According to vendors at a Macao trade show, China's sex-toy manufacturing industry is booming. That's a stark contrast to the rest of the country's manufacturing business—more than 3,500 toy factories have closed in recent months following massive worldwide product recalls. However, all of China's sex toy facilities are still in business, and producing a whopping 70 percent of the world's sex toys.
Apparently, Chinese novelty manufacturers aren't being harmed by the global economic downturn, either. LECO Health Equipment told Canada's CBC News that they're continuing to do brisk business with North American and European countries. "Our customers, our distributors in other countries tell me that the sex industry is not influenced by the economical problem," says Li, a LECO representative.
Chris Shaw of Empowered Products agrees. He told a CBC reporter, "If people are not going on vacation, if they're staying home, if they're trying to find other things to do to entertain themselves versus spending money - people are buying sex products and lubricants because that's an easy, cheap way for them to ... enjoy themselves like a couple would. It's a lot easier to spend $10 or $12 on a sexual aid and entertain yourself and have fun at home."
There may be one other reason for China's steady sex toy industry: Oscar Hainer, a representative with the Dutch-based Shotz Media, credits the increasing acceptance of sex toys for the growing demand.
Source: CBC News
