Specify the lead diameter (0.5mm, 0.7mm), hardness (HB, 2B), core type (high-polymer), packaging style (tubes, blisters), total quantity, and custom branding requirements.
Category market report
Pencil Leads
Total suppliers
2,348+
Total Chinese suppliers export
$88.6M+
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- Transactions
53,733
2018-012022-022026-04Transaction trend for Axus Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 329
- 2018-02: 236
- 2018-03: 223
- 2018-04: 224
- 2018-05: 304
- 2018-06: 378
- 2018-07: 69
- 2018-08: 73
- 2018-09: 180
- 2018-10: 282
- 2018-11: 230
- 2018-12: 314
- 2019-01: 226
- 2019-02: 304
- 2019-03: 289
- 2019-04: 159
- 2019-05: 214
- 2019-06: 93
- 2019-07: 177
- 2019-08: 157
- 2019-09: 408
- 2019-10: 365
- 2019-11: 538
- 2019-12: 271
- 2020-01: 375
- 2020-02: 200
- 2020-03: 605
- 2020-04: 546
- 2020-05: 770
- 2020-06: 724
- 2020-07: 72
- 2020-08: 76
- 2020-09: 126
- 2020-10: 309
- 2020-11: 215
- 2020-12: 448
- 2021-01: 321
- 2021-02: 657
- 2021-03: 295
- 2021-04: 422
- 2021-05: 602
- 2021-06: 416
- 2021-07: 842
- 2021-08: 268
- 2021-09: 718
- 2021-10: 231
- 2021-11: 651
- 2021-12: 562
- 2022-01: 530
- 2022-02: 525
- 2022-03: 152
- 2022-04: 1
- 2022-05: 387
- 2022-06: 660
- 2022-07: 822
- 2022-08: 835
- 2022-09: 490
- 2022-10: 644
- 2022-11: 553
- 2022-12: 304
- 2023-01: 1,046
- 2023-02: 560
- 2023-03: 705
- 2023-04: 424
- 2023-05: 1,191
- 2023-06: 776
- 2023-07: 935
- 2023-08: 706
- 2023-09: 1,003
- 2023-10: 956
- 2023-11: 979
- 2023-12: 972
- 2024-01: 1,053
- 2024-02: 694
- 2024-03: 1,079
- 2024-04: 910
- 2024-05: 1,100
- 2024-06: 536
- 2024-07: 1,025
- 2024-08: 425
- 2024-09: 515
- 2024-10: 659
- 2024-11: 742
- 2024-12: 390
- 2025-01: 839
- 2025-02: 225
- 2025-03: 549
- 2025-04: 662
- 2025-05: 688
- 2025-06: 663
- 2025-07: 637
- 2025-08: 314
- 2025-09: 736
- 2025-10: 854
- 2025-11: 821
- 2025-12: 818
- 2026-01: 744
- 2026-02: 468
- 2026-03: 435
- 2026-04: 639
- Amount
1,302.48
2018-012022-022026-04Amount trend for Axus Stationery Shanghai Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 68.2K
- 2018-02: 185.4K
- 2018-03: 70.7K
- 2018-04: 74.1K
- 2018-05: 113.9K
- 2018-06: 165.2K
- 2018-07: 19.3K
- 2018-08: 13.3K
- 2018-09: 24.8K
- 2018-10: 85.1K
- 2018-11: 41.4K
- 2018-12: 90.3K
- 2019-01: 65.2K
- 2019-02: 88.3K
- 2019-03: 84.9K
- 2019-04: 41K
- 2019-05: 48.4K
- 2019-06: 20.4K
- 2019-07: 39.4K
- 2019-08: 28.5K
- 2019-09: 65.1K
- 2019-10: 60.9K
- 2019-11: 165.4K
- 2019-12: 62.4K
- 2020-01: 72.1K
- 2020-02: 23.5K
- 2020-03: 96.1K
- 2020-04: 92.5K
- 2020-05: 82.3K
- 2020-06: 128K
- 2020-07: 1,040
- 2020-08: 5,100
- 2020-09: 600
- 2020-10: 72.6K
- 2020-11: 41.1K
- 2020-12: 55.5K
- 2021-01: 160.5K
- 2021-02: 137.7K
- 2021-03: 22.7K
- 2021-04: 25.5K
- 2021-05: 99.7K
- 2021-06: 60.1K
- 2021-07: 167.5K
- 2021-08: 25.1K
- 2021-09: 123.9K
- 2021-10: 23.2K
- 2021-11: 130.6K
- 2021-12: 90K
- 2022-01: 88.2K
- 2022-02: 80.1K
- 2022-03: 24K
- 2022-04: 0
- 2022-05: 68.8K
- 2022-06: 70.8K
- 2022-07: 106.2K
- 2022-08: 71.3K
- 2022-09: 64K
- 2022-10: 84.4K
- 2022-11: 103.8K
- 2022-12: 74.2K
- 2023-01: 181.6K
- 2023-02: 77.1K
- 2023-03: 124.4K
- 2023-04: 66K
- 2023-05: 223.8K
- 2023-06: 281.8K
- 2023-07: 296.6K
- 2023-08: 221.7K
- 2023-09: 120K
- 2023-10: 92.1K
- 2023-11: 129K
- 2023-12: 133.2K
- 2024-01: 381.1K
- 2024-02: 257.1K
- 2024-03: 449.3K
- 2024-04: 301.6K
- 2024-05: 312.2K
- 2024-06: 209.7K
- 2024-07: 257.2K
- 2024-08: 81.1K
- 2024-09: 200.5K
- 2024-10: 281.6K
- 2024-11: 310K
- 2024-12: 147.2K
- 2025-01: 251.1K
- 2025-02: 96.7K
- 2025-03: 128.5K
- 2025-04: 135.9K
- 2025-05: 135.7K
- 2025-06: 210.8K
- 2025-07: 212K
- 2025-08: 135.4K
- 2025-09: 233K
- 2025-10: 265.2K
- 2025-11: 257.7K
- 2025-12: 215.2K
- 2026-01: 284.6K
- 2026-02: 140.8K
- 2026-03: 150.1K
- 2026-04: 175.7K
- Main export countries
- Vietnam (99.1%)
- Pakistan (0.8%)
- Sri Lanka (0.1%)
- Transactions
398
2018-012022-032026-06Transaction trend for Heilongjiang Tidbit Stationery Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 3
- 2018-02: 6
- 2018-03: 9
- 2018-04: 3
- 2018-05: 1
- 2018-06: 4
- 2018-07: 5
- 2018-08: 2
- 2018-09: 6
- 2018-11: 3
- 2019-01: 3
- 2019-03: 8
- 2019-06: 1
- 2019-07: 1
- 2019-08: 14
- 2019-09: 2
- 2019-10: 3
- 2019-11: 8
- 2019-12: 3
- 2020-01: 4
- 2020-02: 5
- 2020-03: 2
- 2020-04: 4
- 2020-05: 1
- 2020-06: 1
- 2020-07: 3
- 2020-08: 4
- 2020-09: 2
- 2020-10: 1
- 2020-11: 5
- 2020-12: 2
- 2021-01: 10
- 2021-02: 7
- 2021-03: 5
- 2021-04: 4
- 2021-05: 9
- 2021-06: 1
- 2021-07: 1
- 2021-08: 8
- 2021-09: 6
- 2021-10: 6
- 2021-12: 4
- 2022-01: 9
- 2022-02: 4
- 2022-03: 1
- 2022-04: 4
- 2022-05: 1
- 2022-06: 4
- 2022-07: 4
- 2022-08: 1
- 2022-09: 8
- 2022-10: 11
- 2022-11: 8
- 2022-12: 9
- 2023-01: 6
- 2023-02: 11
- 2023-03: 8
- 2023-04: 3
- 2023-05: 7
- 2023-06: 10
- 2023-07: 4
- 2023-08: 2
- 2023-09: 4
- 2023-10: 2
- 2023-11: 1
- 2023-12: 8
- 2024-01: 3
- 2024-02: 3
- 2024-03: 4
- 2024-04: 3
- 2024-08: 8
- 2024-10: 5
- 2024-11: 3
- 2024-12: 3
- 2025-01: 5
- 2025-02: 3
- 2025-03: 2
- 2025-04: 1
- 2025-05: 13
- 2025-06: 1
- 2025-07: 6
- 2025-08: 2
- 2025-09: 2
- 2025-10: 6
- 2025-11: 4
- 2026-01: 3
- 2026-02: 5
- 2026-03: 1
- 2026-04: 1
- 2026-06: 1
- Amount
554.07
2018-012022-032026-06Amount trend for Heilongjiang Tidbit Stationery Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 45.3K
- 2018-02: 71.2K
- 2018-03: 160.7K
- 2018-04: 30.8K
- 2018-05: 3,000
- 2018-06: 17.6K
- 2018-07: 24.4K
- 2018-08: 28K
- 2018-09: 38.4K
- 2018-11: 10.2K
- 2019-01: 7,800
- 2019-03: 30.6K
- 2019-06: 4,500
- 2019-07: 1,600
- 2019-08: 42.9K
- 2019-09: 4,100
- 2019-10: 63.8K
- 2019-11: 150.5K
- 2019-12: 59.9K
- 2020-01: 30.5K
- 2020-02: 38.4K
- 2020-03: 21K
- 2020-04: 60.7K
- 2020-05: 18.5K
- 2020-06: 16.3K
- 2020-07: 5,551.43
- 2020-08: 134.5K
- 2020-09: 48.9K
- 2020-10: 102K
- 2020-11: 23K
- 2020-12: 6,811.95
- 2021-01: 177.8K
- 2021-02: 96.4K
- 2021-03: 109.2K
- 2021-04: 106.9K
- 2021-05: 141.6K
- 2021-06: 18.6K
- 2021-07: 22.5K
- 2021-08: 130.4K
- 2021-09: 101.1K
- 2021-10: 204.3K
- 2021-12: 137.4K
- 2022-01: 52.1K
- 2022-02: 93.9K
- 2022-03: 42.7K
- 2022-04: 76.9K
- 2022-05: 3,510
- 2022-06: 52.9K
- 2022-07: 53.4K
- 2022-08: 37.3K
- 2022-09: 120.6K
- 2022-10: 73.5K
- 2022-11: 113.5K
- 2022-12: 137.3K
- 2023-01: 48.1K
- 2023-02: 103.5K
- 2023-03: 102.9K
- 2023-04: 13.4K
- 2023-05: 123.3K
- 2023-06: 102.9K
- 2023-07: 13.6K
- 2023-08: 3,320.81
- 2023-09: 76.9K
- 2023-10: 3,400
- 2023-11: 3,152.98
- 2023-12: 30.6K
- 2024-01: 20.9K
- 2024-02: 17.1K
- 2024-03: 36.9K
- 2024-04: 50.2K
- 2024-08: 54.8K
- 2024-10: 131K
- 2024-11: 114.2K
- 2024-12: 41.1K
- 2025-01: 9,422.55
- 2025-02: 138K
- 2025-03: 15.8K
- 2025-04: 65K
- 2025-05: 97.6K
- 2025-06: 1,981.86
- 2025-07: 69.4K
- 2025-08: 185.5K
- 2025-09: 18.1K
- 2025-10: 188.6K
- 2025-11: 27K
- 2026-01: 106.6K
- 2026-02: 78.2K
- 2026-03: 1,815.6
- 2026-04: 10.4K
- 2026-06: 30.2K
- Main export countries
- India (66.1%)
- United States (14.5%)
- Vietnam (1.4%)
- Türkiye (6.1%)
- Transactions
45
2018-012021-082025-10Transaction trend for Shangzhi Pearl Pen Industries Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 1
- 2018-02: 1
- 2018-03: 2
- 2019-08: 2
- 2019-09: 1
- 2019-10: 1
- 2019-11: 1
- 2020-01: 2
- 2020-02: 1
- 2020-04: 1
- 2021-08: 1
- 2021-09: 1
- 2021-10: 5
- 2022-01: 3
- 2022-02: 1
- 2022-04: 2
- 2023-05: 1
- 2024-08: 4
- 2024-10: 5
- 2024-11: 4
- 2025-06: 2
- 2025-10: 3
- Amount
407.13
2018-012021-082025-10Amount trend for Shangzhi Pearl Pen Industries Co., Ltd.
- 2018-01: 10.5K
- 2018-02: 22.2K
- 2018-03: 42.7K
- 2019-08: 276.3K
- 2019-09: 32.2K
- 2019-10: 4,332.77
- 2019-11: 43.6K
- 2020-01: 379.5K
- 2020-02: 205K
- 2020-04: 295K
- 2021-08: 182K
- 2021-09: 256K
- 2021-10: 991.9K
- 2022-01: 352.5K
- 2022-02: 112K
- 2022-04: 396K
- 2023-05: 28.8K
- 2024-08: 242K
- 2024-10: 9,768.67
- 2024-11: 96.3K
- 2025-06: 81.7K
- 2025-10: 10.9K
- Main export countries
- United States (84.1%)
- India (13.4%)
- Not available (1.8%)
- Philippines (0.7%)
Intelligence
China export momentum, destination markets, and regional demand.
China export trend
China export trend
- Date 2018-07: Value 6.4M USD
- Date 2018-08: Value 5M USD
- Date 2018-09: Value 5.5M USD
- Date 2018-10: Value 4.7M USD
- Date 2018-11: Value 6.1M USD
- Date 2018-12: Value 6.6M USD
- Date 2019-01: Value 6.4M USD
- Date 2019-02: Value 3.7M USD
- Date 2019-03: Value 7.1M USD
- Date 2019-04: Value 7.7M USD
- Date 2019-05: Value 7.5M USD
- Date 2019-06: Value 6.4M USD
- Date 2019-07: Value 7.3M USD
- Date 2019-08: Value 5.7M USD
- Date 2019-09: Value 4.1M USD
- Date 2019-10: Value 5.3M USD
- Date 2019-11: Value 6.3M USD
- Date 2019-12: Value 5.8M USD
- Date 2020-01: Value 0 USD
- Date 2020-02: Value 10.1M USD
- Date 2020-03: Value 5.8M USD
- Date 2020-04: Value 5.9M USD
- Date 2020-05: Value 7.6M USD
- Date 2020-06: Value 7,200 USD
- Date 2020-07: Value 6,800 USD
- Date 2020-08: Value 7,300 USD
- Date 2020-09: Value 3.5M USD
- Date 2020-10: Value 3.4M USD
- Date 2020-11: Value 2.7M USD
- Date 2020-12: Value 4.1M USD
- Date 2021-01: Value 1.3M USD
- Date 2021-02: Value 1.2M USD
- Date 2021-03: Value 745.7K USD
- Date 2021-04: Value 1.1M USD
- Date 2021-05: Value 1.2M USD
- Date 2021-06: Value 1.3M USD
- Date 2021-07: Value 1.2M USD
- Date 2021-08: Value 1.1M USD
- Date 2021-09: Value 1.6M USD
- Date 2021-10: Value 1.2M USD
- Date 2021-11: Value 1.3M USD
- Date 2021-12: Value 1.6M USD
- Date 2022-01: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2022-02: Value 1.2M USD
- Date 2022-03: Value 1.5M USD
- Date 2022-04: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2022-05: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2022-06: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2022-07: Value 2.3M USD
- Date 2022-08: Value 2M USD
- Date 2022-09: Value 2.5M USD
- Date 2022-10: Value 2.1M USD
- Date 2022-11: Value 2.1M USD
- Date 2022-12: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2023-01: Value 2.3M USD
- Date 2023-02: Value 1.1M USD
- Date 2023-03: Value 2.4M USD
- Date 2023-04: Value 2.7M USD
- Date 2023-05: Value 2.6M USD
- Date 2023-06: Value 2.1M USD
- Date 2023-07: Value 2M USD
- Date 2023-08: Value 1.8M USD
- Date 2023-09: Value 1.7M USD
- Date 2023-10: Value 1.7M USD
- Date 2023-11: Value 2.5M USD
- Date 2023-12: Value 1.6M USD
- Date 2024-01: Value 3.3M USD
- Date 2024-02: Value 2.3M USD
- Date 2024-03: Value 2.4M USD
- Date 2024-04: Value 2.8M USD
- Date 2024-05: Value 3.2M USD
- Date 2024-06: Value 3.2M USD
- Date 2024-07: Value 2.6M USD
- Date 2024-08: Value 2.4M USD
- Date 2024-09: Value 2.6M USD
- Date 2024-10: Value 2.4M USD
- Date 2024-11: Value 2.5M USD
- Date 2024-12: Value 2.3M USD
- Date 2025-01: Value 4.1M USD
- Date 2025-02: Value 1.1M USD
- Date 2025-03: Value 2.5M USD
- Date 2025-04: Value 2.7M USD
- Date 2025-05: Value 4.6M USD
- Date 2025-06: Value 2.9M USD
- Date 2025-07: Value 2.6M USD
- Date 2025-08: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2025-09: Value 2.6M USD
- Date 2025-10: Value 1.6M USD
- Date 2025-11: Value 2.5M USD
- Date 2025-12: Value 2.2M USD
- Date 2026-01: Value 2.6M USD
- Date 2026-02: Value 2.3M USD
- Date 2026-03: Value 1.7M USD
- Date 2026-04: Value 3.3M USD
- Date 2026-05: Value 3M USD
- Date 2026-06: Value 3.5M USD
- Date 2026-07: Value 2.5M USD
Top destinations
- Vietnam49.5M
- Türkiye37.6M
- India33.8M
- Japan23.7M
- United States22.4M
- Indonesia15.4M
- Iran13.1M
- Thailand9.7M
- Pakistan9.2M
- France7M
Top destinations
- Vietnam: 49,490,800 USD
- Türkiye: 37,577,100 USD
- India: 33,818,300 USD
- Japan: 23,747,600 USD
- United States: 22,408,800 USD
- Indonesia: 15,411,100 USD
- Iran: 13,050,700 USD
- Thailand: 9,655,200 USD
- Pakistan: 9,237,100 USD
- France: 7,006,300 USD
Key findings
Largest import market
49.49M USD
Vietnam · last 8 years
Fastest demand growth
13,553.44
Zambia · last 8 years
Highest unit price
$29.71 /kg
Eswatini · +930.12% vs avg
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Insights
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Product Trends
Hi-polymer mechanical pencil leads, especially 0.5mm and 0.7mm in HB and 2B grades with enhanced break resistance, are experiencing high demand. Colored leads and 2.0mm thick leads for sketching are also gaining market share.
Industrial Cluster Analysis
Zhejiang (Ningbo, Yiwu, Lishui) is the core cluster for integrated stationery, offering retail packaging and fast OEM. Heilongjiang (Harbin) excels in high-purity bulk graphite lead extrusion and raw material processing.
Quality Expectations
High flexural strength to prevent breakage and strict diameter tolerances (+/-0.02mm) are key market requirements. Buyers prioritize high-polymer resin formulas that ensure writing smoothness and clean erasing.
What You Need to Know
Request pre-shipment samples to test break resistance and smoothness. Ask for test reports verifying compliance with international non-toxic safety standards such as EN71-3 or REACH.
MOQ for standard bulk lead is usually 10,000 tubes, while customized retail packaging requires 20,000 to 50,000 tubes. Production lead times average 25 to 35 days, excluding ocean transit.
Budget for customized packaging design plates, specialized outer carton printing, laboratory safety certifications, export customs handling, and local shipping or ocean freight.
