CEPC expects business of a few thousand crore rupees at India Carpet Expo
Aamir H Kaki Mahavir Pratap Sharma, Chairman, Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC), said on Monday that they are expecting a business of a few thousand crore rupees at the 33rd edition of India Carpet Expo (ICE). “We are hoping to generate a lot of business from this edition of ICE. This is one of our bi-annual events and I personally feel that New Delhi is easy for buyers to come. The previous edition was held in Varanasi last year. We have a great list of exhibitors and are expecting business generated would be in a few thousand crores,” he said. “There are more than 300 exhibitors exhibiting their products at the ICE from across the country,” Sharma told The Dollar Business when ...
China keen to import Indian handmade carpets
The Dollar Business Bureau China on Tuesday expressed interest to sign an agreement with CPEC to promote and sell Indian handmade carpets in Chinese city of Yiwu. An eight-member Chinese delegation, lead by Wang Bi Rong, Director General Bureau of Commerce, visited the India Carpet Expo in Varanasi on an invitation of CEPC( Carpet Export Promotion Council) to study the qualities of Indian handmade carpets. “The Chinese delegation was very excited to visit the Expo and informed that they witnessed a very high quality in Indian handmade carpets, which they did not find in China. The delegation was confident that the Indian handmade carpets would get a very good sales response in Yiwu City,” said Ministry of Textiles in a statement. Wang also expressed ...
