Title     The China International Consumer Goods Fair(CICGF 2009)   Venue     Ningbo International Conference & Exhibition Center   Starting     2009-06-08   Ending     2009-06-12   Profile     China International Consumer Goods Fair (CICGF), approved by the State Council, co-sponsored by Ministry of Commerce PRC and Zhejiang Provincial People's government, is the largest professional international consumer goods fair in China, which ranks only second to Canton Fair among all the exhibitions sponsored by Ministry of Commerce. CICGF is held in the famous harbor city of Ningbo June 8-12 every year. Seven sessions have been successfully held since 2002. Renowned as one of the most important windows of opening up to the outside world in China, Ningbo is an important foreign trade harbor city, with its import and export trade volume reaching USD 56.509 billion in 2007. The cargo throughput of Ningbo Port amounted to 344 million tons, ranking 2nd in China and in the world. The container throughput of the year exceeded 9.35 million TEU, ranking 11th in the world. With an exhibiting space of 90,000 sqm, 4000 booths will be set up at CICGF 2009, which will be divided into the following 8 exhibiting sections: household textiles and garments; home appliances and electronics; furniture and office supply; sports, travel and recreation products; articles of daily use; arts-crafts and gifts； foodstuffs; overseas exhibits and trade service. Well-known enterprises, famous brands and new products from home and abroad will attend. It will be an ideal occasion for business people from all over the world to exchange information and to promote business. As the network extension of CICGF, China International Consumer Goods Fair Online (www.cgfair.com) is on line all year through, which offers specialized and good-quality trade services for buyers and suppliers in daily consumer goods field.   Sponsor     Ministry of Commerce, P.R.C.   Organizer     China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)   E-MAIL     trade1@cicgf.com   Tel     0086-574-87327683   Fax     0086-574-87327443   Contact       Website     www.cicgf.com