Final Report of the 17th East China Fair (2007 Shanghai)

一、Briefing

         The 17th East China Fair (2007 Shanghai ) was held in Shanghai New International Expo Center from March 1st to 6th 2007. The exhibition halls were separated into four parts as Garments, Home Textiles, Art Deco Gifts, Consumer Goods plus Electronic Consumer Goods sector, covering an area of 103,500 square meters and having 3,522 exhibitors with 5,346 standard booths in the fair. It received 18,557 merchants from overseas. Within the 6 show days, the total amount of trade deals was US＄3,553 million s, up 6.96% over the previous year.

二、Overseas Merchant Analysis 

The 17th ECF attracted 18,557 overseas merchants, who come from 117 countries and regions. As statistics, 11,711 Asian merchants came to the Fair, which was the largest group, The next one was 3,448 from Europe and 2,395 from North America. Among them,77 delegations organized by 22 foreign governments and associations came to ECF for purchase and negotiation.

    Analysis of the Amount of Overseas Merchants

    Analysis of the Purpose of Participating of the Overseas Merchants *

( *Some Merchants Had Multiple Purposes)

    Analysis of the Business Scope of the Overseas Merchants

三、 Exhibitor Analysis

There were 5,346 standard booths in this ECF with more than 3,522 exhibitors. The exhibitors came from 12 provinces and cities in the area of East China and 27 provinces and cities in the rest area of China . There were also overseas exhibitors came from 15 countries and areas, such as United States, Canada, UK, Holland, Italy, Australia, Mauritius, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Many overseas exhibitors played two roles in this fair. They were not only suppliers but also purchasers as they purchased commodities from other exhibitors. They believed that the East China Fair is such an ideal place for fulfilling their achievements.

The name list of all exhibitors of East China Fair 2007 will be issued on the website of ECF: www.east-china-fair.com/english

Analysis of the Show Space of Various Exhibits

四、Transaction Analysis

The ECF 2007 lasted 6 days. The amount of trade deals reached US＄3,552.54million, 6.96% increased than last year. Among which, the transaction on textile and garment reached US＄1,853.99million, decreased 0.77%; the transaction on art gifts and consumer goods reached US＄1,568.61 million, increased 15.63%.

  Analysis of the Amount of Trade Deals of Various Area Market

Analysis of the Change of Trade deals of Various Area Market Compare to Last Year

五、  Welcome to East China Fair 2008

      The East China Fair 2008 will be opened in Shanghai New International Expo Centre (2345 Longyang Rd. Shanghai China ). on March 1st , 2008. The organizing committee is committed in making the Fair more international, professional and market-oriented. The more convenience and prompter services for the visitors and exhibitors will be provided. The exhibition preparation and visitor promotion has already started. Welcome to join us!

Contact
  The Permanent Office of East China Fair
World Expo Group， International Trade Promotion Co., Ltd
Add: 12F , Jincheng Mansion, No. 511, Tianmu Rd. (W), Shanghai 200070, China
Tel: +86-21-63539977 Extension 1124 or 1216
Fax: +86-21-63542586
Email: chinadeptcn@yahoo.com
Persons to Contact: Mr. Jiang Xiaoyu / Ms. Wang Lili