Pham Thai
Initial statistics of the Handicraft & Wood Industry Association of HCMC (Hawa) indicates that ten members attending the exhibition earned total sales of around VND700 million at the four-day event.
According to Nguyen Thanh Binh, director of Nguyen Thanh Co. Ltd, only one third of customers bought products for exports. These clients came from other Asian countries, many of them Chinese traders, who only purchased a few sets of furniture as samples before placing orders with bigger volume, Binh said.
Many enterprises having products showcased at the expo said that the number of foreign visitors was small compared to demand of local firms and that those foreign visitors seen in previous years were mostly absent this year. That is because the exhibition was organized at a time when customers had already placed import orders enough for the year, they explained.
The 13th event was organized by the city’s Department of Industry and Trade, the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency and Hawa with an aim to support small- and medium-sized enterprises to promote products, seek outlets and expand export markets.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
