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More than 7,000 importers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors and other volume buyers attended Global Sources’ (Nasdaq: GSOL) second annual China Sourcing Fair events in Dubai.
The three-day, co-located events included the China Sourcing Fairs: Gifts & Home Products, Electronics and Fashion Accessories. The exhibitions grew 60 percent from 2007’s inaugural events, and featured manufacturers from Greater China.
Visitors came from throughout the Middle East, North Africa and Europe to attend the 2008 Fairs. Representatives from some of the top buying offices attended the Fairs, including Jumbo Electronics, Ace Hardware, Max department stores, Shoemart, Home Centre and others.
"There are lots of new products here, and a variety that you can’t get in Dubai. The UAE is one of the biggest growing markets at the moment. Everyone from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain comes to Dubai to source. It’s the hub. It’s important to meet people face-to-face under one roof. I will definitely come back next year," said Rubina Khan, Managing Director of the UAE-based company Al Musalla. |
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"China produces the world’s electronics. China is important because the prices are good. We’re looking for GPS, AVL and navigators at the show. We first searched for manufacturers online, and today we had direct contact with them at the show. We expect to do business with those suppliers we met here. It’s been a good opportunity for us," said Pars Ta, Manager at the Tehran-based company Pars Ta.
"We have been very pleased with the success of this year’s event," said Global Sources Executive Director Sarah Benecke. "Trade between China and the UAE grew 40 percent last year, to reach US$20 billion. As trade with the MENA region increases, it is clear that the China Sourcing Fairs can play a role in expanding those trade relationships by introducing the region’s volume buyers to Greater China’s competitive manufacturers," added Benecke.
The China Sourcing Fairs will be held next year again at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, June 14-16, 2009. Details are available at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com/dubai .
About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business media company and a primary facilitator of trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other business segments facilitate trade from the world to Greater China, and trade within China, using Chinese-language media.
The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 700,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230 countries.
Global Sources offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 2.6 million products and more than 195,000 suppliers annually through 14 online marketplaces, 13 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and 9 specialized trade shows which run 27 times a year across eight cities.
Suppliers receive more than 32 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ) alone.
Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 37 years. Global Sources’ network covers more than 69 cities worldwide. In mainland China, Global Sources has over 2,100 team members in more than 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/
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