Source: Yiwu sourcing agent Author: Gary Date: 2010-01-04
On December 22, Mustafa, an Egyptian trader liveing in the apartment building at Yiwu Time Square said happily, "Having done business in Yiwu for 10 years, Ifelt ike living in my hometown. Maybe my entire family will immigrate to Yiwu, the wonderful place for doing business ."
Mustafa is 50 years old this year . He was mainly selling stationery, office supplies and toys in Cairo in the past . In 1999, as soon as he learned in Canton Fair that autumn that Yiwu is a city full of abundant commodities at low price and that the profit margin of commodities business remains pretty high, he flew to Yiwu and was soon fascinated by Yiwu Market . He stayed in the market for 3 days and found that the products with the same high quality in Yiwu Market were sold only at a fraction of the price of his agents . Mustafa was excited.
Therefore, he established an office in Yiwu immediately in 1999 to purchase Yiwu commodities . He sold Yiwu commodities to more than 20 countries such as Kenya, Libya, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates .
Because he experienced the gradual flourishing of Yiwu Market, Mustafa has strong confidence in settlingdowninYiwu.Heasked his wife, daughter and his son-in-law to help him in Yiwu. In 2005, he sent his newly-wed son Muhamud to Wuhan University to learn international trade and he also sent Muhamud ‘swifeHaibatostudyin Wuhan.
Now, his son Muhamud has graduated and Haiba has grasped the Chinese language after 4 years of study. The couple now is doing business in their father’ s company. The dad and the son work together and their business is more and more flourishing, with a monthly delivery of 40 containers .
In the interview, Mustafa told the reporter happily, "Nowthatmy son is to be a successor of my business, I can finally rest assured. There are 25 relatives of mine are doing business in Yiwu. Yiwu is the place where my family start business and it’ s also the second hometown of us ."
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