Canton Fair's Export Turnover Hits 36.86 billion USD

The 109th China Import and Export Fair closed on May 5. According to Liu Jianjun, spokesman for the fair, the export turnover increased by 5.8% over the previous session, reaching 36.86 billion USD. Export to the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa) countries experienced the fastest growth of 30.1%.

By May 4, all together 207,103 buyers from 209 countries and regions have attended the 109th Canton Fair, representing a 3.93% increase in buyers attending from the 108th session, and up 1.52% from the 107th session. Significantly buyers from ASEAN and BRICS countries increased by 21.4% while the United States, Europe, Japan and Hong Kong saw a drop of 3.6%, 15.1%, 9.96% and 3.2% respectively.

The number of buyers from the Middle East area recorded a slight decrease of 1.53% due to the volatile situation those countries are currently experiencing. Thus it can be seen the major dynamics of this fair was the number of Asian buyers attending, a total of 118,238, which accounted for 57.1% of the total buyers present.