Turkish National Pavilion at World Food Moscow

Turkey

Sunday 17 September 2017

MLK

With the title of best stand achieved the previous year, the Turkish national pavilion had to raise the bar even higher and Turkey succeeded in betting. With 1433 participants from 65 countries and around 30,000 visitors from 78 regions in Russia and 89 countries, this fair is important for the wide range of products presented in the food sector in this developing region of the world.

This fair was an opportunity for Turkey to reaffirm the importance it gives to this market. On a surface of 510 m2, 16 companies and different organizations were present. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Western Mediterranean Exporters Union stated that the participating companies had the opportunity to conclude important contracts. He adds that Turkish exports to Russia reached more than US $ 1 billion from the 1st of January to the 31st of August 2017, an increase of 151 percent over the previous year, the two countries standardized, despite certain products, such as tomato, whose export is not yet allowed.

Source : Union des Exportateurs de la Méditerranée Occidentale