Ashraf Siddiqui
Doha
The Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (Musiad) will organise the 19th Musiad Expo 2022 from November 2-5 this year.
The biennial regional trade fair will be held at TUYAP Istanbul Fair and Congress Center, where it will bring together qualified procurement committees and entrepreneurs, investors, and industrialist business people.
Talking to a group of visiting journalists from Doha at a meeting in Istanbul, Devut Altunbas, Deputy Chairman, Musiad, said the expo was one of the most important mixed trade fairs in Turkiye and the region.
He said over 100,000 visitors and participants from 124 countries will be participating this year.
“Among the participants include qualified procurement committees, entrepreneurs, investors, industrialists, foreign representatives, ambassadors, consuls and honorary consuls including D8 Ambassadors to Turkey,” he added.
Present on the occasion were Abdullah Deniz, Country Advisor, Presidency of Turkiye-Investment Office, Qatar; Mehmet Akif Altan, Deputy Secretary General of Musiad; Ahmet Emre Kume, Manager of Corporate Affairs and Communication; Mehmet Cakmak, Director, Foreign Relations; Yasin Yetismis, Manager Foreign Relations.
He said Musiad will be honoured to receive entrepreneurs, investors, industrialists and traders from Qatar to the Expo, there will be fervent participation from Europe, Asia, Africa, MENA region. Azerbaijan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan, in addition to qualified procurement committees from numerous countries such as Iran and Algeria, will be present at Musiad EXPO, the centre of global trade.
In a message, Musiad Chairman, Mahmut Asmali said that despite a raging pandemic, a satisfaction rate of 97% was achieved at Musiad Expo 2020, noting the expo would guide global trade in a post-Covid-19 world.
“As many as 102 countries participated in the 2020 Expo. It was organised in an area of 14,000 square metres. It was the only fair to conform to safety measures at the time. We will once again host over 100,000 visitors and exhibitors from 124 countries in an area of 25,000 square metres each year,” Asmali added.
Devut Altunbas said, “We conducted comprehensive and in-depth research at MusiadEXPO and invited company and product-based procurement committees to our country. With attendees from 24 different sectors, we expect that B2B meetings that will bring together visitors and participants will yield positive results. We’re excited about the big rendezvous,” he said.
Mahmut Asmali, Chairman UISIAD in his message, recalled past contributions to the field of commercial diplomacy, pointed out that a D8 Ambassadors meeting will be held within the scope of the fair, MUSIAD EXPO will directly contribute to Turkiye’s 2023 targets.
“In past fairs, billions of dollars of trade contributed to the economy. In this upcoming one, we aim to contribute directly to our country’s 2023 vision at the highest levels of commercial connection,” concluded Asmali.
