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Published: Monday, 18 June 2012 09:23
News came from the organizing committee that the tenth China International Housing & Furnishing Exposition was to be held in Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Centre from July 6 to 9. The Expo, with a theme of “expanding domestic demand, maintaining steady growth and enlivening the market”, aims to build a publication and exchange platform to expanding the markets especially domestic market. The Expo will fully display the latest technology and trend of the home-based industry and show the development strategies and marketing measures of the enterprises in the progress of transformation and upgrading to improve the whole level of the housing industry.
The Expo, covering an exhibiting area of 45,000 square meters, has 5 main exhibiting zones of furniture, kitchen cabinets, floor, housing decorations and building materials. The 2012 Ningbo Crafts and Arts Housing Decoration Joint Exhibition was to be held at the same time. The Exhibition is an excellent showcase of the whole industrial chain and will exhibit products of ceramic sanitary ware, whole cabinet, kitchen appliances, etc. Consumers will enjoy a one-stop shopping there and choose products easily form a few selected brands with characteristics.
According to statistics, there are over 10 building material and furniture markets in Haishu, Jiangdong, Jiangbei and Yinzhou, covering a total area of over 100 million square kilometers. Over 2000 housing brands are too hard for consumers to choice among. At the Expo, 20-25 brands with characteristics were selected to exhibit to avoid cut-throat competition and ensure each brand has its own market space and sales.
At present, the summer housing expo has become an important platform of housing product showcase of Ningbo and Zhejiang Province. It was learned that a lot of famous housing brands at home and abroad expanded their exchanges and strengthened their cooperation with each other through this platform in recent years. Meanwhile, the organizing committee paid much attention to invite exhibitors from emerging markets such as ASEAN. Every year, the products from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and Pakistan and other countries enjoyed high favor among consumers.
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Category: Governmental News
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Published: Monday, 18 June 2012 09:22
News from Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau said that Ningbo authority was organizing enterprises to attend China Fair Jordon (2012). China Fair Jordon, well-known as the Canton Fair in Middle East, is highly-supported by Ningbo government.
“Markets in Middle East countries like Jordon, Iraq, Israel and Saudi Arabia have high paying ability and huge business opportunities in reconstruction market, which has a potential of over one hundred bln dollars. “Ningbo enterprises could take this opportunity to explore overseas markets and build up business relationships with Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries”, said a related person from Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau.
Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau will continuously to give full support to the fair of this year and will give rewards to those enterprises that apply to attend the fair. This motive will lower the cost of enterprises to explore international markets especially emerging markets in such Middle Eastern countries as Iraq and Lebanon. The latter market has purchasing power of one hundred bln dollars.
It is learned that China Fair Jordon has successfully been held for eight sessions, attracting 17,244 experts from 37 Middle Eastern countries and reaching a gross turnover of 131,760,000 dollars. The ninth edition will be held in June and will be divided into two phases. The total exhibiting area will be 24,000 square meters holding 800 booths. It will be the largest edition ever and the largest one in Jordon and its surrounding countries, predominantly attracting visitors from the Middle Eastern counties including Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Israel and Saudi Arabia and so on.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 18 June 2012 09:21
News from China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Ningbo Sun-council (CCPIT-Ningbo) said that over 80 manufacturers of consumer electronics and home appliances from Ningbo were scheduled to attend the IFA (2012) in Berlin. It shows that Ningbo enterprises are seeking to go global as the economy has entered into a year of recession.
The IFA (2012) will be open from 31 August to 5 September. It is the global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances, presents the latest products and innovations of all the global brands. IFA is also the main meeting place for key retailers, buyers, and experts from the industry and the media. IFA 2011 attracted 238,000 visitors and had a turnover of 30.7 bln Euros, making it the largest exhibition in the world.
Ningbo, as the most important production base of consumer electronics in China, boasts of a vast sea of manufacturers of electronics in varied sizes and types, including LCD TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, vacuum cleaners and so on. Some companies have also made world leading achievement in the research and development of new products. As consumer electronics in Ningbo make strides toward intelligence, Ningbo has become a key source of exhibitors for IFA. It is also learned that Ningbo exhibitors will exhibit their latest products.
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Category: Ningbo Business
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Published: Monday, 18 June 2012 09:20
Recently, 14 foreign trade policies were issued by the municipal government office in Opinions on the Policies to encourage the Steady Growth of Foreign Trade, with an aim to support local enterprises to further expand the international market. The policies covered several aspects including overseas exhibition, export credit insurance, e-commerce marketing and import and export expanding.
According to the Opinion, the government would offer a maximum grant of 30,000 Yuan and 20,000 Yuan respectively for each standard booth among 40 booths of Ningbo-Singapore Import and Export Commodities Fair and 17 booths of Las Vegas International Garment Fair. It would also provide a certain proportion of financial support for the enterprises participating in major foreign-related exhibitions such as China Import and Export Fair (Benin), Zhejiang Export Fair (Indonesia) and China Export Fair (Hungary). All the small and micro-enterprises to be participated in the overseas exhibitions held after June 2012 will get a maximum grant of 10,000 Yuan more for each standard booth.
According to the Opinion, the leading foreign trade enterprises which deal with production and circulation and contribute much to the local foreign trade and taxes can be given priority accesses to clearance, inspection and quarantine, drawback, land, electricity, credit, human resources and taxes. Meanwhile, an annual award is set for the enterprises having a significant growth in its performance. The e-commerce platform with an annual increase of over 500 new-added foreign trade enterprises will be rewarded and the one with over 1500 will get a maximum grant of 700,000 Yuan.
In order to reduce the trade risk, the export credit insurance was raised to the highest 15% for local enterprises while 20% for import. Among them, the maximum grant for the exports to the EU and Middle East reaches to 25%. The grant for small and micro-enterprises which are newly insured after June 2012 are raised to a maximum amount of 55%. Enterprises which passed the assessment of demonstration pilot of international trade friction qualify for a maximum grant of 150, 000 Yuan. According to the Opinion, special fund was allocated for agencies dealing with small loans, financing guarantees, chattel mortgage regulatory to offer some financing products and intermediary services for small and micro-foreign trade enterprises. The government will give a certain proportion of risk compensation to make up their bad debt.