Global Sources to Release China Sourcing Report on Costume Jewelry Manufacturers at The MAGIC Marketplace in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Feb. 18, 2006 – Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) will release China Sourcing Report: Costume Jewelry at booth SP23726 at the MAGIC Marketplace in Las Vegas, Feb. 21-24, 2006. The report features China’s costume jewelry manufacturers and their products, and is designed to help importers to make better-informed purchasing decisions.
Based on in-person factory visits and interviews with management, the 111-page report profiles 61 mainland China manufacturers of costume jewelry. It also provides product and pricing forecasts for bracelets and anklets, chokers and necklaces, earrings, rings, and brooches.

Other China Sourcing Reports available at Global Sources booth will include:
- Children's Wear
- Denim Garments
- Hats & Caps
- Knitted Fabric
- Luggage
- Slippers
- Women's Undergarments
- Watches

Samples of Global Sources nine monthly sourcing magazines, including Fashion Accessories, Garments & Textiles and Gifts & Home Products, will be available to qualified importers.

Visitors can also register at its booth at the MAGIC Marketplace for Global Sources’ China Sourcing Fair: Fashion Accessories to be held April 15-18 at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong.

China Sourcing Reports (www.globalsources.com/astj/costumejewelry ) are part of Global Sources’ sourcing and product information services, which include Global Sources trade magazines, Global Sources Online, Global Sources Direct and the China Sourcing Fairs. For more information on any of Global Sources products or services, please visit booth SP23726 at the MAGIC Marketplace or online 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. It provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers.

The company helps its community of more than 479,000 active buyers to source more profitably from complex, overseas supply markets. With the goal of providing as many effective ways as possible to advertise, market and sell, Global Sources enables suppliers to sell to hard-to-reach buyers in 230 countries.

The company offers the most extensive range of media and export marketing services in the industries it serves. Suppliers using its four primary channels – online marketplaces, magazines, trade shows and direct online sales – are supported by its advertising creative, education programs and online content management applications.

Global Sources delivers information on 1.4 million products and more than 130,000 suppliers annually through 10 leading online marketplaces and monthly magazines, more than 100 sourcing research reports, and 14 China Sourcing Fairs and other trade shows. Buyers send more than 5.8 million inquiries annually to suppliers through Global Sources Online (www.globalsources.com) alone. Global Sources Direct is the company's new initiative that helps suppliers sell online.

In mainland China, Global Sources has a 25-year track record and 1,400 team members in 44 locations. Its services are backed by 35 years experience as a trade magazine publisher, 14 years as an organizer of trade shows, and 10 years as an online marketplace operator.