LARGE-SCALE BELARUSIAN EXPOSITION TO TAKE PLACE IN KAZAKHSTAN IN NOVEMBER
A number of large-scale business events with the participation of Belarusian manufacturers will take place in the southern capital of Kazakhstan, the city of Almaty, early in November. National pavilions of Belarus will be featured as part of Kazakhstan major trade exhibitions of food products and packing, agricultural technologies and agricultural engineering.
The Belarus-Kazakhstan Agro Forum is confined to the exhibition arrangements, and it will allow experts from both countries obtain all necessary information on bilateral cooperation and trade. Participation of Belarusian companies in such practical business events, as the Retail Center and the Convention WORLD OF TRADE, will allow contacting importers and distributors directly, negotiating contracts and boosting export to Kazakhstan.
The venue for these events was chosen for a reason. Almaty is the country’s business and financial center with headquarters of major banks, key scientific institutions (including the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan) and the leading universities. Key business partners of Belarusian companies and points of further distribution of import-export flows are also in Almaty. This most populated city of Kazakhstan is rightly called the country’s Southern Capital.
And no wonder the highlight exhibition and congress event in agriculture and food products takes place in Almaty rather than anywhere else. A series of milestone events to be held in Atakent Expo Center on November 3-5, 2021, includes:
23d Central Asian International Food Industry Exhibition - FoodExpo Qazaqstan – the highlight for food and beverage professionals.
15th Jubilee Central Asian International Agriculture Exhibition - AgroWorld Qazaqstan, featuring agricultural plant and machinery manufacturers, as well as cattle breeding and veterinary companies, companies specializing in feed components and greenhouse technologies, vegetable farming, horticulture, seed farming, design and construction of buildings for agriculture, grain processing and storage.
Specialized exhibitions include Cold Store and Logistics; Packing and Packing Equipment; Facilities for Hotels, Restaurants and Supermarkets.
Expositions will feature over 350 companies from 25 countries: Belarus, Belgium, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, the Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, the USA, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, France, the Czech Republic, Sri Lanka, South Korea.
National expositions will be presented by Belarus, Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Russia, the USA, South Korea, and more than 25 regions of the Russian Federation. The exhibitions are held with support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Administration of the city of Almaty, trade unions and associations.
The events are also mainstreamed by anticipated integration of the Belarusian exposition at the Food Industry exhibition into a Plan of the National Exhibitions (Expositions) of the Republic of Belarus Abroad for 2021, thus allowing cut the participation costs. Over 20 companies are expected to showcase their products in the Belarusian exposition at this exhibition, including: Grodno meat-packing plant, Mogilev meat-packing plant, Babushkina krynka, Veles-Meat, Molochny Gostinets and others. The organizing company of the Belarusian exposition is the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, co-organizers are the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus, regional executive committees, the Minsk City Executive Committee; the technical operator is Exhibition Unitary Enterprise “Belinterexpo” of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Participants of the Belarusian exposition are offered a number of novelties – such as an option of remote online participation successfully tested this autumn at the exhibitions in Syria and Azerbaijan. A company which participates remotely will have their printouts and exhibits demonstrated in the booth. If interested in cooperation, the visitors will be able to hold negotiations with the company by video conferencing right in the booth.
Another novelty is the section Export Potential of Belarus with cost-effective demonstration of exhibits and offers from the Belarusian small and medium businesses. Besides, all participants of the exposition will have a chance to showcase at the virtual exhibition FoodExpo-online.
A large-scale congress event – the agro forum Belarus – Kazakhstan – will be held as part of the exhibition. The Forum will feature speeches of the representatives of branch ministries and departments, CEOs, experts and specialists, focused on organization of the practical “road map” to develop trade in agricultural products between two countries, enhance cooperation, build up supply chains and practical operating procedures. The Forum will also have its matchmaking-center where Belarusian and Kazakhstani participants will be able to find business partners according to their interests. Organizers of the Forum: the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Exhibition Unitary Enterprise “Belinterexpo” of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Belarusian business delegation will take part in a number of professional and business events. Traditionally, in preparation for efficient operation at the exhibition Belarusian specialists visit manufacturing and commercial facilities of the region and take part in the awareness-raising workshop and consultation tasked to study the regional specifics, to get insight into patterns of the local market and the price environment. This allows obtaining valuable practical knowledge and developing most effective strategies for negotiations in the booth. Besides, based on the company’s interests, meetings with business communities, business unions and state agencies will be organized in Kazakhstan for participants of the exposition shortly before the exhibition.
Additionally, participants of the Belarusian exposition will be able to find business partners at the Retail-Center, the AgriFood Forum, round tables on import and export potential and other events of the exhibition business program.
The Convention World of Trade is devoted to search of business partners too. Participation in this Convention is also included into the work program of the Belarusian companies as part of the national pavilion. The event will take place in Almaty on November 5 through 6 and will feature retailers and distributors from various regions of Kazakhstan and other countries.
Companies, interested in the delivery of their products to China, can use an opportunity to go on an organized visit to the KHORGOS International Center for Border Cooperation located in the cross-border regions of Kazakhstan and China. The project is implemented as part of the One Belt One Road strategy; it houses trade centers and stores for duty-free trade with the PRC, which also sell Belarusian products.
Kazakhstan comes third in the export turnover among trading partners of Belarus in the CIS. Belarus supplies 650 commodity items to Kazakhstan, out of which 30% are food products. Key exported products to Kazakhstan include tractors, harvesters, beef, dairy products, sugar, medicine. Imported products from Kazakhstan to Belarus include coal, oil products, cotton fiber, rails, crude zinc. In 2020 the turnover between the countries estimated 847.9 USD Million. The past five years evidenced a significant increase in bilateral trade: growth of turnover – 147.6%, Belarusian export – 142.3%, Kazakhstan import into Belarus – by 1.8 times.
For more details on participation in exhibition and congress events in Almaty, please contact managers of “Belinterexpo”:
The Belarusian national pavilion at the Food Industry Exhibition: Karina Bonda, ph.: (017) 334-82-00, cell: +37544 5091213 (Telegram, Viber, WhatsApp), e-mail: kts@belinterexpo.by
The Belarusian national pavilion at the Agriculture Exhibition, Agricultural Forum Kazakhstan – Belarus: Yulia Yurova, ph.: (017) 334-82-00, cell: +37544 5091210 (Telegram, Viber, WhatsApp), e-mail: uu@belinterexpo.by
Exhibition Unitary Enterprise “Belinterexpo” of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has held over 250 exhibitions and conferences in 60 countries. “Belinterexpo” is an authorized representative in Belarus and the CIS countries of the major exhibitions held in the UAE, the UK and other countries, as well as an authorized distributor of tickets to the World EXPO 2020 in Dubai. Looking forward to cooperate with you! Website: www.belinterexpo.by/
