Fruit Attraction 2019 , the Spain - base trade exposition for the global fresh garden truck sector is expected to boast more than 200 importers , retailers and buyers from India at this year ’s variant , reflecting the say aspirations of the Indian and Spanish governments to increase bilateral trade between the country .
With India and Singapore bring up Guest Importing Countries for the 2019 edition , which carry place in Madrid , Spain from 22 - 24 October , Fruit Attraction is likely to attract increasing care from Asia this year , in part thanks to greater stake in European markets from the zep - continent and wider Asia .
India has become an increasingly authoritative destination for EU fruit and vegetables over late years , accord to Fruit Attraction Director , Raúl Calleja . “ These are very interesting grocery store for European products , ” he state . “ In the sheath of India , import food is a growing trend , driven by the new Indian middle and upper family , who are looking for healthier food pick . ”
EU exports to India acquire by 306 % in note value between 2014 and 2017 , attain a full Charles Frederick Worth of € 46.7 million , with Malus pumila being the main export product . Over the last four age , from 2014 to 2017 they grew by 416 % in volume and 309 % in value , totalling 60,556 tonnes and € 46.7 million , with apples being the chief exported product at € 32 million , according to datum from European Statistical Office , Eurostat .
talk to the media at an India Chamber of Commerce event in 2018 , Spain ’s Ambassador to India , José Ramon Barañano , described the India - Spain swap relationship as “ just but trivial , ” with around $ 6 billion bilateral annual craft between the two countries . However , Ambassador Barañano read bilateral trade had the potentiality to grow by 20 % per year over the coming years .
Oliver Huesmann , Business Development Manager for Asia Pacific at Fruitconsulting , auspicate European exporters will focus increasingly on India as a final result of material European production levels and a saturated marketplace . “ Europe is becoming smaller and vulnerable to political decisions at a global level which can provoke change in supply to other state , ” he said . “ If we unite this with the threat from Trump to impose novel tariffs on spell European product , we can see that Modern market like India , China , Singapore and Indonesia will become of import for Spanish and European producers . ”
Nitin Agrawal , Managing Director of leading Native American table grapeshot exporter Euro Fruits , which has been export tabular array grapeshot from India to Europe for the past 27 age , believes Fruit Attraction will become an progressively important date in the calendar for Asian exporter as a resultant role of favourable seasonal timing .
Agrawal read Euro Fruits , which exports across Western Europe , was study further export expanding upon , with a direction on central and eastern Europe . “ Eastern Europe is still a very unexplored market for us , so we are interested in explore country such as the Czech Republic , Poland , Bulgaria , Lithuania , Latvia , ” he said . “ These are areas where we are not very dynamic , so eastern Europe is potentially very interesting for us . ”
Agrawal revealed Euro Fruits was work on integrating new mixture , although he accentuate these were unlikely to be commercially usable for another year or two . Looking ahead to Fruit Attraction 2019 , he said the consequence had developed hugely since its first version , and predicted its relevance would only increase .
Agrawal said : “ When I first go to Fruit Attraction 10 years ago , nobody was concerned , but now we see it has some material advantages – I guess the timing is just fantastic , Madrid is a fantastic urban center , the weather is fantastic , so this event is now becoming more and more popular and is definitely go to be a big competition for other shows in the future . ”
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