SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jan, 2019
INDUS FOOD-II to be held on January 14-15, at India Expo Mart, Greater
Noida will help Indian small exporters from the sector, said Commerce Minister
Suresh Prabhu.
The event is aimed at promoting India
as a strong and reliable exporter of food and beverage products to the world.
INDUS FOOD 2019 will promote value
addition to India’s agriculture exports and integrate Indian farmers and
agricultural products with global value chains.
Briefing the media in
New Delhi, Minister for Commerce Suresh Prabhu said that the INDUS FOOD-II
being held this year will be much bigger with bigger volumes of business.
With more than 700
buyers from 70 countries visiting INDUS FOOD-II and more than 500 food
suppliers, the event will lead to greater interaction of Indian exporters with
global customers leading to enhanced product development and better price
realization in international markets, he added.
The Minister further
said that the mega food event will bring business opportunities to the doorstep
of Indian producers and manufacturers and help small exporters, who cannot
afford participation in overseas fairs, to have a direct interface with foreign
buyers who visit India for this show.
INDUS FOOD is a global platform where
top exporters from Food and Beverage Industry of India will be participating
and buyers from across the world have been invited.
After the success of the first edition of INDUS
FOOD in 2018, Trade Promotion Council of India (TPCI) has scaled up the Reverse Buyers-Sellers Meet (RBSM) with the financial
assistance under Market Access Initiative (MAI) scheme of Department of
Commerce.