The XXVIII Gulfood 2023 International Exhibition of Food, Beverage, Hospitality and Culinary Equipment was held at the Dubai World Trade Center from February 20 to 24. More than 5 thousand companies from 125 countries of the world took part in the event. RUSSIA was represented at the exhibition by 75 domestic manufacturers, who placed their products at the national stand with an area of more than 800 square meters. m.
Cherkizovo Group became a traditional participant of Gulfood, which brought halal products from chicken (Dajajti brand) and turkey (Pava-Pava) to Dubai. Among the visitors to the company's stand was the Deputy Minister of Economy of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah Saleh, who highly appreciated Cherkizovo's EXPORT line.
During the exhibition, the Group's managers held more than 100 meetings, including with representatives of AJC Foods, Reel Shipping, Azersun Holding, National Food Company Americana and others. with the search for optimal logistics solutions.
“Gulfood 2023 has been marked by an unprecedented number of exhibitors and visitors from all over the world. This excitement is explained both by the long-term isolation of the business community due to the pandemic, and by the shift in the center of global trade in agricultural products to the East, closer to the main consumer markets. Great interest in our products today is shown not only by customers from the Persian Gulf countries, but also from Africa, Central and South-East Asia,” says Natalia Bartnovskaya, DIRECTOR for Development of Foreign Economic Activity of Trade House Cherkizovo.
This year at Gulfood, Cherkizovo Group negotiated not only the sale of MEAT, but also the supply of products from its own oil extraction plant, launched last summer in the Lipetsk region. The soybean oil and lecithin produced at the plant is of interest, in particular, to confectionery manufacturers.