Christmas décor sourcing from India.
India is a serious global origin for Christmas décor — Firozabad hand-blown glass ornaments and baubles, embroidered and velvet stockings from Jaipur and Panipat, metallic table décor from Moradabad, hand-crafted tree-toppers and garlands. Asia Sourcing manages the seasonal programme architecture — capacity booking by April, PSI by August, container loading by September for an October-November landing.
Product subcategories
- Hand-blown glass ornaments and baubles
- Embroidered and sequinned Christmas stockings
- Metallic table décor — brass stars, candle rings
- Hand-crafted tree-toppers and finials
- Velvet and embroidered Christmas ribbons
- Decorative garlands
Materials & finishes
Materials: Hand-blown glass, Cotton velvet, Metallic foil, Brass, Glass beads, Sequins.
Finishes: Mouth-blown glass, Hand-painted ornament, Metallic foil, Hand-embroidered.
Seasonal programme discipline
Christmas is a date-locked category — a container landing a week late is unsold inventory. We lock the full programme in Q1: capacity booking in March-April, pattern and finish lock by May, PPS by June, production June-July, PSI August, container loading September. Buyers who come to us in June for a December landing are too late.
Glass ornament breakage
Hand-blown glass ornaments carry the category's highest breakage risk. Our standard spec runs individual cell packaging (12-ornament egg-crate inserts), 60 cm drop testing per master carton, and container loading supervised to pack-high / weight-low discipline. Programmes we supervise typically clear below 0.5% in-transit breakage.
Manufacturing clusters
Asia Sourcing operates from Moradabad with technical teams covering every relevant seasonal décor cluster:
Product development, QC & export documentation
Every programme runs the Asia Sourcing full stack:
- Seasonal collection development
- Seasonal programme QC
- Buying house operations for retailers running the full programme end-to-end
- Strategic sourcing for multi-season category programmes
International buyer notes
USA. US retailers and private-label brands pull Indian décor via East Coast (Elizabeth, Savannah, New York) and West Coast (Long Beach, Oakland) at 32-45 day transit. CPSIA, Prop 65 and UL (for anything electrified) are standard; FSC and GOTS where retailer-mandated. See our US buyer hub.
UK. UK retailers import FOB Mundra / Nhava Sheva to Felixstowe or Southampton (28-32 days). UKCA, UK REACH and FSC Chain-of-Custody are our default documentation package; Lion Mark where children-facing. See our UK hub.
Europe. Continental retailers consolidate to Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp or Le Havre (26-30 days). CE where applicable, REACH SVHC, LFGB for food contact and EUDR for timber are coordinated factory-side; German Lieferkettengesetz chain-of-custody paperwork on request. See regional pages for Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Spain.
Australia & NZ. AU/NZ buyers route via Mumbai or Chennai to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland on direct Indian Ocean lanes (18-24 days). ISPM-15 heat-treated wood packing and AS/NZS compliance are default; AI-ECTA preferential tariff where applicable. See AU and NZ.
South Africa. South African importers route Nhava Sheva → Durban (14-18 days — the fastest major corridor from India). NRCS Letter of Authority / SABS where mandated; onward distribution to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Southern Africa partners. See our South Africa hub.
Frequently asked
When should I lock a Christmas programme for October landing?
By end of March for capacity booking; patterns locked by May; PPS by June; production June-August; PSI August; container loading September. Buyers who come in June are too late.
What's the breakage rate on hand-blown glass ornaments from India?
Programmes we supervise typically clear below 0.5% in-transit breakage with egg-crate cell packaging and supervised container loading.
Start a programme
Share your category brief — SKU count, target FOB, destination market and launch window. We respond within one business day with a cluster recommendation, shortlist and timeline.