Overseas buyers boost trade

hong kong Two exhibitions, Interstoff Asia Spring and Source It 2005, which took place at the end of March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, drew 9,253 trade buyers.

Whilst most visitors came from Hong Kong, the shows saw an increase in visitors from Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Russia, Switzerland, Turkey, the US and Vietnam from the same events last year. Visitor figures from France, Greece, Korea, Portugal, Singapore and Spain remained similar. A total of 266 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions participated at Interstoff Asia Spring 2005 and 110 companies from 11 countries and regions exhibited at Source It 2005.