"Keqiao International Textile Capital Exhibition" Has Entered Africa For The First Time, Opening A New Chapter In Non Silk Road Cooperation.

Reporters learned yesterday from the Business Bureau of Keqiao District of Shaoxing. In November 4th, the Keqiao international textile Capital Exhibition Group, composed of 19 Keqiao enterprises, went to Nigeria to participate in the 4 Nigeria Lagos International Trade Exhibition for 4 days. The high-quality textile products were brought to the exhibition site to attract the attention of many international businessmen. On the first day, 3000 people visited and inquired the list.

In November 4th, at the thirty-third Nigeria Lagos international trade exhibition, customers consulted before the "treasure spinning and dyeing" booth. Pictures from Keqiao District Business Bureau

"The organization of our enterprises in West Africa will help develop new markets." In response to the historic opportunity of building the "one belt and one way" initiative and the development of Sino African cooperation, responding to the Zhejiang provincial action plan to accelerate the development of foreign trade and economic cooperation, and creating a new growth pole for Keqiao's foreign trade development, according to the plan of "three seas and three cities" action plan, the Bureau and the Zhejiang China Light Textile City Group Co., Ltd. organized for the first time the African enterprises of local enterprises. Relying on the "Nigeria Lagos International Trade Exhibition", the only international and large-scale Textile Fair in West Africa, the trial service mode of "enterprise orders - Government group purchasing and carrying bags exhibitors" was launched. With the "unified organization, unified exhibition and unified propaganda" approach, the Keqiao textile products and regional brand image were promoted as a whole, helping the Keqiao enterprises to develop new markets in Africa. Keqiao District Business Bureau responsible person


"On the first day of the exhibition, we signed an order of US $30 thousand." As one of the exhibitors, Keqiao's "far seeing trade" staff said that the popularity and effectiveness of the exhibition area helped Keqiao enterprises to make new partners in the current complicated international trade environment and expand their own market. At the exhibition, local enterprises such as Rui Xi textile and other first time involved in the market area showed strong interest in West African market and hoped to establish trade relations with them. It is reported that the exhibition group will also visit two emerging markets in Africa, namely Nigeria and Ethiopia, and visit a series of commercial docking activities such as its textile industrial zone and international textile exhibition.


In recent years, Keqiao's textile trade with Africa has shown a growing trend. Relevant data show that last year, the Keqiao region's non export trade volume was 1 billion 562 million US dollars, a synchronous growth of 23.95%, accounting for 13.7% of the total export volume, of which 1 billion 388 million of textile exports, an increase of 24.20% over the same period last year. In the 1-9 month of this year, Keqiao exported 1 billion 291 million US dollars to non textile products, an increase of 23.87% over the same period last year.