NewsWhore
03-09-2009, 05:30 PM
The Santo Domingo AgroAlimentaria Fair held at the Dominican Fiesta Hotel last week exceeded the organizers' expectations. The effective coordination work carried out by the Agribusiness Board (JAD) with the backing of the Center for Exports and Investments (CEI-RD) working through Dominican Embassies abroad and foreign embassies in the Dominican Republic succeeded in attracting several key buyers for Dominican farm produce. During the four-day fair, local producers were able to place major shipments of organic bananas, avocados, mangos and pineapples. Osmar Benitez, executive vice president of the JAD, said that the fair linked Dominican produce to a Japanese supermarket chain with 3,500 stores in Japan. He said US$200 million a year in additional farm produce sales were transacted in the eent where there were over 450 pre-scheduled business appointments. Buyers came from Antigua & Barbuda, St. Maarten, Colombia, Curacao, Uruguay, Chile, Japan, the United States (NY and Miami).
A third AgroAlimentaria Fair could take place towards the end of 2010 or in 2011.
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A third AgroAlimentaria Fair could take place towards the end of 2010 or in 2011.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)