2016 Kazakhstan Expo Starts Inviting Exhibitions
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- Category: Ningbo Business
- Published: Monday, 19 September 2016 09:46
In order to help enterprises in Ningbo to connect with marketplace in Kazakhstan, 2016 China (Kazakhstan) Expo will mainly invite enterprises in Ningbo to exhibit. Enterprises with the intention to participate in can contact with Ningbo Urban Council for the Promotion of Trade.
It is learned from “Silk Road Economic Belt” International Economic and Trade Exhibition Union Conference held recently that this year’s expo will be held in Kazakhstan Atakent Exhibition Centre from 30th, November to 2rd, December, with the exhibition area reaching 10,000 square meters. Kazakhstan, as an emerging economy with the strongest purchasing power in five Midlle Asian countries, is the largest consumer market ,ranking only second to Russia in the Commonwealth of Independent States, as well as an important node on Silk Road Economic Belt.
China (Kazakhstan) Expo, co-held by Ningbo Urban Council for the Promotion of Trade and Meorient International Exhibition, is the largest exhibition for home furnishing and crafts. In November, 2015, Ningbo organized 32 enterprises to exhibit, which set up 96 stalls. And the onsite and intended volume of business reached 4.08 million US dollars, a remarkable achievement.
“The economy in Kazakhstan mainly depends on resource-intensive heavy industry, while the light industry is backward and most goods for everyday consumption rely on import.” According to Lin Shanshan, manager of Meorient International Exhibition Foreign Cooperation Purser Department, dominant manufacturing cities in China, including Ningbo, are highly complementary to industries in Kazakhstan.
As a significant node on “Silk Road Economic Belt”, Kazakhstan has wide market coverage. “The rapid development of sea-rail transport in Ningbo has created great opportunities for our export to Kazakhstan. Therefore, we have been exerting ourselves to promote investment and trade between Ningbo enterprises and Middle Asian countries by cooperation with professional exhibition organizations” said by an official from Ningbo Urban Council for the Promotion of Trade
