Import Promotion Desk brings a broad range of specialities to Anuga

Bonn, 12.09.2017 – At Anuga, the world’s largest food industry exhibition, to be held in Cologne from 7 to 11 October 2017, the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be attending with 18 producers from 7 countries. Exporters from Ethiopia, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Columbia, Indonesia and Peru will be supported by the IPD in presenting their products at the exhibition. The companies offer high quality natural ingredients from their regions.

Bonn, February 16, 2016 – The Import Promotion Desk (IPD), the import promotion service provider in Germany, is expanding its cooperation with Egypt. To that purpose representatives of the IPD and the Egyptian Agricultural Export Council (AEC) signed a memorandum of understanding at the Fruit Logistica trade fair where Egypt participated as a partner country. Until 2018, the IPD will help Egyptian producers become ready for export. „With this agreement we want to promote sustainable and structured import from Egypt and strengthen the local private sector. Because successful import promotion benefits both importers and exporters“, says Dr. Julia Hoffmann , head of the IPD.

At the Fruit Logistica the IPD showcased two exhibitors from Egypt. One of them, the Egyptian Grower’s Organization (EGO), took part in the trade fair for the first time. An association of five agricultural businesses which farm in the country’s different climate zones, the EGO is able to offer single-source products such as fresh mangoes, pomegranates and grapes over an extended period of time. At the Fruit Logistica the group conducted several positive business talks including one that promises a business deal for mangoes.

First-ever Ethiopian country booth

The IPD also presented the world’s first Ethiopian country booth at a trade fair for fruit and vegetables. German companies were especially interested in the beans, chilies, strawberries, grapes and snow peas offered by the four Ethiopian exporters. Initial successful business talks were conducted by the Meki-Batu Union, the largest association of cooperatives in Ethiopia, which participated in the trade fair following an invitation by the IPD. The IPD exhibitor portfolio at the Fruit Logistica was complemented by Tunisia and Colombia.

The world's leading international exhibition of fresh produce

Fruit Logistica in Berlin/Germany attracts around 3.239 exhibitors and over 70,000 visitors every year. Companies from across the entire fresh produce sector – from global players to small and medium-sized enterprises and organisations from all over the world – get an overview of the latest innovations, products and services from every link in the international supply chain. This fair thus offers ideal networking and contact opportunities to key decision-makers in every sector of the industry.

In 2019, as in previous years, the IPD will present carefully selected exporters of exotic fruit and vegetables from Ethiopia, Egypt, Tunisia, Columbia and Peru at Fruit Logistica.
The contribution of the Ethiopian exporters is promising, they will showcase their premium product range – from strawberries, fresh herbs and melons to sugar snap peas.

All exporters presented are carefully prepared by the IPD. Thus ensuring they are equipped with the required certificates for the European market and are familiar with the demands of the German trade sector.
Immediately before and during the fair the IPD will offer practical support for the exhibition, including e.g. compilation of current market information, guidance on stand decoration, sales training for successful communication with potential customers.
Through targeted matchmaking, the IPD will network these exporters with suitable importers in the EU, arranging initial contacts before the fair, organizing and accompanying b2b meetings during the exhibition and supporting the follow-up after the fair is over.

Detailed information about the exporters and their product range will be available in January.

Are you an exporter based in one of our partner countries? And would you like to present your products at Fruit Logistica? To enter the selection process, please contact us.

Linda Mense

www.FruitLogistica.de

Achieve new contacts to potential buyers in the EU
Make your sales talks effective and successful
Generate sustainable profits.

These are the goals of face-to-face contact at an international trade fair like FRUIT LOGISTICA in Berlin/Germany.
But how to negotiate with European buyers? How to present your products attractively in a short time? How to master difficult dialogues? What are the business practices concerning communication, understanding of time, social manners, and negotiation strategies?

In order to be prepared for these issues, the IPD organises a sales training for exporters participating in the IPD programme. This specialized training provides you with the skills, concepts and methods that will help you influence the decisions of your counterparts and enhance the prospects of your trade fair participation. The IPD experts will equip you with tools and techniques to present your products to European buyers in a way that they are familiar with – so that intercultural differences will not have  a negative influence on your business talks.

During FRUIT LOGISTICA, the exporters can put their newly acquired skills into practice. For this, IPD experts accompany pre-arranged meetings with potential European buyers and give direct feedback. With this preparation, business with German and European importers runs smoothly and without any trouble.

Are you an exporter based in one of our partner countries? And would you like to participate in the IPD programme? To enter the selection process, please contact us.

Linda Mense

Establishing contacts to the right buyers

3,218 exhibitors. 50,000 trade visitors from 134 countries: BIOFACH is World´s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food.
The demand for organic produce is on the rise in Germany and Europe. At the same time, there is a great deal of untapped potential in developing and emerging nations.

At the 2019 event, the IPD will again present new, carefully selected and tested export companies from different partner countries like Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Tunisia, Serbia, and Ukraine.
These exporters will present their diverse range of organic produce at the joint stand shared by the IPD with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and at the respective national pavilions. The products include herbs, spices and tea, essential and cold-pressed oils, cane and coconut blossom sugar, as well as fruit and vegetable specialities from the regions.

All exporters participating in the IPD programme will be well prepared for this event. Thus ensuring they are equipped with the required certificates for the European market and are familiar with the demands of the German trade sector.
Immediately before and during the fair the IPD will offer practical support for the exhibition, including e.g. compilation of current market information, guidance on stand decoration, sales training for successful communication with potential customers.
 
In particular, the IPD provides support through targeted matchmaking, identifying suitable German importers and arranging initial contacts before the fair begins, accompanying the b2b meetings during the event and supporting the follow-up after the fair is over.

Are you an exporter based in one of our partner countries? And would you like to participate in the IPD programme? To enter the selection process, please contact us.

Angie Martinez

www.biofach.de

Achieve new contacts to potential buyers in the EU
Make your sales talks effective and successful
Generate sustainable profits.

These are the goals of face-to-face contact at an international trade fair like BIOFACH in Nuremberg/Germany.
But how to negotiate with European buyers? How to present your products attractively in a short time? How to master difficult dialogues? What are the business practices concerning communication, understanding of time, social manners, and negotiation strategies?

In order to be prepared for these issues, the IPD organises a sales training for exporters participating in the IPD programme.
This specialized training provides you with the skills, concepts and methods that will help you influence the decisions of your counterparts and enhance the prospects of your trade fair participation. The IPD experts will equip you with tools and techniques to present your products to European buyers in a way that they are familiar with – so that intercultural differences will not have  a negative influence on your business talks.

During BIOFACH, the exporters can put their newly acquired skills into practice. For this, IPD experts accompany pre-arranged meetings with potential European buyers and give direct feedback. With this preparation, business with German and European importers runs smoothly and without any trouble.

Are you an exporter based in one of our partner countries? And would you like to participate in the IPD programme? To enter the selection process, please contact us.

Judith Emmerling (Egypt, GIZ cooperation Serbia)
Nicky Buizer (Colombia)
Kathrin Seelige (Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia)
Tabea Mack (Ehtiopia, Indonesia)
Angie Martinez (Nepal, Peru)