IFE Fresh Produce Russia, a dedicated trade fair for the fresh produce industry in Russia, has teamed up with APK Inform to host the first international conference to run alongside the exhibition in Moscow.
The new ‘Fruit and Vegetable Business of Russia 2006’ forum will address ways to do business in the Russian fresh produce sector, and how to enter supermarket chains, as well as the outlook for fruit and vegetable imports to Russia and trends in the world produce market.
The Russian food retail market is set to become the Europe’s largest food and grocery market by 2020, worth E375 billion by that time, and overtaking Germany and France, according to IGD Research.
Russia is the world’s largest importer of fresh fruits among the emerging markets, and is ranked sixth overall in fruit imports.
The Russian fruit market is growing15-20 per cent annually.
For conference information contact strategy@apk-inform.com
