Furniture Today,
GUANGZHOU, China — A pair of furniture and housewares fairs here in March drew increased traffic, mostly from domestic buyers, organizers said.

The 19th China International Furniture Fair was held March 18-21 in conjunction with Homedecor & Housewares China 2014 at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair Pazhou Complex in Guangzhou. A separate home textiles and woodworking and supplier fair was held from March 27-30 at the same venue.

Traffic during both events totaled 93,933, up 4% from the 89,768 who visited the March 2013 shows. This year’s attendance included 25,224 international buyers, down slightly from the 25,321 who came in March 2013.

Officials did not break out numbers for the furniture show alone, which had 464 exhibitors occupying 10 halls and 1.1 million square feet of show space. In March 2013, the furniture segment had 433 exhibitors.

Most exhibitors were from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. The show also had a number of international exhibitors from countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Korea, the United States, France and Italy.

The next CIFF event will be held Aug. 18-21.