EuroAgro show features Valencia produce
EuroAgro show features Valencia produce
VALENCIA, SPAIN -- The fresh fruits and vegetables produced in the province of Valencia were presented to the world by the Instituto Valenciano de la Exportaci?n in a produce and food fair held here April 18-21.
IVEX is a society created by the Conselleria of Company, University & Science and the chambers of commerce of Valencian industry to develop the region's exports. The organization has four trade offices in the United States plus offices in Bogota, Colombia; Havana, Cuba; as well as throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
A fruit fair, EuroAgro, was also part of this Valencian food fair. Wines and other foods were part of the Valencia promotion in two concurrent exhibit halls.
Media and industry buyers from around the world were invited to participate in the show. Included was a Chinese delegation as well as produce and food industry representatives from the United States, Canada and Europe.
Tadeusz Lukaszewicz, director of the Polish office of IVEX, told The Produce News that there are many logistical advantages in marketing a wide variety of products from Valencia together.
Among several Polish companies attending the fair with Mr. Lukaszewicz was the produce distributor Polmex of Magazynowa, Poland. Slawomir Glabowski of Polmex said that his firm imports a great deal of produce from Spain. It also imports product from Italy, Turkey and other European sources. Much of the fruit from further destinations, such as South Africa and Latin America, usually arrives at Polmex via suppliers in Amsterdam.
Among the exhibitors at the show was Jorge Garcia, president of Garcia Ballester S.I., which is a grower-packer-exporter based in Castellon, Spain. Mr. Garcia said that about 8 percent of his exports go to the United States, with an emphasis on clementines. With the recent California freeze, however, he said that he shipped some modest volumes of oranges to the United States earlier this year.
IVEX is a society created by the Conselleria of Company, University & Science and the chambers of commerce of Valencian industry to develop the region's exports. The organization has four trade offices in the United States plus offices in Bogota, Colombia; Havana, Cuba; as well as throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
A fruit fair, EuroAgro, was also part of this Valencian food fair. Wines and other foods were part of the Valencia promotion in two concurrent exhibit halls.
Media and industry buyers from around the world were invited to participate in the show. Included was a Chinese delegation as well as produce and food industry representatives from the United States, Canada and Europe.
Tadeusz Lukaszewicz, director of the Polish office of IVEX, told The Produce News that there are many logistical advantages in marketing a wide variety of products from Valencia together.
Among several Polish companies attending the fair with Mr. Lukaszewicz was the produce distributor Polmex of Magazynowa, Poland. Slawomir Glabowski of Polmex said that his firm imports a great deal of produce from Spain. It also imports product from Italy, Turkey and other European sources. Much of the fruit from further destinations, such as South Africa and Latin America, usually arrives at Polmex via suppliers in Amsterdam.
Among the exhibitors at the show was Jorge Garcia, president of Garcia Ballester S.I., which is a grower-packer-exporter based in Castellon, Spain. Mr. Garcia said that about 8 percent of his exports go to the United States, with an emphasis on clementines. With the recent California freeze, however, he said that he shipped some modest volumes of oranges to the United States earlier this year.
