Editing Scissors (section)

====China====

The vast majority of global scissor manufacturing takes place in China. As of 2019, China was responsible for 64.3% of worldwide scissors exports. When combined with Chinese Taipei exports, this rises to 68.3%.<ref>[https://oec.world/en/resources/about The Observatory of Economy Complexity, trade data for scissors as of 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106192118/https://oec.world/en/resources/about |date=2022-01-06 }}. Retrieved 11/29/21.</ref>

The Hangzhou Zhang Xiaoquan Company, founded in 1663, is one of the oldest continuously operating scissor manufacturers in the world. The company was nationalized in 1958 and now employs 1500 people who annually mass-produce an estimated seven million pairs of inexpensive scissors that retail for an average of US$4 each.<ref name="Sudworth"/>