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El pabellón español del Icex acoge 92 empresas en la feria japonesa FoodexThe Spanish flag of the Icex welcomes 92 companies at the Foodex Japan Exhibition
April 2, 2008
18Th occasion
Spanish Institute of foreign trade (Icex) participated with an official flag in the exhibition Foodex, held its thirty-third edition of the 11 to 14 March in Tokyo.
92 Companies met in the 1.947 square metres of the Spanish flag. Of these, 12 participated with Extenda (Andalusia), eight with the Ipex (Castilla - La Mancha, Spain), seven with the Ivex (Valencian Community), six with the Junta de Extremadura, seven with Prodeca (Catalonia) and nine with the Chamber of Commerce of A Coruña. Excal (Castilla-León) also appeared outside the official flag with 24 companies. Provinces came from Alicante (3), Almeria (3), Badajoz (6), Barcelona (7), Burgos (1), Caceres (1), Cádiz (3), Ciudad Real (5), Córdoba (3), Cuenca (1), Girona (2), Grenada (1), Guipúzcoa (1), Balearic Islands (1), Jaén (6), A Coruña (2), La Rioja (2)Lleida (2), Madrid (5), Málaga (2), Murcia (2), Pontevedra (5), Salamanca (2), Seville (8), Tarragona (1), Toledo (7), Valencia (7), Valladolid (1), Vizcaya (1) and Zaragoza (1).
This year there was a wide range of Spanish agro-food products represented at the fair. Mainly wine, olive oil, olives, Iberian and serrano ham, chocolate, coffee and cheeses. Foodex is an annual event dedicated to the food and drink. Is exclusively aimed at a professional public and attracts a large number of leading buyers of food: wholesalers, retailers, supermarkets, catering, importers of beverages, catering, etc. The Hall has had on this occasion more than 3,000 exhibitors, from 65 different countries, and expects more than 30,000 visitors.
Foodex is the perfect platform to introduce both in Japan and in Asia. The trade fair Organization, Japan Management Association (JMA), works with associations of rural Inns (Ryokan), restaurants and hotels, which implies coverage of potential buyers in the sector. The Japanese market of food, beverages and 'foodservice' is US $ 225 billion and matter 60 per cent of their consumption of food (US $ 44 billion), also with consumers who are interested in the food cultures of other regions.
Some of the food which could be seen in the last edition of Foodex.
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