Weihai, Shandong
Rods, hard lures and metal jigs. Credited with about 60% of global rod output.
Verified supplier directory
Direct answer
This directory publishes only the Chinese fishing tackle factories that passed 4 verification gates: business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records and a direct interview confirming capacity, MOQ, lead time and price basis. Each record carries products, materials, MOQ, a reference price range with its stated basis, lead time, certifications, export markets, insured headcount and dated evidence links. Records that fail a gate are withheld rather than marked pending, and factory contact details are released after a trade account is approved.
Key facts
- Records that fail a gate are absent from the site rather than published as pending.
- Each profile carries its evidence links and the date it was last reviewed.
- Prices appear only with a stated FOB or EXW basis; otherwise the record says on request.
Every supplier here passed 4 verification gates: business registration, main-business evidence, customs export records, and a direct interview confirming capacity, MOQ, lead time and price basis. Records that fail a gate are excluded by the build rather than hidden by hand, so the directory can be short without being wrong.
No verified suppliers published yet
Factories appear here only after passing all 4 verification gates. Records that fail are excluded by the build rather than hidden by hand — so a short directory means the gate is working, not that the work stopped.
What does each supplier record contain?
| Field | What it tells you | Why it decides your order |
|---|---|---|
| Products and sub-types | Soft lures, hard lures, metal jigs, rods, hooks — as the factory describes them | Confirms it makes your product family, not "tackle" in general |
| Materials | Body material, laminate or metal | Drives durability, saltwater suitability and which compliance test applies |
| MOQ | Minimum order per specification | Sets your trial size; new tooling or a new colourway raises it |
| Reference price | A range per unit with its basis (FOB port or EXW factory) | Comparable only when unit, quantity and basis all match |
| Lead time | Days for a repeat order | Season planning depends on the repeat figure, not the first-order estimate |
| Certifications | Certificates and test reports the factory holds | Market access: EU chemical compliance, US state warning requirements |
| Export markets | Destinations observed in customs records | Evidence it has actually shipped to your market |
| Insured employees | Insured headcount | A size signal that is harder to inflate than a claimed capacity |
| Evidence links | Where each field came from | Lets you check the record yourself instead of trusting the table |
| Reviewed date | When the gates were last run | Records are re-checked on a 90-day cycle; the date tells you how fresh the answer is |
What does "verified" mean on this page?
PublishedPassed all 4 verification gates within the review cycle. The record shows the date.
WithheldFailed a gate. Not published as "pending" — absent from the directory until it passes.
IdentityBusiness contact details for a specific factory are released after a trade account is approved, so factories are not quoted against by non-buyers.
Re-checkEvery record is re-verified on a 90-day cycle; capacity and price move.
Which clusters are covered?
Guan, Hebei
Rods and accessories at a lower cost base; compare landed cost at one Incoterm.
Xianxian, Hebei
Newer lure and rod supply chain, useful as a price benchmark and second source.
Verification runs cluster by cluster rather than country-wide. That is deliberate: a factory answer is only useful next to the cluster it sits in.
What should you check on any supplier record, ours included?
- Hardware is named, not described. "Owner-style hook" is not a specification. Ask for the hook by name, or for wire gauge and finish.
- Colourway reference is physical or measured — with the tolerance the factory will hold across repeat orders.
- Saltwater programmes state hook and ring material, plating and whether salt-spray testing is included.
- Capacity is stated per specification and per period. "Large capacity" is not a number you can plan against.
- The sample comes from the production line, not from the showroom. Hand-built samples hide assembly problems.
- The price basis and the quantity it applies to are in writing. Without both, two quotes are not comparable.
Already know a factory you want checked?
Many buyers arrive with a factory name from a trade show, a competitor's packaging or a previous order. We will run the same 4 verification gates against it and tell you what we find — including when the answer is that we cannot verify it.
This directory is one step of the sourcing playbook: the six steps, the 4 gates, the quotation bases and the inspection points on one page.
How big is the Chinese fishing tackle export market?
| Measure | 2024 | 2023 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| All fishing tackle (HS 9507) | US$1.93 bn | US$1.77 bn | +9.0% |
| Fishing rods (HS 950710) | US$0.66 bn | US$0.62 bn | +6.5% |
| Fish hooks (HS 950720) | US$0.11 bn | US$0.11 bn | flat |
| Destination countries served | 196 | 197 | -1 |
| Largest single destination | US$546 M | US$445 M | +23% |
Rods account for about 34% of the total and hooks about 6%. The largest single destination takes roughly 28% of the 2024 total — which is why the export markets already on a supplier record are worth reading before you ask for a price.
Who supplies the United States?
| Source | 2024 import value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| China | US$538 M | 59% |
| Japan | US$74 M | 8% |
| Malaysia | US$53 M | 6% |
| Viet Nam | US$42 M | 5% |
| All other sources (65 countries) | US$199 M | 22% |
| Total US imports | US$906 M | 100% |
The United States bought US$906 M of fishing tackle under HS 9507 in 2024 from 69 source countries. China supplied US$538 M of it — 59% of the total, and roughly 7 times the next largest source. That concentration is why specification discipline matters more than factory discovery: the factories are not hard to find, the comparable quotation is.
Figures retrieved from UN Comtrade (reporter China and United States, HS 9507, 2024) and aggregated across partner countries. They are historical customs values, not offers.
What do the reference bands look like?
Every published record carries a reference price with its basis. These are the bands the sample supports, so a quotation can be placed against them rather than judged in isolation.
| Sub-category | Sample size | Reference price band (US$ / 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 |
How should you read a supplier record?
- Start with the reviewed date. A record is re-checked every 90 days; a stale date means the capacity and price figures may have moved.
- Read the price with its basis. A range without FOB or EXW cannot be placed against any other quote.
- Check the MOQ against your trial size. A floor above your first order means the record is not usable yet, however good the factory is.
- Look at the export markets. A factory already shipping to your market has cleared its compliance route once.
- Check what is missing. A record with no evidence links has not been re-run recently, whatever the other fields say.
- Ask for the factory, not the category. Records are per factory and per specification; a cluster average is not a supplier.
Records currently held back by the gate: 0 (below the publish threshold). See how we verify.
Sources
- Records come from our collection pipeline: authorised registration exports, public pages and direct factory interviews
- The publish rule is enforced by the build: records that fail a verification gate cannot appear on this page
- Chinese business registration lookup — National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System
- China Customs (GACC) — the authority behind export records
- ISO standards catalogue — quality and testing frameworks
- Harmonized System heading 9507 (rods, hooks, reels, lures) — US HTS lookup
- US consumer product safety requirements — CPSC
Need a specification matched, not a list browsed?
Send the format, quantity, material and destination market. We answer against verified records — and tell you when the data is not good enough to answer with.
Last reviewed: 2026-09-17 · build 2026-09-17-p5jpv