Establish contacts with new, carefully selected suppliers!
Learn more about regional products from eight countries!

Visit us at hall 5a / M 217.

SIAL will open its doors in Paris on 21 October. Around 7,000 exhibitors will be showcasing their products to the European trade again this year. 

Are you looking for suitable suppliers at the trade fair? Or a specific product?
You want to check the product quality and reliability of the producers?

Probably your time is limited, but the offer is large.

At SIAL, we will connect you directly with 26 carefully selected suppliers from Egypt, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Nepal, Peru, Tunisia and Mozambique. At our booth "Worldwide sourcing for Europe", a joint stand organised together with our Dutch partner CBI, our companies present a wide range of regional products.

You will find among other products:

• Teff – gluten-free cereal from Ethiopia
• Pulses and walnuts from Kyrgyzstan
• Date specialities from Tunisia and Egypt
• Processed tropical fruit from Colombia
• Superfoods from Peru

This is only an extract of the product range.
Get an overview of all products offered by our exporters.

IPD exporters at SIAL 2018

All companies have been pre-selected and carefully evaluated by IPD. Criteria such as product quality, export capability and capacity as well as compliance with international standards and certifications have been considered.

We connect you with reliable suppliers. Take advantage of the SIAL fair for individual meetings.
Arrange an appointment now!
Please contact us: 

Tabea Mack (Ethiopia, Indonesia)
Nicky Buizer (Colombia, Nepal, Peru)
Kathrin Seelige (Kyrgystan, Tunisia)
Judith Emmerling (Egypt, GIZ Cooperation Serbia)

Get a personal impression of the quality of Ethiopian fresh fruit and vegetables!
Visit reliable suppliers!

Registration as of now!

Strawberries, grapes, beans, snow peas or fresh herbs − Ethiopia has developed into an up-and-coming market for a broad range of fresh fruit and vegetables. Many Ethiopian producers are GLOBAL.G.A.P. certified and thus meet the standard for reliable and sustainable production.

You think the sourcing from Ethiopia is difficult and costs time and money?
You lack contacts of reliable suppliers?
You are unsure if the quality of the products is right?

We prepare your access to Ethiopia as a sourcing market for fresh fruit and vegetables and connect you directly with the right suppliers.

In cooperation with the Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA), we organize a Buying Mission to Ethiopia.

We organize for you visits of selected producers of high-quality fresh fruit & vegetables in the regions Holeta and Koka.

Your benefits:

• Meet reliable Ethiopian suppliers of frees fruit & vegetables.
• All suppliers have been pre-selected by IPD.
• Get direct access to special varieties and good qualities.
• Obtain information about the supply chain by visiting farms, pack-houses and air-freight facilities.
• Get to know motivated associations and local partner organizations in Ethiopia.
• All logistics in Ethiopia are organized by IPD and its partners.

Take advantage of this mission and minimize the risks of sourcing from Ethiopia.

Register now!

Detailed information as well as the program you find in the flyer below.

Deadline for registration: September 15th, 2018

For more information please contact:

Linda Mense

Bonn, February 16, 2016 – The Import Promotion Desk (IPD), the import promotion service provider in Germany, is expanding its cooperation with Egypt. To that purpose representatives of the IPD and the Egyptian Agricultural Export Council (AEC) signed a memorandum of understanding at the Fruit Logistica trade fair where Egypt participated as a partner country. Until 2018, the IPD will help Egyptian producers become ready for export. „With this agreement we want to promote sustainable and structured import from Egypt and strengthen the local private sector. Because successful import promotion benefits both importers and exporters“, says Dr. Julia Hoffmann , head of the IPD.

At the Fruit Logistica the IPD showcased two exhibitors from Egypt. One of them, the Egyptian Grower’s Organization (EGO), took part in the trade fair for the first time. An association of five agricultural businesses which farm in the country’s different climate zones, the EGO is able to offer single-source products such as fresh mangoes, pomegranates and grapes over an extended period of time. At the Fruit Logistica the group conducted several positive business talks including one that promises a business deal for mangoes.

First-ever Ethiopian country booth

The IPD also presented the world’s first Ethiopian country booth at a trade fair for fruit and vegetables. German companies were especially interested in the beans, chilies, strawberries, grapes and snow peas offered by the four Ethiopian exporters. Initial successful business talks were conducted by the Meki-Batu Union, the largest association of cooperatives in Ethiopia, which participated in the trade fair following an invitation by the IPD. The IPD exhibitor portfolio at the Fruit Logistica was complemented by Tunisia and Colombia.

Import Promotion Desk brings a broad range of specialities to Anuga

Bonn, 12.09.2017 – At Anuga, the world’s largest food industry exhibition, to be held in Cologne from 7 to 11 October 2017, the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will be attending with 18 producers from 7 countries. Exporters from Ethiopia, Egypt, Kyrgyzstan, Tunisia, Columbia, Indonesia and Peru will be supported by the IPD in presenting their products at the exhibition. The companies offer high quality natural ingredients from their regions.