Who Should Exhibit

The China Sourcing Fair: Hardware & Building Materials event is a platform for you to market your products to buyers in the Indian Subcontinent. Visitors to this event will be contractors, retailers, wholesalers, traders and other volume buyers and purchasing managers. These buyers want to source directly from competitive suppliers from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan like you.

These buyers are looking for new products and new suppliers. Some have sourced from Asia in the past. Others will be buying direct from suppliers like you for the first time. The China Sourcing Fair in India will be your opportunity to meet with these buyers to form new partnerships and business relationships and expand your sales in this dynamic and high-growth market.

Held in Mumbai, the Fair is conveniently located for buyers in these markets:

• India
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka
• Bangladesh
• Mauritius

Enormous demand for your hardware and building materials in India

•	More than 70% of nuclear families have moved out of their traditional family households into their own homes.
•	Based on population growth of 2% per year, the building stock is expected to rise by six million units each year until 2011.
•	Estimates from the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council predict investments of US$ 1,467 billion are required to satisfy the market's housing/building needs until 2010.

Mumbai - a re-export and regional sourcing hub
Mumbai is one of South Asia's largest re-exporting hubs. Buyers from around the region are drawn here on their regional sourcing trips. These regional buyers are attracted here because of Mumbai's convenient location, proximity to the Arabian Sea for re-export, world class accommodations, and among the region's most developed infrastructures.

Exhibited products

Buyers visiting the Fair will be sourcing a wide range of products such as:

• Building Materials
• General Hardware
• Flooring, ceiling, roofing materials
• Wall cladding & coverings, windows & doors
• Bathroom and kitchen supplies
• Plumbing, heating and cooling supplies
• Tools and accessories
• Industrial safety and law enforcement equipment
• Lawn and garden accessories
• Lighting and electrical fixtures and fittings

Huge venue
China Sourcing Fair in Mumbai will be held at the Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC). This venue is largest private-sector exhibition center in the country and features four halls covering over 40,000 square meters. Located along the Western Express Highway, a major land-shipping route for the nation, it is just 10 minutes from the national and international airports; and 20 minutes from Mumbai's city center, making it easy to transport your exhibits on- and off-site.

Perfect timing
The China Sourcing Fair in Mumbai will be held annually in November. The show is perfectly timed to coincide with a wide range of electronics shows in India so catching visitors from India and the surrounding regions on their annual buying trips.

Contact us
For suppliers wishing to apply for a booth, please call your Global Sources Account Executive, or contact us at:

Tel: (86-579) 8519-8262

E-mail: exhibit@chinasourcingfair.com

Exhibition space is limited — reserve your booths now.