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1-8th INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LABEL ISTANBUL FAIR AND FMCG 2009, FAST MOVING CONSUMER GOODS SHOW COMING UP on MARCH 05-07, 2009.

2- BUYERS FROM 9 COUNTRIES ARE HOSTED BY TURKISH GOVERMENT
General Secretariat of Istanbul Exporters’ Associations (IEA), which operates under Under secretariat of the Prime Ministry for Foreign Trade, organizes buying missions from different countries to FMCG 2009 & Private Label Istanbul every year. The accommodation of the international guests will be provided by the under secretariat for Foreign Trade in the framework of the buying mission organization. Bilateral meetings with Turkish companies will also be organized while city tours and factory visits will be arranged depending on the time frame.

These countries are the United State of America, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine.

If you are interested to attend this program, you are kindly invited to contact with Sine Trade Fair Inc. to be involved in this mission.( zeyno.turnali@cnr.net )

3- ALL PRIVATE LABEL PRODUCERS of TURKEY ATTEND TO 7th INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LABEL ISTANBUL FAIR. PLAT is an association comprised of selected manufacturers in Turkey whose purpose is to ensure the "Private Label" concept becomes a household name in Turkey, as well as to create export opportunities in parallel with the domestic market for its members
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4- PRODUCERS FROM 20 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES WILL BE IN THIS UFI APPROVED EVENT. Well known brands such as Libresse, Nestle, Fayrouz, Eurofragnance, Ulker, Pfanner will take place in the region’s largest international business platform in fast moving consumer goods. Exhibitors from Germany, France, Syria, India, Hungary, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Kuwait, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Africa and more countries will promote their branded and private label products to worldwide buyers.

5- FMCG 2008 VISITORS WILL MEET PLUS+ CONCEPT
Expo Club is a service that deals with the hosting of VIP visitors of fair exhibitors and top-level officials of national and international retail chains. Amenities such as internet, meeting room and comfortable seating arrangements are available in order for all visitors who call on Expo Club to work in a stress-free environment. read more >>

6- ALIBABA, THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL TRADE PORTAL SUPPORTS FMCG 2008.
Alibaba.com (HKSE:1688), a member of the Alibaba Group of companies, is one of the world’s premier e-commerce brands and the number one online marketplace for global and domestic China trade. We provide an efficient, trusted platform connecting small and medium-sized buyers and suppliers from around the world. Our international marketplace ( www.alibaba.com ) focuses on global importers and exporters. Together our marketplaces form a community of more than 24 million registered users from over 200 countries and regions.
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7- FMCG SHOW REACHES 7100 LEADING DECISION MAKERS THROUGH MIDDLE EAST FOOD MAGAZINE.
The Middle East Food (MEF) magazine, published by Chatila Publishing House (CPH) since 1985, is a specialized business to business magazine that delivers information about the latest developments and technologies in the Food, Beverage, Ingredients and Packaging sectors. It is circulated to the desktop of over 7100 leading decision makers engaged in the above mentioned sectors throughout the Middle East & North Africa, and is published on a monthly basis in a bi-lingual format (English-Arabic).
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8- WORLD RETAIL CONGRESS IS ASSOCIATED WITH FMCG 2009.
Turkish retailer sector will be analyzed in the World Retail Congress. Minister of State, Mr. Kürþad Tüzmen will be head speaker of “The new markets: maximising retail’s greatest growth opportunity”section.
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9- EXPORTS OF THE TURKISH CLEANING MATERIALS INDUSTRY SHOW AN INCREASING TREND.
While it was US $ 80 million in 1992, the value of cleaning materials exports reached $ 412 million in 2005. The share of soaps was US $ 213 million, the share of detergents was US $ 150 million and the share of other cleaning materials was US $ 48 million. This remarkably high increase in export value has undoubtedly been achieved due to the recent modernisation and technological improvements realized in the sector. Turkey was the world’s eighth largest exporter of soaps in 2004.
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10 TURKISH CLEANING PRODUCTS ARE EXPORTED TO ABOUT 154 COUNTRIES.
Major destinations in 2005 are the Russian Federation, Iraq, Israel, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt, Germany and Kazakhstan. The Commonwealth of Independent States is the biggest market for Turkish cleaning products.
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11 THE EU AND NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION(NIS) ARE THE MAJOR EXPORT MARKETS FOR TURKISH FOOD PRODUCTS.
Flour, pasta and pastry products, sugar and confectionery, margarine, processed vegetable sand fruits are major commodities that are exported to world markets.
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