It’s Spring Festival time, the Chinese New Year - Xin Nian Kuai Le!! Gong Xi Fa Cai!!
The Year of the Pig is supposed to be a good one in which to have babies, any child born this year will, according to custom, be happy, honest, hardworking and lucky.
What have our traders got to offer any fortunate couple? We’ve picked out three products:
Moses Basket
This delightful basket is from a trader in China. The unit measures 82cm x 35cm x 25cm (L x W x H). It is lined with sweet waffle and a check fabric that comes in different colours.
Crystello is a computerised and digitised hot and cold water purifier from Lebanon. It can be used for preparing milk for new-born babies.
Take Note
There is significant world trade in babies’ garments and clothing accessories. In 2005 over $4.5 billion of these goods were imported into countries around the world. The top 5 importing nations were the USA, China/Hong Kong, UK, France and Germany.
Interesting to learn that 50 years ago South Korea’s main export was human hair. How times change! Electronics is obviously far more lucrative.
These days, whilst most human hair comes from China, a lot comes from the Indian sub-continent. 
A large quantity of Indian hair, which is valued because of its European like texture, comes from temples - Hindus shave their hair off as a sign of religious devotion.
But did you read about all those girls and women in India who have been forcibly having their heads shorn to make weaves and extensions?
You may think it’s not a great hardship but in most cultures long and healthy hair is valued as a thing of great feminine beauty - so not very pleasant for the poor ladies concerned.
Of course none of this would happen if not for the huge worldwide demand for these hair pieces. Pop stars, models, the rich and the famous all want to look even more glamorous by attaching strands of hair to their natural locks. Many black hair styles depend on the use of hair extensions. Think of all the wigs that are used, whether for vanity, medical or religious reasons.
There’ll always be a need for hair pieces and until the artificial ones match the quality of the natural there will always be some poor woman walking around bald.
There are a variety of human hair products and trade leads on the trade portal (though none of them are from India they are all from China). Take a look:
Long 100% Human Hair
Human Hair
Human Hair Extension
Blow these creatures up and they’ll walk around as if they’re alive! 
They come as a range of different animals: Dogs (including Corgi, Retriever, Terrier, Dachshund, Shiba Inu), Cat, Duck, Dinosaur, Pig, Tortoise and Fowl.
Submitted by wly111 who is based in Hong Kong, their $1.50 per unit price tag should see a whopping profit for the canny Ebay seller (similar items are selling for ~$10.00 on www.ebay.co.uk !!!).
