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Unlike the many smaller trade shows in Nigeria, Food and Beverage (FAB) West Africa 2024 stood out as a well-attended, well-organized, and diverse trade show featuring snack and processed foods, confectionery products, beverages, food ingredients, dairy products, grains, seafood, and food service equipment.

The Food Expo trade show is one of the leading trade events in the Nordic region and the only show in Denmark focusing on food products and (alcoholic) beverages.

On August 3-5, 2022, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) presented the 2022 EU apple and pear crop forecast at the 47th edition of the Prognosfruit convention. WAPA forecasts the 2022 EU fresh apples crop at 12.2 million metric tons (MT), 1.3 percent above the 2021 harvest and nine percent higher than the average of the preceding three years.

FAS Lagos recruited 24 Nigerian restaurant owners, hotel operators, and importer-distributors to attend the 2019 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show on May 18-21, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois.

Currently there are no USDA endorsed trade shows planned in South Africa in 2020.

In March 2020, FAS/The Hague visited Norway’s leading food and beverage show, SMAK/HOLDBAR, in Lillestrøm, Norway. SMAK is a truly Norwegian trade show predominantly focusing on foodservice-HRI buyers

Currently there are no USDA-endorsed trade shows planned in South Africa in 2020.

FAS/The Hague visited the Nordic Organic Food Fair in Malmö, Sweden on November 14, 2019. This is a regional (Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark) trade show focusing on organics and vegan products.

Germany is the second largest organic market in the world with good prospects for U.S. organic products such as tree nuts, fruits and vegetables, and processed food products.

Austria has a very dynamic food scene. Austrian consumer trends are creating good market opportunities for organic, health, diet, convenience and ”sustainable” food products.

As the largest economy in Europe, Germany is well-positioned to host the world’s largest and most commercially important international food trade shows.

The seventh-annual Whiskey Fest whiskey exposition, October 26-28, 2018, in Sofia, billed itself as Central and Eastern Europe’s premier distilled spirits exposition and trade fair.