Tasdeer officials during a meeting with plastic industry representatives.
DOHA: Qatar Development Bank’s (QDB) export development agency, Tasdeer, yesterday announced to have laid the first stone for Qatari plastic products exporters to tap into North Africa’s most vibrant market, Morocco, said a press statement. Nearly 12 industry players will join Tasdeer at Morocco’s largest plastic products fair, Plast Expo 2013 to foster potential expansion and business opportunities in the country.
Plast Expo will be held at the International Fair Grounds of Casablanca between June 19 and 22, and will see over 2,800 delegates and more than 150 exhibitors from across the globe showcasing their product and services line-up to scores of potential importers and trade visitors.
Plast Expo is a bi-annual event which positioned as the Euro-Mediterranean gateway to Africa. Seven groups were present at Plast Expo 2011 including the Austrian pavilion “Expo Austria”, AVEP from Spain, the Milan Chamber of Commerce through Promos and group pavilions from China, South Korea and Taiwan.
Tasdeer recently championed a market study of Morocco to pinpoint lucrative opportunities for Qatari exporters.
For the very first time, the French Trade Commission Ubifrance organised an official pavilion consisting of major French companies active in plastics machinery and equipment.
Qatar is set to take part at the event at an exclusive pavilion spanning 144 square meters of space with a strong presence from companies such as Al Bayader Pack Qatar, Haya Plastics, Asima Plastics, Doha Plastics, Gulf Plastic Factory, Hepworth PME Qatar, Qatar German Medical Devices, Qatar Polymer Industrial Company, Orient Plastic Containers Factory, Uniplast and Universal Wrapping Manufacturing. For the 2013 edition, Maroc Export will put a hosted-buyers’ program into effect. As a result, high-profile trade visitors from Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Tunisia will attend to discuss business.
Mansour bin Ibrahim Al Mahmoud, CEO of QDB said: “At QDB, we are mandated with developing Qatar’s private sector by continuously spearheading those programmes and activities that aim at establishing a multi-faceted and world-class export industry in the country. Morocco’s Plast Expo is a superb platform to promote Qatari plastic exporters to new and promising markets in North Africa.”
In the running to the event Tasdeer will organise a series of planning and preparation meetings with the participants, the first of which was recently held at the QDB premises with the presence of Hassan Khalifa Al Mansoori, Executive Director of Tasdeer.
Morocco offers large market for the plastic products and there is good growth expected in this sector. The customs duty charged by Morocco for the products manufactured by Qatari companies is zero per cent owing to the Gafta agreement.
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