SME Times News Bureau | 08 Oct, 2018
European supermarket
chains and top manufactures of processed food will be sourcing their Food and
Beverage (F&B) requirements from India at the Indusfood-II trade fair
organized by Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI, sad an official release.
Discussions were
held with TPCI and Maria Carillo, International Director of FIAB (Spanish
Federation of Food and Drink Technology) for bilateral cooperation and
promotion of Indian and Spanish dairy sector.
Carillo evinced
keen interest in sending a delegation to India during Indusfood-II to source
their raw food requirements from India.
Milk plays an
important role in the northern regions of Spain as it is the main agricultural
produce with the dairy industry contributing to 9% of gross added value of
Spanish food and drink sector.
Indusfood is a
tradeshow, the second edition of which will be held in Greater Noida (NCR
Delhi) on January 14-15, 2019, to showcase India’s best line-up of food,
beverages and agri products to global buyers.
Indusfood-2019
will see the participation of many foreign government delegations and
representatives of large foreign companies involved in strategic purchase of
food commodities through investments or long-term purchase agreements to
achieve the food security of their country or to supply their large food
processing industries.
The Indusfood-I,
held in early 2018, saw international buyers from 43 countries and 320 Indian
exporters, from 12 categories of Food and Beverage industry, generating an
estimated business of $650 million.
Indusfood-II is
expected to see the participation of more than 600 global buyers from around 50
countries.