China Yiwu International Commodities Fair

Introduction
China Yiwu International Commodities Fair (Yiwu Fair) has been held since 1995. The event has been jointly hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, the People’s Government of Yiwu Fair Zhejiang Province and other relevant authorities.

The Yiwu Fair in the name of “face to the world, serve the whole nation”, as highly internationalized and informative event with excellent services and security, has become one of the largest, most influential and most productive commodities fair in China. It has become the third largest exhibition sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and was honored as “Best Management Fairs in China”, “Best Outcome Exhibition”, “Top Ten Exhibitions in China”, “Best Fair sponsored by the Government” and “Most Influential Brand Fairs”. Yiwu Fair has been approved by UFI.
The 22nd Yiwu Fair will be held on October 21-25, 2016 in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. It sets up 4,500 international standard booths, Hardware (Including lock and Zhongshan kitchenware),Electromechanical facilities,Electronic and electrical appliance (Including intelligent products),Daily necessities,Crafts,Stationery and sports goods ,Outdoor leisure products,Knitwear (Including headwear),Ornament and accessories,Toys,Festival supplies,Pet products ,E-commerce and business services,Auto and motorcycle parts Yiwu Fair also has International Pavilion, E-business Zone, Trade Services, Women’s Federation, and Zhejiang Shanhai Cooperation Zone. More than 200,000 buyers from 200 countries and regions will be present in Yiwu Fair. Yiwu Fair: http://en.yiwufair.com/

African Commodities Sell Well in Yiwu

When small commodities from Yiwu market are exported to Africa Yiwu Fair in large quantities, a large number of African goods are pouring into Yiwu. Statistics of Yiwu Customs show that imports from Africa reached USD 91.28 million from January to October in 2015, increasing by 92.58% year on year. In particular, imports from Nigeria and Mozambique reached USD 52,400,074 and USD 21,938,837 respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 223.05% and 133.68% respectively.

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In May, 2011, “African Products Exhibition & Trade Center”, a sales exhibition platform for African products, was established in Imported Commodities Mall, District V, Yiwu International Trade Mart. It has become a gathering place for numerous African businessmen to exhibit and sell African products and is dealing in over 5,000 kinds of commodities from 29 African countries, including wood carvings, stone carvings, folk handicrafts, instruments, jewelry, red wine, olive oil and so on. There have been 37 business entities in “African Products Exhibition & Trade Center” by far, among which 24 are recommended by African Embassy in China, Embassy of China in Africa and Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office of China in Africa. http://en.yiwufair.com/aboutfair/news/t23641.html

Yiwu China Commodities City Ranks Top in 2015 “Top 100 China Commodities Markets

Yiwu China Commodities City Ranks Top in 2015 “Top 100 China Commodities Markets”
On September 16th, the 9th China Commodity Market Summit, themed by “New Situation, New Opportunity, New Path--New Development of Yiwu Fair Commodity Markets in the Era of Internet”, was held in Haining. The National Academy of Economic Strategy of the Chinese Academy of Social Science issued the ranking list of 9th “China Top 100 Commodity Markets”, and Yiwu China Commodities City retained the title and held the top spot among China top 100 markets. Yiwu Fair: http://en.yiwufair.com/

In 2014, the total turnover of Yiwu markets reached RMB 107.38 billion. Amongst, Yiwu China Commodities City achieved the turnover of RMB 85.72 billion, leading the list of national professional markets for 24 years successively. In the first half of the year, Yiwu market had the total turnover of RMB 60.69 billion, up by 21.5% year on year; Yiwu China Commodities City realized the turnover of RMB 48.08 billion, up by 18.3% year on year. And its growth trend remains stable. http://en.yiwufair.com/aboutfair/news/t23633.html