Locally manufactured goods on display at import expo in China

Through a collaboration between exporTT and the First Caribbean Marketing Company Limited (FCMC), T&T is participating in the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE).To get more news about the 5th china international import expo, you can visit shine news official website.

The six-day event, which ends on Thursday, is being held at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai, China.

The event is a platform for international procurement, investment promotion and cultural exchanges, which has an attendance of approximately 145 countries.

The China International Import Expo (CIIE) debuted in 2018 as the world's first national-level import-themed exposition held in Shanghai, China.

More than 1,500 new products, technologies and services have been launched at the previous four CIIE events.

The fifth iteration of the event features six business exhibition areas — Food and Agricultural Products, Intelligent Industry and Information Technology, Medical Equipment and Healthcare Products, Consumer Goods, Trade in Services, and Automobiles.

New exhibiting zones will be opened this year, featuring the crop seeds industry and the artificial intelligence industry. Additionally, hundreds of new consumer, agricultural, technological and service products will be launched.

World-class products proudly manufactured in Trinidad and Tobago are on display at T&T’s Pavilion.

Various goods from flagship companies like Angostura Limited; Associated Brands Industries Limited; Chief Brand Products, Montano’s Chocolate Company; SugarCane Caribbean Products Limited; Trinidad and Tobago Fine Cocoa Company and Habanero Trinidad are on display.

Many of these products are already sold in overseas markets, including the world-renowned Angostura Bitters, internationally awarded rums and artisanal cocoa and chocolate goods made from the country’s world-famous Trinitario cocoa.

At the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Opening of the Pavilion on Saturday, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon emphasised the benefits of Trinidad and Tobago’s participation.

She noted that the event serves as a platform for T&T to showcase the richness of its culture, the diversity of its people and the distinctiveness of its local products.

Gopee-Scoon highlighted the strong bilateral relationship between both countries, noting that Trinidad and Tobago was the first English-speaking Caribbean country to sign on to the Belt and Road Initiative in 2018.

Since then, both countries have collaborated on a series of diverse projects and programmes across many economic sectors.

China is a major trading partner in Asia for Trinidad and Tobago with imports amounting to approximately US$600 million (TT$ 4.1 billion) from China in 2021.

The top items imported include: iron and steel structures; vaccines; air-conditioning machine parts and portable computers.

China International Import Expo (CIIE)

In May 2017, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced at the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation that China will hold China International Import Expo (CIIE) starting from 2018.To get more news about international import expo china, you can visit shine news official website.

It is a significant move for the Chinese government to hold CIIE to give firm support to trade liberalization and economic globalization and actively open the Chinese market to the world. It facilitates countries and regions all over the world to strengthen economic cooperation and trade, and to promote global trade and world economic growth in order to make the world economy more open.

The Chinese government sincerely welcomes government officials, business communities, exhibitors and professional purchasers across the world to participate in CIIE and to explore the Chinese market. We would like to work with all countries, regions and international organizations to make CIIE a world-class Expo, providing new channels for countries and regions to do business, strengthen cooperation and promote common prosperity of the world economy and trade.

With the world’s largest population, China is the second largest economy, as well as the second largest importer and consumer in the world. Now China has entered a new development stage at which consumption keeps increasing, indicating enormous potential for the growth of consumption and import. In the next five years, China is expecting to import products and services valuing more than 10 trillion U.S. dollars, which provides a historic opportunity for enterprises across the world to enter the huge Chinese market.

Located in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone, Shanghai enjoys favorable location advantage, great economic strength, well-developed service industries and the ability to allocate global resources. The container throughput of Shanghai Port has been ranking the first place for seven consecutive years. The passenger throughput of airport exceeds 100 million, with route network covering 282 cities around the world.

Enterprises from over 100 countries and regions are expected to participate in the first CIIE. Supporting activities such as supply-demand matchmaking meetings, seminars and product releases will be held during the Expo.

The CIIE will facilitate participation in terms of customs clearance, inspection and quarantine, provide long-term one-stop transaction services online and of-fline, and strengthen protection of intellectual property rights to safeguard the rights and interests of merchants.

The CIIE will invite Chinese enterprises from across the country to come to do business. Merchants from other countries will also be invited to the Expo. It’s estimated that 150,000 domestic and foreign professional purchasers will participate in the Expo.