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Fruit Atracttion will host the first global forum of seedless table grapes
08/09/2010
September 8, 2010
The first global forum of table grape seedless, Grape Attraction, to be held in Madrid, on 21 and 22 October, in the framework of the fruit attraction, fair will bring together a broad representation of the production and marketing of this kind of grapes from all over the worldfrom United States, South Africa, Chile, Israel, Peru, and so on.
The holding of this first international forum of seedless table grape responds to the growing interest both the production and distribution in this new market of grape if seed, which in Spain is mainly produced in Murcia. For this reason, will feature the participation of representatives of the production of Chile, Peru, South Africa and Spain, among others, the distribution of the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany, mainly and research with persons in charge of United Kingdom, South Africa, United States and Spain.
Grape Attraction will be organized around three blocks: varietal research, global production and marketing. The Forum will be held in the framework of the exhibition of fruit and vegetables Fruit Attraction, which are organizing Fepex and Ifema and it already has 428 direct exhibitors, a month and a half of its holding.
Grape Attraction, is being organised by Ifema, Fepex and Apoexpa, the Association of producing-exporting of fruit, table grapes and other products agricultural of Murcia, association that represents the greater part of the producers and marketers of Spain seedless table grapes.
The Community market of table grape in the year 2009 amounted to 1.5 million tons, of which approximately 500,000 tons correspond to grape seedless, of which 100,000 are exported by Spain.
