The five-day Computex trade show closed yesterday, with 33,000 foreign buyers and 8,000 visitors having passed through the doors, CNA reported, citing a Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA, 外貿協會) official.
The report quoted TAITRA vice president Walter Yeh (葉明水) as saying that the number of foreign buyers this year represented an increase of 10 percent from last year.
Buyers from the US again accounted for the largest number of foreign buyers this year, followed by Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and China, TAITRA's statistics showed.
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But the number of buyers from emerging markets such as Russia, Mexico and the United Arab Emirates also saw a significant increase this year, Yeh said at the closing ceremony yesterday, the Chinese-language business news site Cnyes.com reported.
Orders secured by Taiwanese electronics manufacturers are estimated to be in excess of US$15 billion this year and are expected to reach US$20 billion next year with the completion of a new complex in Taipei's Nankang district, the report quoted Yeh as saying.
Local firms received orders worth US$12.7 billion at last year's event, he said earlier this week.
Computex this year featured 1,333 exhibitors occupying a total of 2,646 booths.
The trade show is scheduled to be held on June 3 to June 7 next year and will be able to accommodate 2,000 exhibitors in 4,500 to 5,000 booths after the completion of the new exhibition complex, Yeh said.
TAITRA organizes Computex along with the Taipei Computer Association (
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