"ARMPROD EXPO 2009" NINTH INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OPENS IN YEREVAN
ARMENPRESS
Nov 10, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 10, ARMENPRESS: "ArmProd Expo 2009" ninth
international exhibition opened today in Yerevan, organized
by "Agribusiness Development Center", Armenian Ministries of
Agriculture and Foreign Affairs, Yerevan municipality and Armenian
Trade-Industrial Palace. Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, Territorial
Administration Minister Armen Gevorgyan and Armenian Deputy Minster
of Agriculture Samvel Avetisyan were present at the opening. Spirits,
juices, fruit-vegetable conserves, sweets, meat and dairy produce,
dried fruits, coffee, cigarettes, polygraph production and packaging
materials have been presented at the exposition.
Director of "Agribusiness Development Center" Armen Davtyan said
at the interview with journalists that all the developments of food
production are revealed every year at this exposition. This year more
international companies have presented their products over the last
year. Overall 64 companies participate in the exposition, 15 of which
are international companies. Producers of Belarus, Austria, Germany,
Russia and England have presented their products.
"The main goal of the expo is to present the best products of food
industry. Years ago food with susceptible quality was imported to
Armenia, but today the situation is wholly different. Today about 90
percent of Armenian families prefer food of local production, which
does not concede to the product of other countries", A. Davtyan said.
He considered it delightful that there is quite a serious competition
in food industry; it obviously brings about quality increase. A.
Davtyan noted that the exposition promotes establishment of ties
between Armenian and foreign companies.
According to Samvel Avetisyan, the exposition is a fine opportunity of
presenting the best product. We are happy that it is already several
times that international organizations participate. They have greatly
contributed to the development of agro-processing system", he said.
Workshops, round tables will be conducted within the frameworks of
the exhibition. The closing will be held November 13.