18 – 21 November 2020Erbil International Fairground - Erbil, Iraq

Partner event

4th International Trade Show

Organizers

IRAQ’S LARGEST AGROFOOD TRADE SHOW!

Erbil – The safe Gateway to all of Iraq

www.agro-pack.comwww.iraq-agrofood.com

Superb institutional support: Opening of Agro Pack Erbil on 20 November 2019

Dr. Dara Jalil Khayat

President of the ErbilChamber of Commerce and Industry

Aydin Maruf

Minister ofState

Hakan Arpaçay

Turkish ConsulGeneral to Erbil

Ferset Sofi

Governor of Erbil

Kamal Muslim Saeed

Minister of Trade andIndustry ofKRG

MohammedShukri

Chairman of the KRG Board ofInvestment

Ibrahim Sofy

DeputyPresident ofthe ErbilChamber ofCommerceand Industry

Soran Qadir Aziz

General Manager ofErbil InternationalFair

Outstanding results 2019: 151 exhibitors discussed business with 7,245 trade visitors from all over Iraq

The Agro Pack Erbil has already been successfully organized three times by So Fuar, one of the leading Turkish organizers of international trade shows in emerging markets.

In 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 easily be seen from the VIPs who officially opened it, see title photo.

In order to expand the international dimension of the event, the German trade show specialists fairtrade Messe are from now on strengthening the organizer team of Agro Pack Iraq Erbil.

New: So Fuar and fairtrade join forces for Agro Pack Iraq Erbil

All smiles: Martin März, fairtrade’s Founder & Managing Partner and Özgür Sofuoglu, Founder & CEO of So Fuar, merge the expertise of their teams

fairtrade have a wealth of experience in organizing agrofood trade fairs throughoutthe Middle East and Africa. For example with iran agrofood, which fairtrade has been holding for 26 years, most recently in June 2019 with 865 exhibitors from 16 countries and more than 40,000 visitors.

Agro Pack Iraq Erbil is to be held jointly with its partner event iraq plastprintpack Erbil at the Erbil International Fairground.

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Impressions of Agro Pack Erbil 2019

From farm to fork! Decision makers being informed about the current status of the Erbil Food Distribution Center, which stores, sells and processes agricultural and garden products. The demand: 98 kg of fruit and vegetables are consumed p.a. and per person in Iraq. 3 construction phases, area of 507,000 sqm, 9 km from the centre of Erbil. As Smart & Creative Solution the EFDC is a cooperation between Redyar Co. as project and construction manager, the IT department of Sinatel Company & the project investor Neat Solutions Holding.

http://erbilfdc.com

Erbil is Iraq‘s bustling and secure economic metropolis After a period of political turbulence, Erbil regained its position as Iraq‘s bustling and secure economic metropolis.

Kurdistan is open for business!

Its liberal business environment favors investment. And Erbil traditionally connects the countries of the region, Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria, but also the Caucasus countries Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

A large and modern consumer market is waiting to be satisfied.

In fact, the trade sector is one of the main drivers of economic growth in Kurdistan and Iraq as a whole.

Erbil is easy to reach. Daily flights by Austrian, Egypt Air, Fly Dubai, Lufthansa, Qatar and Turkish Airways, ...Erbil is easy to reach from everywhere, as well-known airlines such as Air Arabia, Atlasglobal, Austrian, Egypt Air, Fly Baghdad, Fly Dubai, Iraqi, Lufthansa, Mahan Air, Middle East, Pegasus, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian, Saudi Airline, Turkish Airlines and many others operate regular flights to Erbil – see Erbil Airport.

• Capital city of Iraqi Kurdistan and the third most populated city in Iraq after Baghdad and Basra.

• Located in the Northern Iraq, the largest cities in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region are Erbil with 1.4 million inhabitants, Sulaymaniyah with 900,000, Dohuk with 500,000 and Zakho with 350,000. The Erbil governorate has got more than 2 million inhabitants.

• One of the oldest continuously inhabited areas in the world. Its archaeological museum houses a large collection of pre-Islamic artefacts, particularly the art of Mesopotamia, and is a center for archaeological projects in the area.

• Designated as Arab Tourism Capital 2014 by the Arab Council of Tourism

• Citadel of Erbil was inscribed as a World Heritage site in July 2014.

Erbil – The safe Gateway to all of Iraq

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The venue

Full exhibition service• Powerful media and direct marketing campaign to address the exact target group of

buyers• Exhibitor presentation in the trade fair catalogue & the agrofood industry portal allowing

exhibitors and visitors to communicate 24/7 all year round - including matchmaking• Preferred rates in 5star and 4star Hotels• Facilitation of the entry visa• Freight forwarding and customs clearance • Shuttle between airport, hotel and fairground• Stand building, Internet, electricity, water, air conditioning• Stand personnel to do business without worries• Forum and company presentations to present your products• Security services and general cleaning of the exhibition area

Erbil International Fair Ground live!See the fully equipped and state-of the art exhibitioncenter live during Agro Pack Erbil 2019

Erbil International Fair GroundThe Erbil International Fair Ground is by far the most important exhibition center in Kurdistan and Northern Iraq.

The exhibition site features 13,000 sqm of air-conditioned halls and 5,000 sqm of outdoor exhibition space.

The Erbil International Fair Ground is located in Park Sami Abdurrahman, west of the city centre.

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2020Exhibitor profile

• Food manufacturers• Drink manufacturers• Companies active in food or drink packaging

Visitor profile

Complete range of exhibits

• Process technology Bakery technology Confectionery technology• Refrigeration and air-conditioning technology• Packaging technology• Conveying,transport and storage installations…

A unique conceptAgro Pack Iraq Erbil covers the entire value chain - from field to fork

• Food and beverages » Dairy and milk products » Meat and meat products » Fish and seafood products …• Hospitality, hotel, shop and catering equipment » Foodservice equipment » Catering technology » Professional kitchen equipment …

Exhibitor profile

• Food traders• Hotel, bar & café professionals• Caterers• F&B professionals

Visitor profile

Complete range of exhibits

Exhibitor profile

• Farmers• Breeders• Keepers

Visitor profile

Complete range of exhibits

• Agricultural machines, farming tractors, harvesting equipment

• Analytical equipment• Dryers, cleaner, silos and

storage systems• Feeding equipment• Livestock and poultry breeding• Fish farming equipment• Grains, grain systems• Greenhouse and greenhouse

plastics and equipment• Irrigation systems…

Agro Pack Iraq Erbil consists of the 4 sub-brands iraq agro + poultry, iraq food + bev tec, iraq food ingredients and iraq food + hospitality

• Food and drink ingredients• Raw materials• Proteins• Semi-finished products• Food additives• Flavours, colours and fragrances• Starter cultures and enzymes for dairy • Antioxidants & Antimicrobials…

Exhibitor profile

Visitor profile

Complete range of exhibits

• Food manufacturers• Drink manufacturers• Companies active in food or drink packaging

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Why exhibit in iraq agro + poultry?

iraq agro + poultry for crop production, animal husbandry and poultry

Opportunities in the agricultural industry• Massive investments in crop production, animal husbandry and poultry • Increase of yields - Reduction of immense post-harvest losses - Reduction of import bill • Medium-term development extremely promising

Iraq‘s imports of agricultural machineryInterestingly, Iraq‘s imports of agricultural machinery exceed those of Iran. Between 2012 and 2016, Iraq imported agricultural machinery worth 547 million euros, while Iran imported 464 million euro. (VDMA)

Source: VDMA

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Booming poultry industry Iraqi Kurdistan poultry industry has dramatically increased over the past five years. Haider Farhan, head of Kurdistan Region’s poultry in-dustry High Council: “There are now 2,000 chicken farms in the Kur-distan Region, producing nearly 190 tons of meat annually.”

“Production has increased by 50 percent over the last five years” con-firms Ramazan Mohammed, head of the Kurdistan Regional Govern-ment (KRG)’s agriculture and water resources directorate. “We have documented the opening of 338 new official poultry farms during that time, plus about 300 unregistered ones.”

Iraq is the main buyer of Kurdistan’s chicken. Annually, Kurdistan Region’s businessmen and companies buy at least 100-130 thousand tons of live chickens from Kurdistan’s farms and send them to the rest of Iraq alive. Given an average price of 2,000 dinars for each kilo, the trade is worth US$ 216 million.

Iraq imports chicken from 19 countries, the lion’s share coming from Turkey, Brazil, USA and Ukraine, according to official figures from Iraq’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Why exhibit in iraq food + bev tec?

Opportunities in the food & beverage industry

• Revival of local food production and „Made-in Iraq“-trend; political will to expand local food production

• Massive investments in processing and packaging equipment

• Medium-term development extremely promising• One of the largest markets for food products in the Middle

East - still undersupplied

Iraq is the third largest Arab importing country of food & beverage process and packaging technology in the Middle East

• From 2012 to 2018, Iraq imported 615 million euros in process and packaging technology for food and beverages. (VDMA)

• This makes Iraq the third largest Arab importing country of such technologies in the Middle East.

• A clear signal of the political will to expand local food production and the „Made-in-Iraq“ trend.

• Continuous growth is expected in the coming years.

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Iraq’s imports of food & beverage process and packaging technology

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Why exhibit in iraq food ingredients?

With 39 million inhabitants, Iraq has long been one of the three largest food markets in the Arab world, after Egypt and on an equal footing with Algeria.

Expenditure in the F&B sector is growing steadily and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the Iraqi processing industry.

Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients is rising continuously. So it is only natural that iraq food ingredients forms an important part of Agro Pack Iraq Erbil.

Demand for F&B ingredients rising continuously

With iraq food ingredients, the organizers are responding to the request of exhibitors for their own partial tradeshow under the umbrella of Agro Pack Iraq Erbil.

Just like iran food ingredients which fairtrade established a fewyears ago in Tehran under the umbrella of iran agrofood.

https://www.iran-foodingredients.com/iran-food-ingredients.html

Why exhibit in iraq food + hospitality?

Iraq is a US$ 6,333 billion food import market

Opportunities in food & beverage trade with Iraq• One of the largest markets for food & beverage products

in the Middle East - still undersupplied• Huge demand - Development extremely promising

iraq food + hospitality for food, beverages and foodservice 

Great chances for business for food and beverage suppliers from around the world: Iraq imported US$ 6,333 billion worth of food and agricultural products in 2014.

In the same year, the value of food production in Iraq amounted to US$ 2.917 billion. Source: FAOSTAT

Market update: Facts about Iraq at a glanceIraq is undergoing rapid reconstruction with the help of the international communityAfter a long period of political instability, Iraq is now hoping for rapid reconstruction. …Read more

88 billion US dollars required for Iraq‘s reconstructionIraq‘s government has conducted a needs assessment with the World Bank. This means that USD 88 billion is needed to finance the reconstruction. …Read more

Prospective foreign aid of US$ 30 billionAt the conference, non-governmental organizations pledged US$330 million in aid. Government donors have a total of US$30 billion in prospect. …Read more

General information IraqIraq is a founding member of the UN as well as of the Arab League, …Read more

Iraq in the 20th and 21st centuryThe country today known as Iraq was a region of the Ottoman Empire until the partition of the Ottoman Empire in the 20th century. …Read more

Market place IraqInternational exporting companies can benefit from the current situation and demand in Iraq by entering and developing this growth market early and ahead of others. The most important export goods to Iraq for German companies are currently machinery and equipment, food, …Read more

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Hilla

Diwaniyah

Karbala

Kirkuk

Erbil

Dohuk

Sulaimaniyah

Amara

Nasiriyah

Basrah

Najaf

SamawaEuphrates

Tigris

Kut

Mosul

Samarra

Ramadi

Erbil – The safe Gateway to all of Iraq

Distance to Erbil from the largest cities of Iraq

in km, order largest cities first

Baghdad 320Basrah 694Mosul 73Kirkuk 85Najaf 459Karbala 393Sulaimaniyah 133Nasiriyah 593Amara 541

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Economic data Iraq

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49% Asia

26% Arab states

13% Western Europe

6% Eastern Europe5% North America1% South America

Imports Exports Balance

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Extremely high trade surplus (US$ 48.4bn in 2018, expected US$ 41bn in 2019)

Inhabitants:

• 40 million (2019)• 58% younger than 25• Expected population by 2050: 71 million

Strenghts:

• one of the three most populous countries in the Arab world, after Egypt and on an equal footing with Algeria • ranks fourth globally of countries with the most natural resources • large deposits of crude oil, natural gas, phosphates and sulphur• economy based on the export of its natural resources and on agriculture

Opportunities:

• public investment programs improve infrastructure and offer chances for supply • oil and gas production to be enlarged• funding of large-scale projects state guaranteed• considerable market for capital and consumer goods • financial strength, young population 

Commodities:

• agrarian: wheat, barley, rice, vegetables, dates, cotton, cattle, sheep, poultry• mineral: crude oil, natural gas, phosphates, sulphur 

Currency reserves without gold (billion US$): 

• 2015: 54• 2016: 45• 2017: 41• 2018: 41

Source: GTAI Germany Trade & Invest

Check out the agrofood industry portal

www.agrofood.fairtrade-messe.com

• enter the portal• detailed company and product profiles

• present your ideas to potential business partners• search for product categories• maximum exposure to targeted buyers

• be contacted by other visitors & exhibitors• benefit from B2B matchmaking• your profile is active 24/7 all year round

• contact the exhibitors before and after the show• present your ideas to potential business partners• make an appointment for the event• find good business contacts with the help of detailed profiles

Your benefitsall exhibitors • all products • all visitors • networking & matchmaking

https://www.agrofood.fairtrade-messe.com/en/search?tradeshow=1967&itemtype%5Bcompany%5D=company&itemtype%5B0%5D=product

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fairtrade Messe GmbH & Co. KGMr Paul MärzKurfürsten-Anlage 36 • D-69115 Heidelberg, GermanyTel.: +49 6221 4565 13Fax: +49 6221 4565 25p.maerz@fairtrade-messe.de www.fairtrade-messe.de

About fairtrade:fairtrade was founded by Martin März in 1991. Since long, fairtrade ranks among the leading organizers of professional international trade fairs in emerging markets, especially in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Managed by its shareholder and his son Paul März and committed to the values of a family business and the team spirit, fairtrade maintains a powerful network of partnerships throughout the world.

fairtrade organizes shows in the sectors Agrofood, CIT Solutions, Energy, Environment, Industry and PlastPrintPack and strives for a high level of customer satisfaction.

By means of innovative products and excellent service fairtrade organizes professional platforms for valuable business contacts between exhibitors and visitors.

fairtrade is a member of UFI, the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry. Our management system is ISO 9001: 2015 certified.

About So Fuar:With 19 years experience in the exhibition industry, the Istanbul based So Fuar company annually organizes 12 international exhibitions in Iraq, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Senegal.

Featuring a team of exhibition experts So Fuar aims to support exhibitors in their brand building and business expansion process.

So Fuar Ltd. Sti.Mr. Aykut AzakTekstilkent Koza Plaza, A Blok Kat: 29No: 109 Esenler – Istanbul, TurkeyTel +90 212 272 61 20 ext:500 WhatsApp +90 542 826 61 00aykut@sofuar.comwww.sofuar.com

So Fuar IraqMs. Neriman Tulay (Kurdish, Turkish)Gulan St. Mrf Quattro TowersA Blok Flat 8 Office 12Erbil, IraqTel.: +964 751 526 83 35E-Mail neriman@sofuar.com

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