Nantawat Samakom, a senior salesman with V and V Inter-Commerce, a food producer from Thailand, told the reporter that his company has been to all the past four expos.

Nantawat Samakom shows Thai snacks to visitors at the 5th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) in Nanning on Oct. 24, 2008. Nantawat is a senior salesman with a food producer from Thailand. [China.org.cn]

"Thai snacks are always popular at the expo," he said. According to Nantawat, his company has sold products worth of 80,000 yuan, double last year's total sales volume.

However, even for Thai snacks, not all sellers have great sales.

"Our sales are just so-so," said Sujin Mukda from J Products Company. But Sujin remains optimistic.

"It's only our first time to the CAEXPO, so I think we'll do better next year," he said, adding that he still expects a rise tomorrow, because then the expo will be open to the public.