A Chinese factory making vuvuzelas is having to increase
production to keep up with huge demand during the
World Cup.
Chinese manufacturers say almost 90 percent of the vuvuzelas
used in South Africa are made in China.
The Ninghai Jiying plastics factory based in the coastal city of
Ningbo is one such manufacturer raking in the profits from the
vuvuzelas.
Its general manager Wu Yijun told Reuters, "We had
developed this vuvuzela trumpet in 2001, but we did not manage to
sell it back then. During the 2006 World
Cup in Germany, we did not manage to market it for
the event, even when we sold other kinds of trumpets.
"After South Africa was successful in its bid for the
World Cup, we made our hardest
push for the vuvuzela to be used for the tournament," he added.
"With regards to the production volume, from January to April
this year, we were producing 25,000 vuvuzelas every day to fill
containers that are exported from Ningbo port," Wu said.
"The production had stopped in April but there has been a
gradual increase in our production in recent days.
"We were making 10,000 vuvuzelas a day for the past few days and
I estimate we will make 25,000 per day in the next few days.
"The demand from the Chinese market alone is surpassing our
production capability," he said.
