Global Sources Launches New Service Enabling Suppliers to Pre-Qualify Buyers Based on Product Import Data

Global Sources Launches New Service Enabling Suppliers to Pre-Qualify Buyers Based on Product Import Data

October 31, 2007

    HONG KONG, Oct. 31 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- To help
exporters reduce risk when dealing with overseas buyers,
Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) is offering its advertisers
import activity reports on specific buyers.

    (Logo: http://www.xprn.com/xprn/sa/200708071747.jpg )

    Provided by PIERS(R) Global Intelligence Solutions, one
of the world's most-trusted providers of shipping data, the
PIERS Trade Profiles(R) reports provide comprehensive buyer
import records, including product types, estimated cargo
values and ports of entry. Reports also include company
background and contact data from Dun & Bradstreet, one
of the world's leading business information sources. 

    Global Sources' advertisers may subscribe to access the
reports through the company's online B2B marketplace, Global
Sources Online ( http://www.globalsources.com ).

    Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs,
said: "This new service is an extension of our robust
offering of pre-screening and qualifying tools that help
reduce the risks and uncertainties inherent in global
trade.

    "In today's online world, suppliers get more
inquiries than ever before, often from buyers they are not
familiar with. So before investing a substantial amount of
time and effort to fulfill buyers' requests, our new
service is designed to help suppliers pre-qualify buyers
who've contacted them.

    "This is designed to help suppliers find better
buyers to work with. Likewise, the PIERS reports aim to
help buyers demonstrate their credentials to new companies,
allowing them to work with even better suppliers."

    PIERS' Director of Asia / Pacific Region, Richard E.
Hanft, said: "We're proud to partner with Global
Sources to provide their community members with our
comprehensive, carefully audited import data.

    "From China, or anywhere in the world, suppliers
can instantly check the background of more than 300,000
qualified buyers through our online reports, which cover 48
ports of entry in the United States. 

    "Our Trade Profiles platform is an indispensable
tool for suppliers who want to know more about the buyers
they are considering selling to."

    Specialized Global Sources Websites, Trade Magazines
and Trade Shows

    PIERS Trade Profiles are an extension of Global Sources
Online 2.0, which offers some of the industry's most
comprehensive screening tools and search results. 

    It is another part of Global Sources' export marketing
and product information services which include the China
Sourcing Fairs ( http://www.chinasourcingfair.com ), Global
Sources trade magazines and Global Sources Direct (
http://www.globalsourcesdirect.com ).

    Further information about Global Sources is available
at http://www.corporate.globalsources.com .
    
    About Global Sources 

    Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B)
media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade
with Greater China. The core business is facilitating trade
from Greater China to the world, using a wide range of
English-language media. The other key business segment
facilitates trade from the world to Greater China using
Chinese-language media. 

    The company provides sourcing information to volume
buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers. It
helps a community of over 635,000 active buyers source more
profitably from complex overseas supply markets. With the
goal of providing the most effective ways possible to
advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables
suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in over 230
countries.

    The company offers the most extensive range of media
and export marketing services in the industries it serves.
It delivers information on 1.8 million products and more
than 150,000 suppliers annually through 13 online
marketplaces, 12 monthly magazines, over 100 sourcing
research reports and nine specialized trade shows which run
22 times a year across seven cities.  
  
    Suppliers receive more than 18 million sales leads
annually from buyers through Global Sources Online
(http://www.globalsources.com) alone.

    Global Sources has been facilitating global trade for
36 years. In mainland China it has over 1,700 team members
in 44 locations, and a community of over 1 million
registered online users and magazine readers for
Chinese-language media.

    About PIERS 

    PIERS is a world leader in providing current, accurate
and comprehensive data on international trade. PIERS trade
intelligence offers added value and adheres to a high
standard of quality control. To learn more about what makes
PIERS Trade Data unique, follow these links:
http://www.piers.com/about/tradedatavalueadded/ and
http://www.piers.com/about/tradedataqualitycontrol/ .


    For more information, please contact:

    Global Sources Press Contact in Asia:
     Camellia So
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

    Global Sources Investor Contact in Asia:
     Eddie Heng
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

    Global Sources Press Contact in U.S.:
     James W.W. Strachan 
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail] 

    Global Sources Investor Contact in U.S.:
     Moriah Shilton & Christiane Pelz
     Lippert/Heilshorn & Associates, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]