Hong Kong International Jewellery Show Attracts 30,000 BuyersIncrease in Buyers from the Mainland and other Emerging Markets

9 March 2009 - About 30,000 buyers attended this year's Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, 5-8 March, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. While local buyers were up by 11 per cent this year, overall buyer attendance for the first four days dropped about five per cent, with overseas buyers down 15 per cent. Buyers were up from the following emerging markets: Argentina (up 41 per cent), Chile (up 18 per cent), the Chinese mainland (up 12 per cent), the Czech Republic (up nine per cent), the Philippines (up two per cent), Poland (up 36 per cent), Saudi Arabia (up 13 per cent), Tanzania (up 33 per cent), Tunisia (up 45 per cent) and Vietnam (up six per cent). - Full Post