Tasdeer of QDB to showcase Qatar's capabilities at Gulfood 2013

Eight leading food products' exporters from Doha will join Tasdeer in the aim to ink key deals or pursue significant business opportunities with over 4,200 participating exhibitors from across the globe.

These exporters are: Qatar Flour Mills, National Food Company, Dandy Company Limited, Colosseum Doha, Qatar Tunisian Food Company, NAFCO, Qatar Food Factory and Chocolate Graphics.

Tasdeer has undertaken several initiatives to facilitate the successful participation of the Qatari companies at Gulfood.

Tasdeer has organized a Qatar Pavilion and booked prime advertising space at the exhibition hall to ensure significant footfall. Tasdeer has also provided the Qatari exporters with a list of potential importers for their products in the region. Furthermore, Tasdeer will be distributing booklets containing profiles of all the Qatari food product exporting companies.

The export development agency plans to provide all the support that is required by the Qatari companies in order to strongly establish the 'Made in Qatar' brand at the exhibition.

Mr. Mansour Bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Development Bank, said, "As an organization that is mandated with developing the private sector in Qatar, we, at QDB, continuously look for platforms and avenues to bring industry players closer to their target markets and audiences. To that effect, we have established Tasdeer to be a credible and reliable reference and source for potential opportunities, market intelligence and beneficial guidance and counsel to the Qatari non-oil exporters. In line with this mandate, Tasdeer pinpoints local, regional and international platforms for these exporters to take part in, such as Gulfood, which we believe to be one of the largest and most influential happenings in the GCC."

Mr. Hassan Khalifa Al Mansouri, Executive Director of 'Tasdeer' said, "Gulfood is one of the world's largest and most influential annual trade shows for the food and beverage industry. It provides our exporters with superb networking and business opportunities which is exactly what we, at Tasdeer, aim for stemming from our firm belief in the ambitious potential that we have in Qatar. We do hope that every Qatari exporter present at Gulfood to capitalize on this outstanding opportunity."

Spanning over 100,000 square meters of space, Gulfood Exhibition, known as Gulfood, ranks as the biggest food and beverage industry related trade events in the world. The show boasts of participants representing as many as 88 different countries.

Informative conferences are organized during this four-day show, where attendees are provided with ample opportunities to learn about the latest business trends and new products.
More than 110 foreign country pavilions are also set up at the event.

previously. The exhibition is attended by over 60,000 qualified business visitors in all. Many professional chefs also take up this opportunity to highlight their skills to a large audience. Different varieties of food items, beverages, restaurant supplies, hospitality services and other related food equipments are exhibited by more than 4,000 exhibiting firms.

Attendees can also participate in the Baking and Pastry Guild Competition that is hosted at the exhibition. Corporate award ceremonies are held at the show as well.