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Seven pavilions, food processing conference highlights of 6th agrofood
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Wednesday, 30 October, 2019, 16 : 00 PM [IST]
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Accra
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Seven national pavilions, representing China, Flanders/Belgium, Germany, Morocco, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka and Turkey, and a high-level conference programme on the food processing value chain, finance and packaging, are the highlights of the sixth essay of agrofood and plastprintpack West Africa, which will take place at the Accra International Conference Centre in the Ghanaian capital between December 10 and 12, 2019.
Based on upbeat market developments, the event, which will again be organised by German trade show specialists fairtrade Messe, and is the region’s premier international trade show on agriculture, food processing, plastics and packaging, is all set for growth.
What makes agrofood and plastprintpack West Africa 2019 so unique? Strong institutional support The event enjoys the support of the AHK Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana, the DLG German Agricultural Society, the embassies of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey to Ghana, Flanders Investment & Trade, Ghana - Ministry of Trade and Industry, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Hortifresh by the Netherlands’ government, Morocco Foodex, Sri Lanka Tea Board and the Turkish Ministry of Trade.
There is a strong presence of international market leaders in food and packaging technology and ingredients as well as in plastprintpack.
The interactive agrofood and plastprintpack portals allowing exhibitors and visitors to communicate and to arrange business meetings before, during and after the event, all year round.
Two-day conference programme agrofood and plastprintpack West Africa 2019 will again be supplemented by a two-day programme full of presentations and conferences, organised jointly by fairtrade and AHK Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana.
Among the most important topics worth mentioning are:
- Food processing value chain market analysis
- African Continental Free Trade Agreement – Challenge or opportunity for the food and packaging sector?
- Financing your business: Where to go and who to approach?
- Agrofood and packaging facing the 21st century: What impact do Big Data and digitalisation have?
- Packaging: The way forward for Ghana and West Africa
Exports of agricultural technology to West Africa firm on a high level The West African market for agricultural technology becomes ever more important. According to the German Engineering Association VDMA, West African imports of agricultural machinery have reached EUR 187 million in 2016.
West Africa‘s food & beverage technology imports increase by 16.7 per cent to 623 million euros in 2018 West Africa imported food and beverage technology worth 623 million euros in 2018. That is a plus of 16.7 per cent compared to 534 million euros in 2017 and an annual growth of 7.8 per cent between 2015 and 2018, according to VDMA.
Food trade with West Africa: A $30.42 billion business According to the World Trade Organization (WTO), West African food imports, in 2017, have reached $16.19 billion.
West Africa‘s plastics, printing and packaging technology imports with high growth rates West African imports of plastics technology was up 22 per cent in 2018 to 219 million euros, according to VDMA.
The major West African import markets of plastics technology - apart from Nigeria – are Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Togo and Mali, in that order.
Printing and paper technology was bought at a value of 107 million euros in the same year compared to 93 million euros in 2017 (+15 per cent), with Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali and Senegal as main importers, apart from Nigeria.
And imports of packaging technology made up for 307 million euros, up 8.4 per cent compared with EUR 283 million in 2017. Major West African importers – apart from Nigeria – are Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso.
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