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View PricingMattel's Shares Surge as Company Forecasts Promising Profit Amid Global Toy Market Shifts
Mattel's shares experienced a significant boost of 14% in premarket trading on Wednesday, catalyzed by the Hot Wheels maker's promising annual profit forecast and signals of steadying toy demand, as reported by Reuters. Even amidst tariff-related challenges, Mattel has laid out strategies to bolster its market position.
IndexBox platform data highlights that China's toy export value stood at USD 38.8 billion in 2024, down from USD 40.6 billion in 2023, reflecting a broader trend in the industry. Notably, the United States was the top export destination in 2024, receiving USD 10.2 billion worth of toys, followed by Japan, Mexico, and Germany among others.
Amid these changes, Mattel executives assured investors that no single country would dominate more than 25% of global production by 2027. Additionally, the company's forward-looking strategies include adjusting product prices to mitigate recent tariff impacts, particularly on imports from China, subjected by U.S. President Donald Trump's policies.
Mattel's strategic pivot also involves diversifying production locations beyond China, which currently accounts for about 40% of its global toy production. This shift comes as their U.S. business, which forms half of the global toy sales, shows resilience against such economic pressures.
Despite a slight 1% decline in sales in 2024, Mattel managed to expand its gross margins significantly by 330 basis points, enhanced by an agile supply chain and prudent inventory management. Furthermore, brokerages have shown optimism, with Jefferies upgrading Mattel's stock status to 'buy' from 'hold', bolstered by a promising lineup of movie releases anticipated in the current year.
Meanwhile, China's import value in the toy sector fell from USD 688.7 million in 2023 to USD 661.6 million in 2024, with Vietnam as the leading source, contributing imports valued at USD 164.6 million. This decrease underscores the dynamic shifts and dependencies in international trade patterns within the toy industry.
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the toy market in China. Within it, you will discover the latest data on market trends and opportunities by country, consumption, production and price developments, as well as the global trade (imports and exports). The forecast exhibits the market prospects through 2030.
Product coverage:
- Prodcom 32401100 - Dolls representing only human beings
- Prodcom 32401200 - Toys representing animals or non-human creatures
- Prodcom 32401300 - Parts and accessories for dolls representing only human beings
- Prodcom 32402000 - Toy trains and their accessories, other reduced-size models or construction sets and constructional toys
- Prodcom 32403100 - Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children (excluding bicycles), dolls
- Prodcom 32403200 - Puzzles
- Prodcom 32403900 -
- Prodcom 32403920 - Toy musical instruments and apparatus, toys put up in sets or outfits (excluding electric trains, scale model assembly kits, c onstruction sets and constructional toys, and puzzles), toys and models incorporating a motor, toy weapons
- Prodcom 32403940 - Other toys of plastics
- Prodcom 32403960 - Toy die-cast miniature models of metal
- Prodcom 32403990 - Other toys n.e.c.
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Data coverage:
- Market volume and value
- Per Capita consumption
- Forecast of the market dynamics in the medium term
- Trade (exports and imports) in China
- Export and import prices
- Market trends, drivers and restraints
- Key market players and their profiles
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- How to diversify your business and benefit from new market opportunities
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1. INTRODUCTION
Making Data-Driven Decisions to Grow Your Business
- REPORT DESCRIPTION
- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND AI PLATFORM
- DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
- GLOSSARY AND SPECIFIC TERMS
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2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A Quick Overview of Market Performance
- KEY FINDINGS
- MARKET TRENDS This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO
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3. MARKET OVERVIEW
Understanding the Current State of The Market and Its Prospects
- MARKET SIZE
- MARKET STRUCTURE
- TRADE BALANCE
- PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
- MARKET FORECAST TO 2030
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4. MOST PROMISING PRODUCT
Finding New Products to Diversify Your Business
This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO- TOP PRODUCTS TO DIVERSIFY YOUR BUSINESS
- BEST-SELLING PRODUCTS
- MOST CONSUMED PRODUCT
- MOST TRADED PRODUCT
- MOST PROFITABLE PRODUCT FOR EXPORT
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5. MOST PROMISING SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
Choosing the Best Countries to Establish Your Sustainable Supply Chain
This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO- TOP COUNTRIES TO SOURCE YOUR PRODUCT
- TOP PRODUCING COUNTRIES
- TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES
- LOW-COST EXPORTING COUNTRIES
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6. MOST PROMISING OVERSEAS MARKETS
Choosing the Best Countries to Boost Your Exports
This Chapter is Available Only for the Professional Edition PRO- TOP OVERSEAS MARKETS FOR EXPORTING YOUR PRODUCT
- TOP CONSUMING MARKETS
- UNSATURATED MARKETS
- TOP IMPORTING MARKETS
- MOST PROFITABLE MARKETS
7. PRODUCTION
The Latest Trends and Insights into The Industry
- PRODUCTION VOLUME AND VALUE
8. IMPORTS
The Largest Import Supplying Countries
- IMPORTS FROM 2012–2024
- IMPORTS BY COUNTRY
- IMPORT PRICES BY COUNTRY
9. EXPORTS
The Largest Destinations for Exports
- EXPORTS FROM 2012–2024
- EXPORTS BY COUNTRY
- EXPORT PRICES BY COUNTRY
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10. PROFILES OF MAJOR PRODUCERS
The Largest Producers on The Market and Their Profiles
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LIST OF TABLES
- Key Findings In 2024
- Market Volume, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
- Market Value, 2012–2024
- Per Capita Consumption In 2012-2024
- Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Imports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Import Prices, By Country Of Origin, 2012–2024
- Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Exports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Export Prices, By Country Of Destination, 2012–2024
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LIST OF FIGURES
- Market Volume, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
- Market Value, 2012–2024
- Market Structure – Domestic Supply vs. Imports, In Physical Terms, 2012-2024
- Market Structure – Domestic Supply vs. Imports, In Value Terms, 2012-2024
- Trade Balance, In Physical Terms, 2012-2024
- Trade Balance, In Value Terms, 2012-2024
- Per Capita Consumption, 2012-2024
- Market Volume Forecast to 2030
- Market Value Forecast to 2030
- Products: Market Size And Growth, By Type
- Products: Average Per Capita Consumption, By Type
- Products: Exports And Growth, By Type
- Products: Export Prices And Growth, By Type
- Production Volume And Growth
- Exports And Growth
- Export Prices And Growth
- Market Size And Growth
- Per Capita Consumption
- Imports And Growth
- Import Prices
- Production, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
- Production, In Value Terms, 2012–2024
- Imports, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
- Imports, In Value Terms, 2012–2024
- Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2024
- Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Imports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Import Prices, By Country Of Origin, 2012–2024
- Exports, In Physical Terms, 2012–2024
- Exports, In Value Terms, 2012–2024
- Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2024
- Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Exports, In Value Terms, By Country, 2012–2024
- Export Prices, By Country Of Destination, 2012–2024