Imports of food and packaging technology Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and ranks with 179 million inhabitants, ranked 7th in the world. An attractive and fast-growing consumer market with an abundance of natural resources such as oil, gas and agricultural land. In addition, the agro-food sector attracts massive private and public investment. Nigeria imported in 2012 food and packaging technology worth 275 million euros and in 2010 finished food for 4.1 billion U.S. dollars. Against this background, the Heidelberger fair specialist fairtrade organizes the first time the agrofood Nigeria. The International Trade Fair for agriculture, food and food technology from the 28th-30th April 2015 in the brand new Landmark Convention Centre in Lagos, Nigeria instead. Heidelberger fair fairtrade company opens for their many years of international exhibitors is now Nigeria. The first agrofood Nigeria will take place from 28 -30. April in the brand new Landmark Convention Centre in Lagos instead of 2015. The agrofood Nigeria consists of the areas of agro, food + bev tec and food + hospitality. fairtrade has many years of experience in developing new markets, particularly in the agricultural and food industry. Since 1994 the Heidelberg organize the iran agro food in Tehran (766 exhibitors and 32,200 visitors in 2013). In Africa, the proven success concept has only recently in Ghana, with 81 exhibitors and 1,326 trade visitors on the agro-food & plast printpack West Africa 2013. The idea of creating a professional platform for the international agro-food business community in Nigeria to life, based on suggestions by the exhibitors and the organizer of national pavilions at our agro food & plast printpack West Africa 2013 last December in Accra, says Martin in March , fairtrade s Managing Director. At the launch of the project Nigeria agro-food to the Economic delegates from Belgium, Germany Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Spain in Lagos in February 2014, the feedback was really positive. We are pleased to launch this new platform to life and to support our long-time exhibitor at the development of the Nigerian market, adds March added. In order to create valuable synergies for exhibitors and trade visitors, the agrofood Nigeria 2015 will be held in conjunction with the plast printpack Nigeria, the first International trade fair for the plastics, printing and packaging industry. Austria has already confirmed a group participation in the new show. Against this background, emphasizes the economic delegates at the Austrian Embassy in Lagos, Nella Hengstler: It is expected that Nigeria is becoming an economic hub of global importance. The sheer size of the Nigerian market, combined with a large pool of young workers will lead to massive investment in the manufacturing industry. Machinery and equipment will, however, continue to be imported to a large extent. Therefore, I welcome and support the agri-food & plast printpack Nigeria 2015. Because for the European suppliers it is crucial to position itself early on the market, even before the actual run on Nigeria begins.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:45:33 +0000
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