Greater China Home D�cor Product Makers to Showcase Newest Designs at China Sourcing Fair: Gifts &

Added: (Wed Apr 18 2007)

Pressbox (Press Release) - HONG KONG, April 18, 2007 � Global Sources� (NASDAQ: GSOL) China Sourcing Fair: Gifts & Home Products will feature 366 booths showcasing the latest home d�cor products from Greater China. The export-focused trade show will be held April 20-23 at Hong Kong�s AsiaWorld-Expo.

The Fair will also feature pavilions with suppliers exhibiting China-made Arts & Crafts; Baby & Children�s and Garden & Outdoor Products . Other major pavilions are: Ceramics; Gifts, Premiums & Toys, Glassware; Home D�cor; Kitchen & Household. New for spring 2007 � Basketware.

Global Sources, Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: �The specialized focus of the Fair enables our buyers to quickly find the exact kinds of products they�re looking for. Plus, the quality of exhibitors means buyers can find a range of suitable trading partners all under one roof.�

Buyers planning to visit the Fair can find more details, including pre-registration and transportation information, at http://www.chinasourcingfair.com .

The China Sourcing Fairs are an integral part of Global Sources� sourcing and product information services, which include Global Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) and Global Sources Direct (http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com). Further information about Global Sources is available at http://www.corporate.globalsources.com.


About Global Sources
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of English-language media. The other key business segment facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using Chinese-language media.

The company provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It helps a community of over 560,000 active buyers source more profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing the most effective ways possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more than 150,000 suppliers annually through 13 online marketplaces, 12 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing research reports and nine specialized trade shows which run 22 times a years across seven cities. Suppliers receive more than 10 million sales leads annually from buyers through Global Sources Online (http://www.globalsources.com) alone.

Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for 36 years. In mainland China it has over 1,600 team members in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million registered online users and magazine readers for Chinese-language media.