Twenty-five percent of all SEMA Show buyers reside outside of the United States. Here are five tips for attracting buyers from more than 100 countries to your booth.
An important distributor in Beijing, China, is seeking a wide range of aftermarket products for Volkswagens.
Through a U.S. Commerce Department grant, SEMA members will have access
to vehicles popular worldwide that are not sold in the United
States in order to prototype product.
The SEMA tour, from September 2–7, 2012, to two of the most
important cities in regards to customization—Shanghai and Beijing—allows
participants to gain insight into the growing specialty market for the
1.3 billion Chinese consumers. Learn what products
sell, what products are in demand, and for which applications, through
networking opportunities with retailers and wholesalers.
Explore opportunities to develop business in Mexico and Central America
by exhibiting at or attending the upcoming PAACE Automechanika Show
taking place July 18–20, 2012, in Mexico City.
SEMA members are invited to attend several networking events, including a
seminar on the UAE specialty-equipment market on June 8, and a
SEMA-sponsored dinner with selected key accessories and performance
distributors.
The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, which provides
duty-free treatment to several thousand products imported into the
United States from more than two-thirds of the world's countries expired
at the end of last year.
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For the sixth year, a panel of top automotive journalists from 15 countries throughout Asia, Europe, South Africa and South America served on the SEMA Global Media Awards (GMA) panel.