Seminar on Product Sourcing through Canton Fair, China

Part-funded by European Objective One Programme. Organised in conjunction with International Trade Centre in Merseyside

12:00 -14:00 pm, Tuesday 4th April 2006, Lecture Room, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, First Floor, No.1 Old Hall Street, Liverpool L3 9HG

· Canton Fair explained
· Sourcing from China made easy by sourcing agent
· Sourcing Mission (16-28 April 06) briefing
· Free Canton Fair CD containing Chinese supplier database

With 8000 exhibitors and visited by more than 150,000 overseas traders each session, Canton Fair is China's largest export commodities trade fair which provide one of the most effective and direct solutions for sourcing from China. This seminar is to explain the details of the fair and explain how the Fair can benefit the importers, companies seeking to outsource, manufacturers requiring components made, traders, wholesalers, etc.

At the meeting a presentation of the Canton Fair will be shown followed by a briefing on the detailed arrangement of the British Sourcing Mission to Canton Fair, 16 - 28 April 2006. For companies already signed up with the mission, this is the opportunity to discuss their preparations prior to the visit.

ChinaLink's bilingual sourcing team, with the support of their Chinese partners, can provide a few sourcing solutions, from simply finding a supplier to seting up a manufacturing facility. If you think the Spring Fair is coming too early and you are not fully prepared, or even if you cannot send an executive, these options may offer you alternatives.

A CD containing detailed instructions on how Canton Fair works and a searchable database of thousands of Chinese companies and exhibiting products of the 98th Session (Oct. 2005) will be available at the meeting free of charge. Most of the exhibitors from the last session will participate in the April 2006 session.

The seminar is free for those who are already members of the Sourcing Mission to Canton Fair in April 2006. For other participants, the fee is £58.75 inclusive of VAT (cheque should be made payable to Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on booking)