Market Intelligence on China Manufacturers Released for Color TVs, Motors, Computer Cases, and Bathroom and Kitchen Faucets

Market Intelligence on China Manufacturers Released for Color TVs, Motors, Computer Cases, and Bathroom and Kitchen Faucets

HONG KONG, Dec. 12 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Sources Ltd. (NASDAQ:GSOL) released four new titles in its Market Intelligence Reports: Supplier Capability in China series. The reports highlight the production capacity, pricing, and research and development strategies of China's manufacturers of color TVs and accessories, motors, computer cases, and bathroom and kitchen faucets.

Global Sources' Market Intelligence Reports provide proprietary market information including analysis of industry pricing, production capacity, research and development spending and manufacturing processes. Global Sources China Bureau compiled the report from on-site factory visits, face-to-face interviews and extensive questionnaires.

Market Intelligence Reports highlights:

Color TVs & Accessories

-- Mainland China to produce in 2005:
* 2.8 million LCD TVs (up 28 percent from 2003);
* Two million projection TVs (up 33 percent); and
* 200,000 plasma TVs (up 300 percent).

-- Conventional picture-tube TVs will remain a mainstay product, with
output projected at 67 million units in 2005.

-- The 127-page report profiles 65 leading mainland China and Taiwan
manufacturers

Motors -- for personal and home electronics

-- Mainland China makers plan to export more than 2.7 billion units of AC
and DC motors in 2005.

-- The 135-page report profiles 104 major manufacturers in China's main
production areas of Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tianjin and
Zhejiang.

Computer Cases

-- Mainland China expected to export 20 million computer cases this year,
up 11 percent from 2004.

-- Total output projected to reach 32 million units, up 10 percent from
2003.

-- The 156-page report profiles 25 major mainland China and Taiwan
manufacturers.

Bathroom & Kitchen Faucets

-- Ninety-six percent of surveyed mainland China manufacturers expect to
expand production capacity in 2005.

-- Industry annual growth predicted to remain at 20 percent in 2004 and
2005.

-- This 115-page report profiles 87 leading faucet suppliers in China.

New high-demand products featured in upcoming reports


Market Intelligence Reports: Supplier Capability in mainland China and Taiwan to be released for: sunglasses; two-way radios and accessories; car security; WLAN products; and power supplies. For further information about these and other Market Intelligence Reports, please e-mail Eric Chow at echow@globalsources.com.

Market Intelligence Reports are part of Global Sources' sourcing and product information services, which includes Asian Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Online and China Sourcing Fairs. For more information, visit http://www.corporate.globalsources.com/ .

About Global Sources

Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company that facilitates global trade, with a particular focus on the China market, by providing information to international buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers.

We deliver content to our communities through our leading network of nine vertical marketplaces and 13 geographic portals, and through magazines, CD-ROMs and private catalogs, as well as China Sourcing Fairs and technical events. Our flagship marketplace, Global Sources Online (www.globalsources.com), hosts more marketing and sourcing activity than any other global merchandise trade marketplace.

We serve a growing, independently certified community of more than 419,000 active buyers in over 230 countries and territories. These buyers generate more than 4 million inquiries annually for over 130,000 suppliers through Global Sources Online alone. We offer extensive creative services and export consultation through 150 client service officers in Greater China and other leading supply markets, and through more than 750 sales representatives who make approximately 40,000 supplier visits monthly. In mainland China, we have 23 years on-the-ground presence, supported by over 1,000 team members in 44 locations throughout the country.

Global Sources' solutions are based on 34 years as a trade magazine publisher serving the global trade community, 14 years as a trade management software developer, 13 years as manager of trade shows in Asia, and nine years as an online marketplace operator.

Global Sources Contact in U.S.:

James W.W. Strachan
Tel: +1-602-978-7504
Fax: +1-602-978-7512
Email: strachan@globalsources.com

Global Sources Contact in Asia:

Camellia So
Tel: +852-2555-5023
Fax: +852-2518-8764
Email: cso@globalsources.com

Global Sources Investor Contacts:

Kirsten Chapman & Moriah Shilton
Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
Tel: +1-415-433-3777
Fax: +1-415-433-5577
Email: kirsten@lhai-sf.com


Source: Global Sources Ltd.

CONTACT: Kirsten Chapman & Moriah Shilton of Lippert/Heilshorn &
Associates, Inc., +1-415-433-3777, or fax, +1-415-433-5577, or
kirsten@lhai-sf.com, for Global Sources; Camellia So of Global Sources Asia,
+852-2555-5023, or fax, +852-2518-8764, or cso@globalsources.com; or
James W.W. Strachan of Global Sources U.S., +1-602-978-7504, or fax,
+1-602-978-7512, or strachan@globalsources.com

Web Site: http://www.corporate.globalsources.com/
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