Parallel imports of automobiles, cosmetics, food and small commodities from different countries…On September 9th, the First Yichang Import Commodity Fair closed. According to statistics, this unprecedented fair received 100,000 people in total in four days. On-site retail turnover was more than 1.5 million yuan, and the turnover of intentional order was more than 9 million yuan. The total turnover was over 10 million yuan.
As an important part of International Three Gorges Tourism Festival, the first Yichang Import Commodity Fair has six parallel import automobile booths, 20 booths for imported food, wine(beer, red wine, foreign wine), books and animation products. Nearly 2,000 items of 530 brands from 23 countries such as Asia, Europe, America and Oceania gathered together. Various mysterious exhibits appeared only after a thousand entreaties, so that Yichang citizens could buy affordable imported goods without going abroad.
At the parallel import automobile booth, a new BMW attracted many men's attention. The car was on display at the Pearl Automobile Trade Center of the Three Gorges. According to booth staff, all models of the booth launched a series of preferential activities during the exhibition period.
In the A4-A10 global village exhibition area, several young girls were trying out cosmetics. “It’s good, no different from what I bought abroad last year.” Ms. Liu said, a girl who was satisfied with the effect and paid for the cosmetics.
The reporter found that imported red wine gained popularity by the public. At the booth of South African Chateau, the staffswere showing people how to distinguish between good and bad wines, attracting a large number of citizens. (reporter Song Xiaoxiao, correspondent Zhou Tingting)