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Around 30,000 buyers attended this year’s 26th Hong Kong International Jewellery Show held at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre from 5 to 8 March 2009. Local buyers were up by 11 percent this year and buyers were also up from emerging markets including the Middle East from countries such as Argentina, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Tunisia and Vietnam.
More than 2,300 exhibitors from 46 countries and regions, a new exhibitor record, attended the show. Exhibitor response was also good, according to Raymond Yip, Assistant Executive Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council, organizers of the exhibition. “We will continue to bring new buyers to our trade shows and promote Hong Kong as a regional trading hub,” added Mr. Yip.