The three clusters compared

Direct answer

Cluster choice is a trade between tooling depth, cost base and how easy the supply chain is to audit.

Key facts

These three comparisons used to sit on each cluster page, identical in every one of them.
Bands are published per sub-category with the unit stated, drawn from the listings we have sampled.
1. Pick the cluster by product, not by price — a lure programme in a rod cluster pays for capability it cannot use.

These three comparisons used to sit on each cluster page, identical in every one of them. They are consolidated here so that a number has one home: when a figure changes, it changes in one place rather than in three copies that drift apart.

How the three clusters compare on the numbers that decide an order

Cluster choice is a trade between tooling depth, cost base and how easy the supply chain is to audit.
Measure	Weihai, Shandong	Guan, Hebei	Xianxian, Hebei
Primary strength	Rods, hard lures, metal jigs	Rods and accessories at volume	Lures and value rods
Share of global fishing rod output	Roughly 60%, per industry reporting	Not a rod-first cluster	Not a rod-first cluster
Tooling depth	Deepest —the oldest rod supply chain	Moderate	Newer, still building
Best used for	Programmes where specification risk is highest	Cost-driven volume on known specifications	An independent price reference
Verification runs	Per factory, 4 gates, every 90 days	Per factory, 4 gates, every 90 days	Per factory, 4 gates, every 90 days

Reference price bands across the clusters

Bands are published per sub-category with the unit stated, drawn from the listings we have sampled. A band is a starting point for a quotation, not a quotation.

Reference price bands by sub-category, aggregated from 64 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
Metal Jig	6	0.97 – 4.11 / piece	1.48	100 – 200	Fishing Lures
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
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

How a buyer should choose between them

1. Pick the cluster by product, not by price — a lure programme in a rod cluster pays for capability it cannot use. 2. Get a band from each cluster for the same specification before choosing. 3. Normalise unit, order quantity and basis before comparing anything across clusters. 4. Check the export markets on the record: a factory already shipping to your market has cleared compliance once. 5. Re-run the 4 gates on any factory that is new to you, in any cluster. 6. Re-check after 90 days —capacity and price move, and the record date is the only warning you get.

Where this sits in the process

This page is one topic out of the verification standard. The overview is Which Chinese fishing tackle cluster should you source from?, and the other topics on this page are listed there.

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How the three clusters compare on the numbers that decide an order

Reference price bands across the clusters

How a buyer should choose between them

Where this sits in the process

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