The event is marked by official country pavilions from India, Iran, the Netherlands and Turkey, and by a strong presence of local Iraqi and international market leaders in crop and animal production, food, beverage and packaging technology, food & hospitality, plastics raw materials and technology.
Event to support Iraq on its way to self-sufficiency and improve supply
The event aims to help increase Iraq’s self-sufficiency and improve supply. Currently, the Iraqi market can be characterized by three key figures. The value of its own food and beverage production amounts to more than US$3billion. Food imports add up to more than US$6billion. (FAOSTAT) And hundreds of millions of dollars are invested annually in modern agrofood & plastics processing technology.
Agro Pack & Plast Iraq is focused on exactly these processes. Therefore, it consists of the following sub-brands:
- Agro Iraq in Hall 2 presents agriculture, crop production, livestock breeding and poultry. Iraq is one of the three largest importers of agricultural machinery, silos, feeding, grain and irrigation systems, livestock & poultry breeding and milling and mixing equipment in the Arab Middle East.
- Agro Pack Iraq in Hall 1 covers technology and material for processing food and beverages, as well as ingredients. Between 2015 and 2020, Iraq’s imports of food and beverage process and packaging technology increased with an annual growth rate of 13%, from €76m to €140m. (VDMA) This makes Iraq the third largest Arab importing country of such technologies in the Middle East. A clear signal of the political will to expand local food production and the „Made-in-Iraq“ trend.
- Food Iraq in Hall 1 showcases and trades finished food & beverage products.
- Plast Iraq in Hall 1 features plastic raw material in primary forms as well as machinery and equipment for plastics processing and packaging. Iraq‘s imports of plastic raw materials grew by 612% or 24.4% annually between 2011 and 2020, from 40 kt to 285 kt. (EUROMAP) Between 2016 and 2020, Iraq’s imports of plastics technology increased with an annual growth rate of 4.5%, from €21 million to €25 million. (VDMA) This makes Iraq the third largest Arab importing country of such technology in the Middle East.
Strong institutional support
Agro Pack & Plast Iraq 2022 enjoy the support of the following institutions:
- Baghdad Chamber of Commerce
- Consulates General of Germany, India, Iran, the Netherlands and Turkey in Erbil
- Erbil Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- Erbil International Fair
- Federation of Iraqi Chamber of Commerce FICC
- Kurdistan Regional Government and its subsidiary institutions
- Iraqi Federation of Industries IFI
- Ministry of Trade of Iraq
- Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Trade
- Trade Promotion Organization of Iran
Recap of the 4th edition of November 2021: “The event exceeded our expectations by leaps and bounds as we met customers from all the Iraqi provinces”
The edition of November 2021 saw the participation of 7,879 visitors from 19 countries discussing their investments with 171 exhibitors. The large number of trade visitors reflects the great interest and high investment needs of the Iraqi agrofood and plastprintpack industry.
Confirms Jean S. Zakka, CEO of Zakka Multitec: “The show has definitely exceeded our expectations by leaps and bounds as the number and quality of the visitors were brilliant and we met customers from all the Iraqi provinces.”
For more information:
www.iraq-agrofood.com
www.ppp-iraq.com
So Fuar
With 20+ years of experience in the exhibition industry, the Istanbul based So Fuar company annually organizes 12 international exhibitions in Iraq, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Senegal.
So Fuar, in addition to their headquarters in Istanbul, also maintain an office in Erbil, Iraq‘s bustling and safe economic metropolis and the gateway to all of Iraq.
Featuring a team of exhibition experts So Fuar aims to support exhibitors in their brand building and business expansion process.
Founded in 1991, fairtrade has long been one of the leading organisers of professional international agrofood & plastprintpack trade fairs in Africa and the Middle East.
Over the decades, more than 36,000 exhibitors and 1.5 million trade visitors have expressed their confidence in us.
With our international trade shows, we take innovative ways to connect emerging markets with solution providers from across the globe.
Facilitating valuable business contacts between our exhibitors and trade visitors – that’s what we at fairtrade stand for.
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