For the success of plastprintpack Iraq 2020 fairtrade joins forces with So Fuar, one of the leading Turkish organizers of B2B trade shows in emerging markets.
So Fuar maintains an office in Erbil since 2017 and disposes of a competent team of local trade fair experts.
Why Erbil? Erbil is Iraq‘s bustling and safe economic metropolis and the gateway to all of Iraq.
In order to create valuable synergies for exhibitors and trade visitors alike, plastprintpack Iraq 2020 will be held jointly with Agro Pack Iraq Erbil 2020, Iraq’s largest agrofood trade show. Agro Pack Iraq Erbil has already been successfully organized three times. From 20 to 23 November 2019, for example, a total of 151 exhibitors discussed business with 7,245 trade visitors from all of Iraq. The extent to which the fair is now well established in the country can also be judged from the VIPs who officially opened it.
With exports of hydrocarbons worth US$ 87.3 billion and imports worth US$ 38.9 billion, Iraq succeeded in achieving an enormous trade surplus of US$ 48.4 billion in 2018.
For comparison: Iran’s exports of 98.1 billion US$ are faced with imports of 75.5 billion US$, balance +22.6 billion US$ in 2017/18. Algeria’s exports of 35.2 billion US$ are offset by imports of 46.1 billion US$, balance -10.9 billion US$. For 2019, Iraq’s trade surplus is estimated at 41 billion US$. (All figures GTAI)
Another important fact: With 40 million inhabitants, Iraq is one of the three most populous countries in the Arab world, after Egypt and on a par with Algeria. And with 58% of the population younger than 25, the country has an enormously young and aspiring population.
EUROMAP confirms high double-digit annual growth for Iraq between 2009 and 2018
The EUROMAP-European Plastics and Rubber Machinery's country cluster confirms high double-digit annual growth for Iraq between 2009 and 2018. Iraq thus confirms its position as one of the Middle East’s fastest growing importers of plastprintpack technology and material.
Exhibitors and visitors may connect before, during and after the event.
