https://www.scmp.com/rss/57990/feed China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is held biannually in Guangzhou every spring and autumn. The exhibition, which has been held every year since 1957, is the largest of its kind in China in terms of scale, variety, distribution of overseas buyers and business turnover. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Since the moment the doors opened on Tuesday for the autumn edition of the Canton Fair, China’s largest trade exhibition, the booths for exporters in the new energy sector have been the star attractions. With organisers attesting to more than 147,000 overseas buyers registered so far, many were undoubtedly among the crowds flocking to the brightly lit displays for new energy vehicles and other green tech at the twice-annual fair, running for a month in the southern city of Guangzhou. Whether... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3282566/chinese-evs-face-no-roadblocks-canton-fair-despite-high-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3282566/chinese-evs-face-no-roadblocks-canton-fair-despite-high-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:30:07 +0000 Fernando Ching Lau has spent the past month travelling to trade shows around the world to source products for his new supermarket in Los Angeles. The 10,000 sq ft store, called Crazy 99 Plus, is positioned as a neighbourhood bargain store, a sector Lau is optimistic about as the US economy continues to recover. He has visited Thailand, Indonesia, Mexico, Japan and China in search of suitable products, but shifting trade patterns mean Lau no longer considers China’s largest trade fair, the... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3281961/are-prospects-chinas-exporters-picking-eve-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3281961/are-prospects-chinas-exporters-picking-eve-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Oct 2024 13:00:11 +0000 Chinese exporters at a major trade fair say a rising yuan and soaring production costs are bigger threats to their businesses than the prospect of a trade war with the United States. Dozens of exporters at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, southern China –  showcasing businesses ranging from auto glass to electronic devices – complained their profits were being eroded by the yuan’s appreciation against the US dollar. Foreign buyers also told the South China Morning Post the yuan’s rise is raising... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2142229/forget-us-trade-war-yuan-rising-costs-bigger-worries-say-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2142229/forget-us-trade-war-yuan-rising-costs-bigger-worries-say-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Apr 2018 04:54:22 +0000 The first phase of the latest Canton trade fair, a major event for Chinese exporters seeking to woo overseas buyers for the last six decades, felt like a hi-tech show with thousands of booths displaying smart devices and gadgets. In contrast to earlier editions when the fair’s shelves were filled with cigarette lighters, shovels or zippers that were relatively cheap and easy to make, the popular products at phase one of the fair, which ended on Wednesday in Guangzhou, formerly called Canton, are... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2089490/or-without-trump-chinas-export-machine-remaking-itself?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2089490/or-without-trump-chinas-export-machine-remaking-itself?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Apr 2017 03:15:30 +0000 Struggling manufacturers reported falling overseas orders because of the slowing global economy and greater political instability as China's biggest trade fair opened in Guangdong amid gloom on Thursday. The twice-yearly China Import and Export Fair, also known as the Canton Fair, is widely seen as a gauge of how the export sector is likely to perform over the next six to nine months. "Orders have gone down by at least 25 to 30 per cent across the mainland manufacturing industry," said Michael... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1868186/smart-toilet-seats-and-scented-jacuzzis-chinese-firms-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1868186/smart-toilet-seats-and-scented-jacuzzis-chinese-firms-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:00:45 +0000 Export transactions at the autumn session of the Canton Fair, China's largest trade fair, dropped 6.1 per cent compared with the spring session this year to US$29.16 billion, the second-lowest transaction value since the 2008 global financial crisis. The number of buyers who visited the trade fair was also down 1.07 per cent to 186,104. The trade fair, held twice a year in eastern Guangzhou, has long been seen as a gauge of China's export performance in the next six to nine months. The value of... https://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1632205/canton-fair-points-dim-outlook-china-exports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1632205/canton-fair-points-dim-outlook-china-exports?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:19:15 +0000 The number of exhibitors at the mainland's largest trade fair has increased for the second consecutive time this year, but organisers remain cautious about the outlook for international trade. The autumn session of the Canton Fair, held twice a year, opens today in exhibition halls with a total area of 1.18 million sq metres. The fair has long been a gauge of the mainland's export performance in the following six to nine months. The are 24,751 exhibitors at the autumn fair, an increase of 170... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1616565/canton-fair-sees-strong-demand-exporters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1616565/canton-fair-sees-strong-demand-exporters?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2014 21:11:53 +0000 Olu Adeleke sees the coming weeks as a golden opportunity to shop in China, now that the yuan's protracted appreciation seems to have reversed in the past two months. Adeleke, a United States-based importer of solar equipment and environmentally friendly lighting products for Nigeria, planned to "buy many products" on his first visit to the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, the twice-yearly mega trade show that began on Tuesday. The volatility of the yuan increased last month when the People's Bank of... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1486680/cheaper-yuan-attracts-canton-fair-buyers-exporters-wont?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1486680/cheaper-yuan-attracts-canton-fair-buyers-exporters-wont?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:30:30 +0000 Nikola Cubrilo settles for a higher price for a set of bathroom shower hoses at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, satisfied with the marked improvement in the product he used to source in the past few years. Touching the shiny stainless steel shower hose on the display wall, the importer from Serbia is impressed with the improved finishing materials and feels that a 3 per cent to 5 per cent increase in prices is "acceptable". Cubrilo was among nearly a dozen buyers the South China Morning Post... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1486393/higher-quality-trumps-higher-prices-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1486393/higher-quality-trumps-higher-prices-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:15:30 +0000 Nikola Cubrilo settles for a higher price for a set of bathroom water hoses at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, satisfied with the marked improvement in the product he used to source in the past few years. Touching the shiny stainless steel water hose on the display wall, the importer from Serbia is impressed with the improved finishing materials and feels that a 3-5 per cent increase in prices is “acceptable”. Cubrilo was among nearly a dozen buyers the South China Morning Post talked to at the... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1485887/higher-quality-trumps-higher-prices-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1485887/higher-quality-trumps-higher-prices-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2014 05:30:00 +0000 Three long-haired teenage models in colourful hot pants and tight tops glided freely along the carpeted runway on motorised scooters while flashes popped as hundreds of men took their pictures. It wasn't a fashion show but a demonstration of a new product at the spring session of the Canton Fair, the mainland's oldest and largest trade show, which opened in Guangzhou on Tuesday. Dongguan Robstep Robot was displaying the newest models of its motorised scooters, a Chinese version of America's... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1485825/dongguan-firm-shows-its-answer-segway?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1485825/dongguan-firm-shows-its-answer-segway?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Apr 2014 03:30:45 +0000 Hong Kong is still attractive to global merchandisers despite escalating costs, the Trade Development Council said. The TDC said yesterday the seven trade fairs it organised last month drew a total of 210,000 buyers worldwide - a year-on-year rise of 7 per cent. Traffic at the Canton Fair, the mainland's best-known trade fair, which ended on Sunday, fell 3.83 per cent. The fairs in Hong Kong and Guangdong are considered an indicator of the export outlook for the rest of the year, as April is a... https://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1231831/hong-kong-still-favoured-global-merchandisers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/economy/article/1231831/hong-kong-still-favoured-global-merchandisers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Despite a weak export market, China's trade performance appeared to stabilise during the spring session of the Canton Fair, which finished yesterday. Speaking at the closing press conference, Liu Jianjun, the fair's spokesman and deputy director general of the China Foreign Trade Centre, said the 113th session of the fair, officially known as the China Import and Export Fair, attracted nearly 203,000 visitors from 211 countries and jurisdictions. "This represents a 7 per cent rise from the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1230956/canton-fair-spring-session-ends-9-cent-rise-orders-over-october?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1230956/canton-fair-spring-session-ends-9-cent-rise-orders-over-october?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 They came to Canton Fair for the first time in the hope of expanding into the Chinese market. But they found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time. Kawamura Electric and Nitto Kogyo, two of Japan's largest electrical appliance makers focusing on the Japanese market, were the only Japanese presence among the 24,840 exhibitors at the fair. That compared to the 17 Japanese exhibitors that attended the fair's autumn session last year. Japanese goods and car sales have plummeted since a... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1218686/wrong-place-wrong-time-false-sales-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1218686/wrong-place-wrong-time-false-sales-hopes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 While some visitors to the Canton Fair say online trading platforms and rising costs on the mainland are taking the shine off Guangzhou's oldest trade event, others maintain it still has an edge as a source for products. The fair's spring session drew 91,935 buyers in the first three days after opening on Monday, a jump of 11 per cent from last autumn's session and the first rise in 2-1/2 years. While there were only slightly more American buyers and the number of European and Russian buyers... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1217752/online-trade-challenges-showcase-goes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1217752/online-trade-challenges-showcase-goes?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The spring session of the twice-yearly Canton Fair opened yesterday with officials talking up efforts to boost slackening exports. Some overseas buyers attending China's oldest and largest trade expo remained cautious about China's surging labour costs, but were generally optimistic about the country's export prospects. China's export growth slowed in March to 10 per cent from a year earlier, following a year-on-year gain of 21.8 per cent recorded in February. The US$880 million ease up was the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1215569/amid-sea-troubles-canton-fair-still-best-show-town?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1215569/amid-sea-troubles-canton-fair-still-best-show-town?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000 The biggest trade fair on the mainland ended with disappointing results yesterday. There was a significant drop in the number of international buyers and deals done, painting a grim picture for exports in the coming year. The deals after the three-week Canton Fair, a barometer of the health of exports, came to US$32.7 billion, the lowest since 2010, and down 9.3 per cent from the previous session in April, official statistics show. The number of international buyers was down by 10.26 per cent.... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1075132/fewer-deals-and-visitors-flag-grim-year-exports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1075132/fewer-deals-and-visitors-flag-grim-year-exports?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:00:00 +0000 His factory has been robbed, he cannot move around in public without armed guards, and the business climate couldn't be more alien. Yet, Zheng Yongjiang believes that moving some of his production lines to Angola is one of the smartest things he ever did. Standing at his booth in the Canton Fair complex, Zheng's face lights up as he greets clients from Angola who have come to renew contracts. "German clients accounted for half of my total sales last year but they are down to 15 per cent now as... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1064456/canton-fair-not-all-gloom-and-doom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1064456/canton-fair-not-all-gloom-and-doom?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 It was a hot late-summer day in Guangzhou yesterday but some traders might have felt the chill from the global economy on the opening day of the Canton Fair. Some domestic exporters are worried that a possible drop in the number of buyers this year will add to the difficulties in an already hard year, particularly as demand from Europe refuses to pick up. Christine Lam, with a Huizhou-based manufacturer of kitchen sinks in Guangdong province, said she saw fewer buyers at the massive exhibition... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1062078/economic-woes-dampen-canton-fair-opening?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1062078/economic-woes-dampen-canton-fair-opening?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The lingering territorial dispute between China and Japan over uninhabited islands in the East China Sea is set to deal yet another blow to the already gloomy outlook for China's biggest trade fair amid weak global demand and rising protectionism. Prospects for trade between Asia's two biggest economies were "not optimistic", fair spokesman Liu Jianjun warned yesterday, with the number of Japanese buyers attending the Canton Fair, which starts today, likely to drop as a result of the diplomatic... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1061223/diaoyu-dispute-hurt-japan-attendance-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1061223/diaoyu-dispute-hurt-japan-attendance-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The outlook for the hotel sector in China is expected to remain strong as the tourism industry will grow rapidly in the next few years despite the gloomy global economic outlook, according to Knight Frank. Robust economic development and growing numbers of tourists will ensure that the mainland remains an attractive hotel market in need of more rooms, the property consultancy said in its latest hotel report on five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau. "International... https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1057091/hotel-sector-outlook-china-remains-strong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/hong-kong-china/article/1057091/hotel-sector-outlook-china-remains-strong?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Concerns over poor advance hotel bookings in Guangzhou for the biggest trade fair in China has cast a shadow over waning demand for the country's exports. The upcoming Canton Fair, which serves as an unofficial barometer of the health of the foreign trade sector, is set to run in the city from October 15 to November 4 and will showcase products from electronics and machinery manufacturers as well as gifts, housewares, garments, and shoes. But with the start of the fair less than one month away,... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1042638/plenty-room-inn-canton-fair-economy-bites?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1042638/plenty-room-inn-canton-fair-economy-bites?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:00:00 +0000 The Canton Fair, one of the country's biggest trade fairs and a barometer of the health of the export sector, ended on a sombre note, with orders from overseas buyers down and traders reporting that most new contracts were kept short-term. Deals signed across the fair's three weeks amounted to US$36.3 billion, down more than 4 per cent on its previous session last October. Attendance rose slightly, however, setting a record of 210,831 overseas buyers. A fall in orders had been expected, with... https://www.scmp.com/article/1000247/canton-fair-posts-disappointing-results?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1000247/canton-fair-posts-disappointing-results?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Domestic traders at the Canton Fair are calling for preferential policies from the central government to help them explore new export markets in Latin America and Africa. Despite continuing jitters over the euro-zone debt crisis and the pace of economic recovery in the US, the 20,000 square metres of the China Import and Export Fair - which has been held each spring and autumn in Guangzhou since 1957 - was packed with international visitors on opening day yesterday at the Pazhou Exhibition... https://www.scmp.com/article/998357/traders-want-help-tap-new-markets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/998357/traders-want-help-tap-new-markets?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 Exhibitors at China's biggest trade show are pinning their hopes on orders from emerging markets to bolster falling export revenues amid the sluggish global economy. Prospects for global trade this year were 'more challenging and complicated', Liu Jianjun, spokesman for the Canton Fair's organisers, warned on the eve of its opening in Guangzhou. 'Economic recovery remains uncertain amid the lingering European debt crisis, high unemployment in the US, inflation, currency fluctuations and rising... https://www.scmp.com/article/998268/canton-fair-traders-look-emerging-markets?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/998268/canton-fair-traders-look-emerging-markets?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000 A group of exhibitors stood out over the weekend at the 110th China Import and Export Fair, which has drawn exhibitors from around the world since its founding more than 50 years ago. The group, a consortium of 12 companies and organisations, comprised of about 30 people from three prefectures in Japan - Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, which were badly hit by the earthquake and tsunami disasters on March 11. Their mission at the Canton Fair was simple: to restore consumer and tourist confidence.... https://www.scmp.com/article/982167/disasters-hit-prefectures-seek-revival-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/982167/disasters-hit-prefectures-seek-revival-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Adding to recent signs of an improving mainland economy came glimmers of hope from yesterday's opening of the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, according to the organiser and mainland exporters. More than 22,000 domestic and overseas enterprises are taking part in the 106th China Import and Export Fair that runs to November 4, according to fair organisers. This is only slight growth, less than 1 per cent or 216 enterprises, compared with the last session in the spring. However, fair spokesman Chen... https://www.scmp.com/article/695574/ray-hope-exporters-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/695574/ray-hope-exporters-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Exporters on the mainland are gearing up for the Canton Fair's second trade-matching forum this month in the hope of meeting domestic buyers. The slump in overseas orders brought on by the global financial crisis has badly hurt sales, prompting the fair's organiser - the Ministry of Commerce - to look for ways to open up the domestic market. The ministry's first answer to the global downturn, the trade-matching forum, was launched at the spring session of this year's fair. It invites major... https://www.scmp.com/article/694112/trade-fair-times?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/694112/trade-fair-times?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Mainland officials see no light at the end of the tunnel for the embattled export sector as the first part of the country's best-known trade fair ended in Guangzhou with a lukewarm response. Ministry of Commerce officials said yesterday that the value of the export orders for the first of three parts of the Canton Fair had dropped by 20 per cent compared with October's session. The second part of the spring session will be held from Friday to next Tuesday, and the third part will be on May... https://www.scmp.com/article/677534/sales-canton-fair-dip-20pc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/677534/sales-canton-fair-dip-20pc?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Premier Wen Jiabao made a whirlwind visit to Guangdong following his appearance at the Boao Forum as figures showed the export powerhouse has suffered its worst slump in decades, sources said. The premier visited the Canton Fair held in Guangzhou, after a quick visit to Shenzhen. Sources said he inspected two exhibition halls where household appliances were on display and he talked to exhibitors. This came as the export-orientated province, once the country's economic engine, recorded its... https://www.scmp.com/article/677499/wen-visits-trade-fair-exports-decline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/677499/wen-visits-trade-fair-exports-decline?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000 In an unprecedented move to attract as many buyers as possible to the mainland's biggest and oldest trade show, the organiser of the Canton Fair is offering free air tickets, discounted hotel rooms and even free meals to frequent buyers and those from Fortune 500 companies. The latest strategy to boost attendance at the 105th Canton Fair, to open on April 15, follows an earlier and also unprecedented decision to offer discounts on stall rentals of between 1,000 and 2,000 yuan... https://www.scmp.com/article/674486/free-air-tickets-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/674486/free-air-tickets-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Pinched by the world's economic woes, the country's oldest and largest trade show, the biannual Canton Fair, is offering to cut fees for the first time to entice exhibitors. The Ministry of Commerce, which fears the mainland's export slump will shrink the budgets of exhibitors and reduce the number of visitors to the coming 105th China Import and Export Fair, will refund some exhibitor fees, according to the ministry's website yesterday. The ministry did not specify the amount of the refund, but... https://www.scmp.com/article/666303/fee-discount-lure-exhibitors-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/666303/fee-discount-lure-exhibitors-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:00:00 +0000 The worsening global economy has battered the mainland's biggest trade show, with Guangzhou's China Import and Export Fair facing some of its worst declines in signed deals at the autumn session since 1995. Fair spokesman Mu Xinhai said at the closing press conference yesterday that by Wednesday, 174,562 buyers from 212 countries signed contracts worth US$31.5 billion at the fair, a drop in contract value of close to 17.5 per cent compared to the overall spring session. Asked to assess the... https://www.scmp.com/article/659159/deals-guangzhou-trade-fair-down-175pc?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/659159/deals-guangzhou-trade-fair-down-175pc?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Exhibitors glum on deal prospects Mainland business is preparing for a hard time at this season's Canton Fair, which opens today amid the financial market meltdown. Nearly 22,000 mainland companies have signed up to take part in the fair, 20 per cent more than in April's spring session, according to the Ministry of Commerce. That level of participation showed exhibitors' confidence that the fair would drum up export business for them, fair spokesman Yao Shenhong said. The ministry would... https://www.scmp.com/article/656265/canton-fair-bigger-will-it-be-brighter?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/656265/canton-fair-bigger-will-it-be-brighter?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Bookings down ahead of major trade expo Trucks carrying iron poles and wooden planks are lined up outside the exhibition hall and workers strain to push trolleys full of goods inside, but Hong Kong businessman Chan Wing-kee is doubtful this season's Canton Fair, which opens on Wednesday, will be a busy one. Airlines and hotels report that bookings are down. The black-market rate for a booth has slumped to as little as a third the usual price - simply more evidence that even for one of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/656055/canton-fair-faces-financial-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/656055/canton-fair-faces-financial-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Toy orders were down more than 10 per cent at the close of the Canton Fair yesterday, in the wake of a half-year of recalls in the United States for mainland-made toys. Although the autumn session of the fair, officially known as the China Import and Export Fair, generated a record US$37.45 billion in overall orders, toy sales dropped 10.7 per cent compared with the April fair. Orders for other consumer goods, such as clothes, shoes and motorcycles, were down by up to 30 per cent due to a... https://www.scmp.com/article/613701/toy-orders-fall-10pc-trade-war-hits-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/613701/toy-orders-fall-10pc-trade-war-hits-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Importers hoping to sell to mainland buyers at the inaugural China Import and Export Fair, which was launched on Sunday to help shrink the mainland's trade surplus, find themselves doing export business instead. Some Hong Kong-based manufacturing companies said the overall visitor flow rate was good but most of the domestic buyers were only interested in swapping business cards than placing orders. 'Maybe they just like to have a look at these CD storages, but not to buy,' said Edmond Chin, a... https://www.scmp.com/article/589429/importers-fair-becomes-exporters-selling-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/589429/importers-fair-becomes-exporters-selling-event?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Experts and officials see relief for tensions over the US-Sino deficit A key initiative to address the mainland's trade imbalance was launched yesterday when the renamed China Import and Export Fair (CIEF) opened with a thrust into the market by 89 Hong Kong companies. The US, which has complained bitterly about its trade deficit with China, was barely present. There were no recognisable US companies although the fair organiser said there were 19. The import section of the 50-year-old... https://www.scmp.com/article/589096/hk-firms-lead-trade-charge-new-look-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/589096/hk-firms-lead-trade-charge-new-look-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Well, for a start, it's no longer officially known by that name, despite the instant recognition the words Canton Fair enjoy around the world. Mainland authorities, in their wisdom, recently announced they would be changing the short, sweet and location-specific title for the longer and decidedly non-catchy Chinese Import and Export Fair. It's unlikely the name change will make much difference internationally, where the Canton Fair has been part of the trading lexicon for 50 years; at no... https://www.scmp.com/article/589071/fyi-whats-story-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/589071/fyi-whats-story-canton-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 More than 300 importers from 36 countries and regions will take part in the inaugural China Import and Export Fair (CIEF), which takes over from Guangzhou's 50-year-old export commodities fair tomorrow. 'Setting up the import fair will complement the country's trade policy with the goal of reducing the trade surplus,' CIEF spokesman Xu Bing told a news conference. The organisers have set aside an exhibition hall covering 10,400 square metres to provide 629 booths for exhibitors of import... https://www.scmp.com/article/588820/guangzhou-trade-fair-include-imports?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/588820/guangzhou-trade-fair-include-imports?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 Innovation comes to the fore as Asia's biggest and fastest growing event of its kind gets under way with 1,900 exhibition booths Global Sources' biggest spring show to date opens today with 1,900 booths - an event which promises to eclipse the spectacular success of last year's China Sourcing Fair: Electronics& Components. Mainland exhibitors alone account for more than 1,300 booths - an increase from 1,000 booths last year. Other exhibitors at the show, which runs until Sunday, are from... https://www.scmp.com/article/588591/united-nations-buyers-hungry-products?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/588591/united-nations-buyers-hungry-products?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:00:00 +0000 There are many different products on show, but everyone involved has only one thing to say - the event is a huge success EXHIBITORS AND BUYERS at the China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products, which opened yesterday and will end on Tuesday, are confident of success. With more than 3,600 booths, the gathering of mainland exhibitors will be the largest of its kind in Hong Kong this spring, according to organiser Global Sources. Products on display will include gifts and toys, kitchen and... https://www.scmp.com/article/545860/rave-reviews-dealers-and-buyers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/545860/rave-reviews-dealers-and-buyers?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:00:00 +0000 Spotlight at combined exhibitions falls on outdoor lighting and gardening products THE HONG KONG International Lighting Fair and the Hong Kong International Hardware and Home Improvement Fair open today for a four-day run at the Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Lighting Fair, in its sixth year, was originally run with the Electronics Fair, but due to the crossover between lighting and hardware, since last year it has been rescheduled to coincide with the Hardware and Home Improvement... https://www.scmp.com/article/475722/double-billing-turns-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/475722/double-billing-turns-power?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:00:00 +0000 I was appalled to learn that this year's Electronic Asia Trade Fair is to be held on October 11-14, which falls on a weekend and a public holiday. The fair is aimed at professionals working in the electronics sector of business and other related sectors. So why was it moved to a weekend and a Monday public holiday? Is the intention to attract more members of the public to a fair which is not designed for them? This is not a toy show or a cyber expo, where every Tom, Dick and Harry can turn... https://www.scmp.com/article/371414/holiday-weekend-wrong-time-fair?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/371414/holiday-weekend-wrong-time-fair?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:00:00 +0000 The spring session of China's longest-running trade fair closed in Guangzhou yesterday with a 15.6 per cent year-on-year increase in export orders. Exports booked at the 89th session of the biannual Chinese Export Commodities Fair (CECF), were worth US$15.8 billion. The fair often reflects the state of China's export sector, and this year's spring session was no exception, being in line with China's first-quarter export growth of 14.7 per cent. The value of fair orders was equivalent to 27 per... https://www.scmp.com/article/345320/spring-fair-writes-higher-us158b-worth-export-orders?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/345320/spring-fair-writes-higher-us158b-worth-export-orders?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:00:00 +0000 One of the more pleasant places to spend a weekend morning in Guangzhou is a small, carpeted nook on the lobby floor of the White Swan hotel. Comfortable sofas, views of the Pearl River, an indoor waterfall and the chirping of caged birds provide an inviting atmosphere. But last Saturday, one diner's otherwise pleasant breakfast experience was spoiled at the end, as he choked on a 200-yuan (about HK$186) bill - about twice the normal charge. Surely there was some mistake? 'Surely not,' an... https://www.scmp.com/article/345020/fair-prices-come-down-business?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/345020/fair-prices-come-down-business?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:00:00 +0000 ORDERS for nearly US$6 billion worth of export goods were placed at the 10-day Chinese Export Commodities Fair held in Guangzhou. The fair, which ended on Saturday, was shortened to 10 days this year from 15 days as organisers used the spring fair to sell specialised light industry goods and textiles. The autumn fair will remain comprehensive. The fair, considered the largest semi-annual trade fair in China, accounts for a quarter of the country's total exports. According to China's... https://www.scmp.com/article/27335/guangzhou-fair-orders-hit-us6b?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/27335/guangzhou-fair-orders-hit-us6b?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Apr 1993 16:00:00 +0000 CHINA's biggest trade fair has moved to head off increasing competition from smaller events organised by other cities. The biannual China Export Commodities Fair, first held in Guangzhou in 1957, will no longer group exhibits according to product or corporate category. Instead, trade delegations will be grouped according to their different provincial locations. ''These reforms are introduced in response to the country's need for establishing a socialist market economy,'' said Mr Liang... https://www.scmp.com/article/26023/reorganisation-major-fair-irritates-visitors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/26023/reorganisation-major-fair-irritates-visitors?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Apr 1993 16:00:00 +0000 The 73rd Guangzhou Trade Fair, which starts today, will introduce several major changes under China's open-door policy. For the first time the fair, officially titled the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, will last for only 10 days - the shortest time in its 36-year history. This is part of a trend which has seen the duration drop from a month, when the fair first opened in 1957, to 21 days and, in the late 1980s, to 15 days. The decline partly reflects the change in status of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/25926/changes-herald-new-era-event?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/25926/changes-herald-new-era-event?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 14 Apr 1993 16:00:00 +0000