BARCELONA, Spain, July 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
The International Food, Drink and Food Service Exhibition,
organized by Alimentaria Exhibitions, a Fira
de Barcelona company, is preparing a unique exhibition with
renewed content, mainly aimed at expanding its business
character and projecting gastronomy as its differential value.
It will take place from 16 to 19 April next year at Fira de
Barcelona, Spain.
Helping to internationalise food and drink companies and opening
up opportunities abroad for Spanish industry remain a priority for
Alimentaria. The show attracts key market buyers for Spanish
agribusiness, such as the European Union, which accounts for 67% of
Spanish food and drink exports; the
United States; Latin America;Asia; the Maghreb and the
Mediterranean area.
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The EU zone is clearly the main external market for Spanish
products. France is the first one,
with €4,3 billion of purchases in 2016, followed by Italy (€3,4 billion), Portugal (€3,1 billion), UK (€1,8 billion) and
Germany (€1,6 billion), according
to the Spanish Federation of Food and Drink Industries (FIAB). Pork
meat, olive oil and wine are the most exported goods.
In 2018, Alimentaria aims to revalidate the levels of
internationalisation achieved on the previous occasion, which was
attended by nearly 4,000 exhibiting companies, 1,000 of them from
78 countries, and close to 40,000 professionals - of the 140,000
who visited the exhibition - came from 157 different countries. The
show expects more than 21.500 European visitors and close to 500
exhibiting firms from Europe. It
also aims to expand beyond the 11,200 business meetings that took
place among more than 800 top-level foreign buyers invited by the
show and exhibiting companies.
For J. Antonio Valls, CEO of
Alimentaria Exhibitions and Director of Alimentaria, this data
'confirms the international convening power of the exhibition and
its effective role in boosting exports for companies in the
sector', which having risen in recent years reached €27,5 billion
in 2016, according to FIAB.
Gastronomy trends and hospitality equipment
Over 200 activities, workshops and cooking shows will take place
in Alimentaria, as well as sections devoted to gastronomy, wine and
cocktail tasting.
Finally, the joint event of Alimentaria with Hostelco, the
International Exhibition of Equipment for Restaurants, Hotels and
Mass Catering will create one of the largest international
platforms for the food industry, gastronomy and catering.
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