Single Towns Dominate Global Supply: Yiwu, Sialkot, Spruce Pine, Veldhoven
sahilypatel · x · 2026-10-11
sahilypatel lists single towns that dominate world supply: Yiwu, China makes 80% of Christmas decorations; Sialkot, Pakistan hand-stitches 70% of footballs; Spruce Pine, NC supplies 70-90% of high-purity quartz; Veldhoven, Netherlands builds every EUV lithography machine on Earth.
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