Rajkot: Flavour of Indian food items as well as the diverse range of ceramic products have lured in 50 delegates from 15 foreign countries to Rajkot to participate in the three-day international trade show organized by Saurashtra Vyapar Udhyog Mandal (SVUM).
While the European market is keen on grocery items, especially snacks, the African countries evinced interest in the ceramic products. They also want to attract investment in the agriculture sector.
The trade show, which was inaugurated on Friday, has 85 stalls from various sectors like CNC, submersible pumps, pharma, healthcare products, information technology, garment, ceramic, sanitaryware among others. Manufacturers from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi besides home state Gujarat are taking part in the show.
President of SVUM, Parag Tejura said, “There is huge inquiry about our desi ‘Dhaman ventilators’ from the African countries looking at the current pandemic situation. A few European buyers are interested in grocery and Indian snack items which enjoys huge demand across European countries. Despite rise in Covid cases, the show has witnessed a good response.”
He further said that a farmers conference was organized on Friday as part of the trade show in which nearly 150 farmers who want to invest in African countries took part. The west African countries, which were French colonies, are interested in attracting investment in the agriculture sector.
Amoussou Sena, a businessman from Togo, said, “My major interest is to import rice, garment, ceramic, building materials and textile from India. I am looking for a good deal.”
Business delegations from Nigeria, Singapore, Sudan, Tanzaniya, Kenya, Senegal, Mali, Yuganda, Ghana and representative of British high commission in India are taking part in the trade show.