Trade fair posts generally flat turnover

Source: Xinhua | 2017-03-06

TRADING turnover at the East China Fair edged up 0.28 percent from last year while the number of overseas buyers rose slightly, the Shanghai Commission of Commerce said in a statement yesterday.

The turnover at the five-day event, which closed in Shanghai yesterday, amounted to US$2.3 billion, the commission said.

The number of foreign professional visitors rose 3.2 percent from last year to 22,140, it said, adding that Japan remained the largest source of foreign buyers, accounting for 42 percent of the total. But trade with Japan fell 5.5 percent to US$750 million.