I have worked over 6 years as furniture purchase agency and building material decoration material purchase agency. This essay will share with you how to buy Chinese furniture.
Furniture Fair, Furniture wholesale market and B2B website is the most commonly used way to find furniture factory/ manufacturer in Chia. I will share some detail information how to find furniture factory in China.
No. 1 Fair
The top 4 international furniture fair worthy to be visit are as below.
1. CIFF: China International Furniture Fair (Guangzhou),( There are two fair each year, one in Mar, one in Sep. Website: www.ciff-gz.com. CIFF is the biggest and most professional furniture fair in China, also in the world)
2. 3F: International Famous Furniture Fair (Dongguan),( There are two fair each year, one in Mar, one in Sep. Website: www.3f.net.cn )
3. FC: Furniture China (Shanghai) (There is one fair per year in Sep. Website: www.furniture-china.cn )
4. Canton Fair: (Guangzhou) ( There are two fair each year, one in April, one in October. Website: www.cantonfair.org.cn, Canton fair is a complex fair for all kind of products, not professional furniture fair. Normally professional furniture buyer will visit CIFF)
Comment: almost all the company attending the fair are factories. Visiting fair is the best choice to find professional furniture factory.
No.2 Furniture wholesale market
The top 4 most famous and centralized furniture production bases that worthy to go in China are as below.
1. Lecong Town, Shunde District, Foshan City & Dongguan City, Guangdong Province (one hour from Guangzhou by taxi);
There will be detail information about shunde furniture wholesale market in the following introduction.
2.Xianghe, Langfang City, Hebei Province(Northern China, Close to Beijing, Tianjin);
3.Likou, Suzhou City, Jiangsu province(Eastern China, Close to Shanghai, Nanjing);
4.Bayi, Chengdu City, Sichuan province (Western China, Close to Chengdu, Chongqing).
Comment: In the wholesale market over 50% are distributors, not factory. You can buy wholesale as well as retail
Shunde, China Biggest Furniture Wholesale Market
China Biggest Furniture Wholesale Market is located at Lecong town, Shunde district, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China.Shunde was named as the China Furniture Business and Trading Capital by the China National Light Industry Council and China National Furniture Association. It covers a total area of approximately 32.3 million square feet and it includes more than 20 modern furniture sales buildings, including all types of furniture. It opens all the year around except Chinese New Year holiday.
Located about an hour from Guangzhou, adjacent to Hongkong and Macau, Lecong furniture wholesale markets offer convenient transportation as well as well-developed infrastructure. Shunde District has become the most important and the best international home furnishing center and international trading platform for international sellers/buyers in China.
Detail furniture wholesale market in Shunde, Foshan City
1. Shunde Louvre Group / 罗浮宫家居集团
Address: Lecong Section, National Highway #325, Shunde, Foshang, Guangdong, China /中国•广东省佛山市顺德区325国道乐从路段罗浮宫国际家具博览中心
Tel: 0757-28839999
website: http://www.louvre-group.cn/
Comment: Louvre is High level furniture mall, with fabulous design and also high price. Most of the suppliers are distributor, only few of them are factory.
2. Shunde Empire Furniture / 顺德皇朝家私
Address: Empire Group•Lecong International Furniture City, 325 Highway, Lecong, Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China /广东佛山顺德乐从325国道皇朝集团
Tel:0086-757-29992888
Website: www.empirefnt.com/En/aboutus.asp
Comment: Empire is High level furniture mall, with lot of fabulous design originally imported from abroad with high price. Empire has sophisticated and professional hotel engineer project furniture building
3. Foshan International Furniture Expo Mall / 佛山家居博览城
Address: (Qiaotoupu, Lecong Furniture Gallery) Lanshi Daqiaojiao, National 325, Foshan Avenue, Chancheng District, Foshan. /广东省佛山市禅城区佛山大道189号(121省道)澜石大桥脚(乐从百里家居长廊桥头堡)
Tel: 86+400-101-3888
Website: www.fs-ifem.com
Comment: IFEM is newly opened in 2013, it’s the biggest furniture and building material wholesale market in Foshan. But still not fully opened, less than half store are opened till 2014.05, most of them are factory with competitive price because the business still not good there, almost all stores are big size with plenty of choice.
4. Sunlink North / 顺联北区
Address: North-Sunlink Section, Lecong Town , Shunde District, Foshan City , Guangdong Province, China /广东省佛山市顺德区乐从镇广湛公路顺联家具城•北区
TEL:0757-28833888/28862888
Website:www.sunlink.com.cn
Comment: Sunlink north is middle level market, most of the supplier there are distributor.
5. Sunlink South / 顺联南区
Address: South-Sunlink Section, Lecong Town , Shunde District, Foshan City , Guangdong Province, China /广东省佛山市顺德区乐从镇广湛公路顺联家具城•南区
TEL:0757-28833888/28862888
Website:www.sunlink.com.cn
Comment: Sunlink south is middle level market, it has the biggest section specialized for sofa and bed. It’s the most commonly visit area for sofa business.
6. Lecong International Exhibition Centre
1-2, Lecong Da Dao South, Lecong, Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
Tel: 0757-28906881
website: www.iecfurniture.com
7. Tuanyi Furniture City
Tel: 0757-28837888
website: http://www.tuanyi.com
8. Julong Furniture Centre
International Furniture City 5th Row, Lecong Dong Cun, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
Tel: 13923236632
website: http://www.fsjl-ltd.com
9. Lecong Redstar Macalline
Shuiteng Road, Lecong Town, Shunde,District, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
Tel: 0757-28366666
website: http://www.lcredstar.com/en/
No. 3 B2B platform
1. www.alibaba.com
comment: Alibaba is the most commonly used B2B platform by foreign customers.
2. www.globalsources.com
3. www.made-in-china.com
I am located in Guangzhou, one hour from China Biggest Furniture Wholesale Market shunde. Visit shunde furniture market every week. Accompany customer to visit every China international future fair and Canton fair since 2008. Familiar about furniture industry as well as building material field, has data for a batch of good reputation manufactures. Up to 2014.05 I have helped customer export furniture & building material to Dubai, Qatar, India, Sri lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, Kenya, Canada, Australia, Holland, UK, USA, etc. Some customer buy furniture for hotel project, some customer for furniture wholesale & retail business, some customer buy furniture for their own house & office decoration.
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