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          Seafood Barcelona
        
        
          The Global Seafood Market
        
        
          22-24/October
        
        
          Gran Via. 2nd event
        
        
          The international show devoted to seafood
        
        
          products replicated for the second time one of
        
        
          the most important trade fairs in the world, the
        
        
          European Seafood Exhibition, based in Brussels.
        
        
          It reached excellent figures of international
        
        
          participation, not only in terms of exhibitors
        
        
          –featuring brands from 27 countries–, but also for
        
        
          the attendance of the main operators and buyers
        
        
          of the sector coming from Maghreb, Egypt, China,
        
        
          Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Singapore and
        
        
          Venezuela, besides United States and Europe.
        
        
          This support from professionals responds
        
        
          to the quality and quantity of the exhibited
        
        
          products, the presence of the main manufacturers
        
        
          and distributors of the sector, as well as the
        
        
          international network managing Diversified
        
        
          Business Communications and Alimentaria
        
        
          Exhibitions, company owned by Fira de Barcelona.
        
        
          Buyers of seafood products belonging to the
        
        
          great distribution, supermarkets, hypermarkets,
        
        
          retailers, importers, distributors, wholesalers
        
        
          and the hotel, restaurant and catering channel,
        
        
          gathered together again to do business and
        
        
          discover the latest trends in the market. Worthy
        
        
          of mention were fresh sea, processed, frozen and
        
        
          high added value products; processing services
        
        
          and technology, transportation and storage,
        
        
          packaging, canning and bottling; and service
        
        
          companies.
        
        
          Once again, Seafood Barcelona received
        
        
          the support of the main institutions and
        
        
          organizations of the sector, including the Ministry
        
        
          of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain,
        
        
          the Spanish market company Mercasa, the
        
        
          trade organization Anfaco-Cecopesca and the
        
        
          corresponding regional offices.
        
        
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          AREA
        
        
          14,000 m
        
        
          2
        
        
          EXHIBITORS
        
        
          146
        
        
          TYPE
        
        
          Profesional
        
        
          ORGANISED BY
        
        
          Diversified Business
        
        
          Communications
        
        
          and Alimentaria
        
        
          Exhibitions
        
        
          27
        
        
          countries represented