Two shows to open today in HK!
Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show and Hong Kong International Jewellery Show Opens today with 4,550+ Global Exhibitors Showcase Fine Jewellery, Gems and Creative Designs! Two major jewellery trade shows organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC).
The fifth Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and Pearl Show, which specialises in loose stones and raw materials for jewellery, will be held from 27 February to 3 March at AsiaWorld-Expo, while the 35th Hong Kong International Jewellery Show, which showcases finished jewellery, will take place from 1 to 5 March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
The two shows will feature a record number of more than 4,550 exhibitors from 50 countries and regions, forming the world’s largest jewellery marketplace. Hong Kong exports of fine jewellery and jewellery raw materials up in 2017.
Benjamin Chau, Acting Executive Director of the HKTDC, said: “As global economic conditions improved in 2017, sales of fine jewellery rebounded with the rise in purchasing power. Last year, Hong Kong’s exports of precious jewellery grew 3.6 per cent. At the same time, Hong Kong’s total exports of pearls, precious and semi-precious stones and raw materials increased by nearly 14 per cent in value.”
Mr Chau added: “Although inflation, the US interest rate hike and volatility in the global stock markets during the past two weeks created uncertainties, the strong participation of exhibitors and buying missions at the shows reflects that the industry remains cautiously optimistic about business prospects, and continues to view Hong Kong as an important sourcing platform for jewellery and raw materials.”
The HKTDC will organise 115 buying missions comprising over 8,000 companies from 75 countries and regions to visit the shows. The two shows also continue to attract industry organisations and associations across the world, which will set up 34 group pavilions representing such countries and regions as Australia, the Chinese mainland, France, Germany, Italy, Myanmar, India, Thailand and the United States.
