Lebanese agro-food in New York

Within the framework of the current preparations for the upcoming Fancy Food Show which will be held in New York on June 25th, the President of IDAL, Nabil Itani, organized a meeting with agro-food business owners a meeting to discuss ways in which Lebanese products could be displayed in this exhibition.  Lebanese products which will be showcased in New York include nuts, coffee, spices, canned food, olive oil and others.  During the same meeting, Itani highlighted the Cabinet decision to support Lebanon’s participation in three international exhibitions in Dubai, New York, and Germany (c.f: http://bit.ly/2rq5nub).  He also noted that the interest of industrialists varies depending on the different venues of the event.  Indeed, 45 agro-ffod companies partook in the Dubai event compared to 14 in new York and 22 in Germany.  He further pointed out that this variation is due to the proximity of the event as well as the clear preferences given to Arab and GCC markets.  Itani added that the US market is promising in view of its size as well as the presence of Lebanese and Arab diaspora.  He noted that Lebanese products are waived from paying taxes on the US market where consumption of such products is high. (An Nahar June 13 2017)

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