hair Ornament" and "Jewery" (their spelling), and lists "Jewelry Accessory" among the floor 3 lines, with festival crafts, decorative craft, ceramic and crystal, tourism crafts and photo frames.

So hair accessories and jewelry are the floor 2 walk. Findings and jewelry accessories also appear on the floor 3 table. If you need both finished fashion jewelry and the components, plan both floors, and do not assume floor 2 is the only door.

District 1 East is a separate block. The operator says it was launched for trial operation on 6 January 2016, on a site of 79,100 square metres, with a floor area of 370,000 square metres and more than 2,500 booths. Floor 1 deals in jewelry accessories. Floor 2 deals in fashion jewelry and jewelry accessories. Floor 3 deals in fashion jewelry. If your list is fashion earrings, necklaces and the findings that go with them, East is the building to open first. If your list is hair claws, clips and headbands, District 1 floor 2 is the first walk. Many buyers need both, on the same day, with two sets of notes.

Both pages are on Yiwugo: District 1 and District 1 East. The market introduction on Chinagoods was also open on 9 November 2026. Floor names in this article are taken from the Yiwugo pages, which are the ones that publish the tables.

Walk the floors before you argue price. A plating sample and a logo check come before the deposit.

A typical case

A buyer wants fashion earrings for a spring table and a range of plain hair claws. In this example the two lines together are about USD 6,500 of goods, FOB Ningbo, LCL by sea. The earrings are fashion jewelry, so the first hour is District 1 East, floors 2 and 3, with a stop on floor 1 if the earring needs a finding the finished-jewelry booth does not stock. The hair claws are hair ornaments, so the next block is District 1 floor 2.

At each booth the buyer writes the material, the plating color in the booth's own words, the quantity per style, and whether a mixed card of styles has its own minimum. A gold-color finish and a silver-color finish are two lines even when the casting is the same. The sample that leaves the booth is the finish the bulk must match. Inspection against that sample is booked before the balance, using the pre-shipment inspection checklist and, if a third party will do it, quality control inspection. How a sampling plan is read is on AQL.

The USD 6,500 and FOB Ningbo are the example. They are not a booth price.

Checks that are not on the floor sign

Fashion jewelry that touches skin is a product-safety question in the country where you sell it. For the European Union, the text to open is Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety, on EUR-Lex. This page does not copy a nickel, lead or cadmium limit out of that regulation or any other. Read the current restriction for your destination and write the requirement into the purchase order. A booth that says "it is safe" has not done that reading for you.

A logo, a character, or a copy of a branded clasp is a rights question. Search it before you pay. The U.S. database is the USPTO trademark search. A stall in a famous market is not a license.

Classification waits until the product is real. The Harmonized System is how customs nomenclature is built. Earrings, hair claws and loose findings are not automatically one code. Keep them as separate lines on the packing list even if they share a carton.

Where jewelry buying goes wrong

• Following a corridor map that contradicts the operator table. On 9 November 2026 the operator table is the one cited above. If Yiwugo changes a floor, their page wins over this article.
• Approving a plated sample and receiving a different bath on the bulk. The quote should name the finish in words you can inspect: color, and base metal if the booth will state it.
• One invoice that calls a mixed carton "fashion jewelry" when it also holds hair claws and loose findings. Split the lines. The declaration has to describe the goods.

Before the deposit

• The floor you are standing on matches the operator page for that product.
• Plating or finish is written on the quote, next to the sample number.
• No third-party logo or character is on the goods.
• You have opened the destination product-safety text and written the requirement you need the supplier to meet.
• Inspection is booked against the approved sample. The order itself goes on the RFQ.

Frequently asked questions

Which Yiwu district is the jewelry wholesale market?

District 1 floor 2 for jewelry and hair ornaments, with jewelry accessories also listed on the floor 3 table, plus District 1 East for jewelry accessories and fashion jewelry across three floors. That is the operator's split on 9 November 2026. Check the two Yiwugo links the week you travel.

Are hair accessories in the same place as earrings?

Hair ornaments are on the District 1 floor 2 table. Fashion jewelry is the East building's subject, and District 1's paragraph also puts jewelry on floor 2. Plan both if your range includes both. Do not assume one aisle covers the list.

Can I ship earrings and hair claws as one product?

You can put them in one consolidation. You should not collapse them into one vague invoice line. Different products need descriptions that customs can classify. Keep the booth, the style and the quantity visible on the packing list.

Neighbouring floors are covered in Yiwu International Trade City, bags and luggage, beauty accessories and cosmetic packaging, and cosmetics and personal care.

See also Yiwu Market Guide for Overseas Buyers.

Sources

• Yiwugo: District 1. Operation date, area, booth and supplier counts, and the floor table including hair ornaments and jewelry. Open on 9 November 2026.
• Yiwugo: District 1 East. Trial operation date, area, booth count, and the three jewelry floors. Open on 9 November 2026.
• EUR-Lex: Regulation (EU) 2023/988, general product safety. The EU product-safety text to read for consumer goods. No limit is copied here.
• USPTO trademark search. Where a U.S. buyer checks a mark before ordering a branded or lookalike piece.
• World Customs Organization: Harmonized System. Why mixed jewelry and hair goods need descriptions that can be classified.