Export Service Centre Cambodia to offer handmade eco-friendly iPad and iPhone cases, and Christmas ornaments at Hong Kong trade fairs
Hundreds of quality products featured at Global Sources’ China Sourcing Fairs: Home Products, booth #7M24; Fashion Accessories Oct. 27-30, booth #11K16, at Hong Kong AsiaWorld-Expo
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 07, 2011 –The social enterprise Export Service Centre Cambodia (http://www.ExportServiceCentre.com/Cambodia) will showcase silk Christmas decorations and eco-friendly handbags made of recycled materials at Global Sources China Sourcing Fairs at Hong Kong’s AsiaWorld-Expo (http://www.chinasourcingfair.com).
The objective of the hands-on workshop is to give suppliers tools to immediately apply to their export business to generate orders and create more jobs. Participants learned practical, relevant integrated export marketing and buyer inquiry management skills.
At the Home Products show Export Service Centre’s booth will be #7M24, Oct. 20-23 and at Fashion Accessories booth #11K16, Oct. 27-30, at AsiaWorld-Expo – beside Hong Kong airport.
Products on display will be silk ornaments, including Christmas trees, stars, snowmen, deer and horses available in assorted colors. Eco-friendly products made from recycled rice bags range from iPhone, iPad cases and laptop bags to shoulder bags, purses and handbags. These are all handmade by disabled and underprivileged producers who embrace fair trade principles.
“Every item showcased at our booths boasts well of its great quality and uniqueness and is created by our artisans with great passion,” said Sokneang Chhour, export manager of the Export Service Centre Cambodia. “For example, buyers will be stunned by a new added look to our various colorful Christmas ornaments which are contained by a silk pouch with a greeting card as a complete Christmas set for gift-givers.
“We welcome smaller on-site mixed orders that start from $500 so buyers can test our products in their markets before committing to larger orders. Plus, buyers may elect to use our personalized services including sourcing and sampling, QC and door-to-door shipping.”
Easy imports – complete service to buyers
The Export Service Centre Cambodia is a one-stop sourcing hub for quality handmade products made from Cambodia.
One buyer, Dustin Butler, president of Forest Blends, LLC. in U.S said: “the Export Service Centre has gone above and beyond our customer service expectations. They are very prompt, responsive -- and the products are great quality.
“The ornaments and bags are absolutely beautiful. When retailing to the US markets, the gold standard of quality is always expected, and their products are top notch.”
Global Sources – corporate social responsibility
As one of its corporate social responsibility initiatives, China Sourcing Fair organizer Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL
www.globalsources.com) donated the booth space for the Export Service Centre Cambodia. The Export Service Centre is a social enterprise of the Kearny Alliance, and its aim is to create jobs for needy, hardworking people in Cambodia.
About The Kearny Alliance
The Kearny Alliance, a US nonprofit 501 (c) (3) foundation, partners with other international organizations to further its mission of ‘Aid through Trade’, to advance international development and poverty alleviation through trade-related business, education, training and applied research.
Key programmatic areas include:
- Livelihood development at the grassroots level: Through the social enterprise Export Service Centre (http://www.exportservicecentre.com/cambodia) in Cambodia, the Kearny Alliance assists small producers who are least able to export direct to participate in the global economy.
- Job creation for small & medium producers: Through the Developing Country Export Assistance Program (http://kearnyalliance.org/sourcingreports), the Kearny Alliance connects smaller exporters in developing Asia with buyers worldwide. Surveys of beneficiaries show that suppliers have received $772,000 in export orders, and they expect more than $5,500,000 to develop in the next 12 months.
- Education & skills development: The Kearny Alliance offers stipend support for students from Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and mainland China to study in Hong Kong and the US. The dozens of Kearny Alliance Scholars receive internships and on-the-job training in export-related companies and organizations in 10 countries.
- Trade policy research: One major initiative is The Future of US China Trade .Com (http://www.futureofuschinatrade.com), an online center for data, analysis, and insightful discussion on U.S. - China trade offering Forum Discussions, News & Analysis, Facts & Figures, Discussion Outcomes, Book reviews and Meet the Experts. This was developed from The Kearny Alliance – Arizona State University forums on China, trade and the world economic order high-level series of interlinked meetings – held in Phoenix and Beijing which explored potential solutions to issues and challenges of mutual benefit to China-US trade relations.
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Buyers drawn to Cambodian silk scarves and recycled paper
jewelry at China Sourcing Fair: Fashion Accessories in Hong Kong
Social enterprise Export Service Centre Cambodia expects orders from
the USA, EU and South America will help create jobs for people in
need
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 19, 2010 – Cambodian products
displayed at the
Export Service Centre Cambodia’s booth at Global Sources China
Sourcing Fair in Hong Kong Oct. 20 - 23 attracted interest from
buyers from the USA, EU, South America and across Asia.
The social enterprise displayed more than 100 handmade fashion
accessories, including 100% silk scarves and eco-friendly fashion
jewelry made of recycled paper.
Kunthy Heng, Export Service Centre Export manager, said: “We are
happy with our triple win approach to our social enterprise: Buyers
get quality products and complete service from us, their orders will
help us achieve sustainability, and the most important reason is
that every order will create more jobs and better the lives of
Cambodian producers.”
The Export Service Centre offers buyers:
- Low minimum orders of $500. This allows buyers to quickly
test their markets at minimal investment;
- Mixed lots: Buyers can offer customers more variety and not
incur the extra expense of large numbers of each SKU, and;
- International standards: Each item is handcrafted and not
mass-produced. Each item is QC’d before it is shipped.
Color trend area and Show Highlight feature Cambodia
products
Fair organizer
Global
Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) again featured five Cambodia products –
including silk scarves and recycled paper necklaces and earrings –
in the Color Trend and Show Highlight area at the show.
“Having these items selected at this international event clearly
shows that Cambodia products can compete with the best in the
world,” Heng said. “We are delighted that so many of our items were
among the few dozen featured items from hundreds of products
submitted for display.”
Carefully selected socially responsible suppliers
The Export Service Centre Cambodia is a member of the Kearny
Alliance. It facilitates exports by working with carefully screened
suppliers. Most are non-profit enterprises that employ hundreds of
hard-working disadvantaged people, including landmine and polio
victims, the deaf and disabled.
About The Kearny Alliance
The Kearny Alliance, a
US nonprofit 501 (c) (3) foundation, partners with other
international organizations to further its mission of ‘Aid through
Trade’, to advance international development and poverty alleviation
through trade-related business, education, training and applied
research.
Key programmatic areas include:
- Livelihood development at the grassroots level: Through the
social enterprise
Export Service Centre in Indonesia and Cambodia, the Kearny
Alliance assists small producers who do not have the capacity to
export direct to participate in the global economy. It estimates
that in 2009 it created more than 3,800 jobs.
- Job creation for small & medium producers: Through the
Developing Country Export Assistance Program, the Kearny
Alliance connects smaller exporters in developing Asia with
buyers worldwide. Surveys of beneficiaries show that suppliers
have received $772,000 in export orders, and they expect more
than $5,500,000 to develop in 2010.
- Education & skills development: The Kearny Alliance offers
stipend support for students from Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam and
mainland China to study in Hong Kong and the US. The dozens of
Kearny Alliance Scholars receive internships and on-the-job
training in export-related companies and organizations in 10
countries.
- Trade policy research: One major initiative is the
FutureofUSChinaTrade.Com, an online center for data, analysis,
and insightful discussion on U.S. - China trade offering Forum
Discussions, News & Analysis, Facts & Figures, Discussion
Outcomes, Book reviews and Meet the Experts. This developed from
The Kearny Alliance – Arizona State University forums on China,
trade and the world economic order high-level series of
interlinked meetings – held in Phoenix and Beijing which
explored potential solutions to issues and challenges of mutual
benefit to China-US trade relations.