Venezuela will participate in China's International Import Expo

The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela will participate, from November 5 to 10, in the 9th China International Import Exhibition (CIIE), where 42 companies from the Latin American country will be present at the Food and Agricultural Products Area of the Shanghai National Exhibition and Convention Center.

The offer brings together products from land and sea from different states of the country. Coffee includes: Procafé Lara, from Sanare, Lara state, and Páramo Café, from Chabasquén, Portuguese state. In cocoa and chocolate, the supply ranges from bean to finished product: Casa Franceschi, from El Pilar, Sucre state; Koao exports fine cocoa with a unique aroma from Sur del Lago, Carenero, Ocumare and Rio Caribe, and Delirio Chocolat e, from the island of Margarita. In grains, Agropecuaria San Marino, from Barquisimeto, and APROCA, from Turén, Portuguese state.

In addition, Pacific Seafood, from Cumaná, and Agrolago de Occidente from the state of Zulia, with ASC certification, participate in seafood products. Margarita chili comes from Nueva Esparta, in dehydrated products, spices and jams from Agropecuaria Moi. The Fund for the Promotion of Rum from Venezuela (Fonpronven) presents rum with a Controlled Denomination of Origin “Ron de Venezuela”. In addition to food and dairy companies, paints, logistics services and insurance.

The Venezuelan delegation is headed by the Ministry of Popular Power for Fisheries and Aquaculture; and the Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, through the Vice Ministry of International Trade, Export Promotion Agency (Venexporta) and the Foreign Trade Bank (Bancoex). In addition, the Socialist Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Insoesca); the Venezuelan Fisheries Corporation (Coresca); the Venezuelan Coffee Corporation; Bolivarian Port Authority (Boliports), and the governorates of the states of Miranda, Nueva Esparta and Portuguesa will be present.

The CIIE, organized since 2018 by the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Municipal Government of Shanghai, is the first national fair in the world dedicated to imports and the second import market in the world that receives supply from other countries every year. In this sense, China has 16 consecutive years as the world's second largest importer, with foreign purchases of goods and services exceeding 3 trillion dollars in each of the last four years.

Its 8th edition brought together 4,108 exhibiting companies from more than 150 countries and regions and more than 460,000 registered visitors. The 85,000 square meter Food and Agricultural Products Area gives priority to high-end healthy foods, products with geographical indications and specialties.