18-22 February, 2018

Entrance of Tajik dried fruits to the market of the Middle East and Asia

State institution «Agriculture Entrepreneurship Development» under the Agriculture Commercialization Project (ACP), funded by World Bank together with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of The Republic of Tajikistan organize the participation of processing companies at the international exhibition Gulfood www.gulfood.com in Dubai from 18-22 February.

Gulfood - is the world's largest food exhibition, with more than 5,000 exhibitors, 40,000 visitors from more than 150 countries, uniting the West and the East. Tajik products this year will be presented for the first time at this exhibition under the national pavilion promoting Tajik dried fruits and fresh fruits. Four processing companies including: “Oro Isfara”, “Apricot and Company”, “Tajikproduct” and “Isfarafood” will represent Tajik products. All these companies mainly deal with the export of dried fruits and fresh fruits to the Middle East. he main goal of participation in the Gulfood exhibition is to diversify the export market and enter the markets of the Middle East. At the exhibition, there is a daily growing interest in Tajik products, there are oral agreements and orders with the organics company in Dubai - UAE. Companies from Kuwait and Jordan showed special interest in dried fruits. Trying a dried apricot a representative of the company from Oman noted that "the taste is ten times better than what we now have in Oman." A company representative from Lebanon, who currently imports dried fruits from Uzbekistan, intends to visit Tajikistan in March to familiarize with the production and potential long-term partnership.

Representatives of companies from Germany, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India also showed great interest in the products. After the exhibition, the companies will negotiate on the first order and further partnership.

“Apricot and Company” will ship the first container in March of this year to Mumbai. To further conclusion of the contract, the company Maevell Nutex from Mumbai comes to Tajikistan in March of this year.

Participation in Gulfood opened new opportunities for domestic processors to enter new markets. This is only the first step and requires further systematic promotion of Tajik products to these new markets by the private, public sector and donor organizations.

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