# Guan, Hebei Fishing Tackle Suppliers | Verified Data

> Guan County in Hebei is an inland tackle manufacturing cluster. Verified factory data for rods, lures and accessories, with MOQ and reference price ranges.

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Guan County sits inland in Hebei, part of the province's tackle manufacturing base. For buyers, its interest is cost structure and production flexibility rather than port access. What is Guan good at making? Rods — blank production, assembly and finishing for private-label programmes. Lures and accessories — moulding and assembly where volume programmes reward a lower cost base. Volume OEM work — programmes where unit cost matters more than shipping speed. What should I verify before committing? Component sourcing — ask where guides, reel seats and hooks come from and how they are stocked. An inland factory that has to wait on components cannot hold a lead time. Production sample, not a showroom sample — hand-built showroom pieces hide assembly problems. Landed cost at the same Incoterm — an inland EXW price is not comparable with a coastal FOB price until both include inland freight and export handling. Colourway control — ask for a physical or measured reference and the tolerance the factory will hold across repeat orders. We publish no cluster-level capacity statistics we cannot source. Where a number is not verified, this page says nothing rather than something approximate. Which Guan suppliers are verified? No verified suppliers listed yet. Factories appear here only after passing four-way verification (business registration, main business, export records, direct interview). Records that fail the bar are excluded by the build, not hidden by hand. Guan against the other two clusters Verification runs cluster by cluster, so a factory answer is only useful next to the cluster it competes in. Cluster What it makes Why buyers pick it Weihai, Shandong Rods, hard lures and metal jigs The rod capital —industry reporting credits the city with roughly 60% of global fishing rod output Guan, Hebei Rods and accessories Lower cost base at volume Xianxian, Hebei Lures and value rods Newer supply chain, useful as an independent price reference How do you compare Guan with the other two clusters? Start from the product, not the cluster: rods and accessories are Guan's base, so a lure programme may belong in Xianxian instead. Ask for the band, not a single price —the reference range for the sub-category is the frame the quote has to fit. Check the export markets on the record: a factory shipping to your market has already cleared its compliance route once. Compare lead time, not only price: a lower unit price with a longer repeat lead time costs you a season. Re-run the 4 verification gates on any Guan factory that is new to you, whatever its size. What are the reference bands for these products? Reference price bands by sub-category, aggregated from 62 sampled listings. Basis must be confirmed per quotation (FOB port or EXW factory). Sub-category Sample size Reference price band (US$ / unit) Median low MOQ band (pcs) Category Fishhook 9 0.07 – 2.40 / piece 0.65 100 – 2,000 Fishing Accessories Spoon & Spinner 6 0.31 – 6.00 / piece 1.25 50 – 500 Fishing Lures Other Hard Lure 6 0.56 – 12.04 / piece 2.95 20 – 500 Fishing Lures Soft Lure 6 0.20 – 3.85 / piece 1.55 50 – 1,000 Fishing Lures Hard Lure 6 1.85 – 3.20 / piece 2.60 100 – 100 Fishing Lures VIB 6 0.24 – 2.50 / piece 1.39 100 – 500 Fishing Lures Minnow 6 0.37 – 3.17 / piece 1.40 50 – 500 Fishing Lures Metal Jig 5 0.97 – 2.01 / piece 1.39 100 – 200 Fishing Lures Fishing Rod 3 9.15 – 132.55 / piece 28.05 20 – 100 Fishing Rods Crankbait 3 0.30 – 0.85 / piece 0.66 200 – 500 Fishing Lures Octopus Skirt 3 0.08 – 2.80 / piece 0.98 100 – 2,000 Fishing Lures Fishing Accessory 3 0.62 – 60.00 / pack 9.62 5 – 200 Fishing Accessories What has to be locked in the specification? Parameters that decide the price of each family. Ask for all of them in writing. Family Decides the quotation The usual failure mode Soft lures Body length (mm) and weight (g), plasticiser feel, salt or scent loading, colourway reference, rigged or unrigged, hook or jig head by name Colour drift between batches; plasticiser feel changing in warm climates Hard lures Body material (ABS, PC), buoyancy class (floating, suspending, sinking), diving depth, rattle specification, split ring and treble by size and finish Hardware substitution; buoyancy drifting after a mould change Metal jigs Weight class (g), plating or finish, through-wire construction, assist hooks and cord, painted or foil finish Finish durability and corrosion; plating thickness not stated Rods Length and sections, blank material, power (UL–XH) and action (fast, moderate), line weight (lb), lure weight (g/oz), guide and reel seat by name, grip material Showroom sample differs from production; guides and reel seats substituted Reels Size class (1000–14000), gear ratio, bearing count, maximum drag, spool capacity, body material Drag figures quoted from a sample that is not the production build Line Material (nylon, fluorocarbon, PE), test strength, diameter, spool length, colour Diameter tolerance and spooling consistency; breaking strain below claim Terminal tackle Hook size and wire gauge, point style, coating (tin, nickel, black nickel), barbed or barbless; swivel and snap load ratings Tolerances on small metal parts; coating hardness Three items sit outside the product itself and change the programme as much as the product does: Colourway reference — a physical or measured reference, not a screen colour. State the tolerance you will accept. Packaging — bulk, polybag, header card or blister. Packaging moves the MOQ and the lead time more than the lure does. Sample approval — agree a documented approval step against a production-line sample before mass production. This is the single cheapest risk control in a tackle programme. What about HS codes and market compliance? Export classification for tackle, and the compliance questions that come up per market. Classification should be confirmed with your customs broker for the exact product. Family Usual HS heading EU US Fishing rods 9507.10 REACH for coatings and grips; packaging rules Proposition 65 warning assessment Fish-hooks 9507.20 REACH for coatings Proposition 65 for metal finishes Fishing reels 9507.30 REACH for plastics and lubricants Proposition 65 assessment Lures and other line tackle 9507.40 REACH for soft plastics, paints and metals; phthalate limits Lead and phthalate limits; additional testing if marketed to children Fishing line Often outside 9507 — confirm by material Depends on filament classification Depends on filament classification This table is a starting point for the compliance conversation, not customs advice. Ask your broker to confirm the code and your importer to confirm the testing requirement for the destination market — and ask the factory for the test report rather than a statement of compliance. Frequently asked questions Why compare an inland cluster against a coastal one? The two often differ less on unit price than on total landed cost and on how quickly component changes can be made. Inland labour and land cost less, but cargo travels further to a port. Compare at the same Incoterm, or you are comparing two different scopes. What should an inland factory prove before you rely on it? That hardware and component supply is genuinely local or properly stocked, and that the production sample comes from the line that will run your order. Rod programmes are hardware-sensitive, so component substitution is the main risk on any programme.