Southern African International Trade Exhibition

EVENT PROFILE

South African International Trade Exhibition brings together exhibitors of various categories of products and services in order to foster international trade between Africa and the rest of the world. It also seeks to encourage trade between various African nations inviting representatives from multiple sectors to showcase a wide variety of technologies and services at a global platform for business.
South African International Trade Exhibition serves the import and export sector in Africa, providing companies from two major industry verticals, retail and light machinery, the opportunity to meet an international set of clients. This event is co located with Africa?s Big Seven, an exclusive trade fair for firms dealing in the food and beverages segment and together these two events attract more than 400 exhibitors and 12,700 visitors from 40 countries or more.

VISITOR’S PROFILE

South African International Trade Exhibition welcomes agents, exporters and importers, distributors, important decision makers, buyers, members of trade associations, industrial leaders and government officials as visitors. More than 12,700 attendees from 44 countries visited the event in its previous edition, of which 57.39 percent had purchase finalizing authority, 5.85 percent had purchase specifying authority and 18.10 percent had purchase recommending authority. Some 65.8 percent visitors were CEOs, MDs, Directors and owners of various companies and 60 percent of the attendees rated the show as good.

EXHIBITOR’S PROFILE

South African International Trade Exhibition hosts national and international manufacturers, importers and exporters, entrepreneurs, merchandise traders, distributors, trade management service providers as well as government and investment agencies. Products like FMCG goods, white goods, brown goods, home entertainment products, plastics, indoor and outdoor furniture items, cookware, kitchenware, rugs and carpets, soft furnishings, leather goods and footwear, textiles, sports and gym equipments, camping equipments, garden tools, manufacturing and packaging machinery for plastics, stationery, clothing and footwear, food and beverages, light building and construction machinery, hardware, generators, compressors, plumbing products, sanitary ware and welding machines are also displayed. Service categories like tourism, development, logistics and transport and financial and investment services are also focused upon in this trade show. The previous edition had 403 exhibitors from 39 nations displaying their goods and services at an international platform.

EVENT REVIEWS & EXPERIENCE

Southern African International Trade Exhibition-[2011]
Venue: Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, South Africa
Date: Jul 17, 2011 – Jul 19, 2011
Industry Focus: Household Consumables

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Southern African International Trade Exhibition