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Through a collaboration between exporTT and the First Caribbean Marketing Company Limited (FCMC), T&T is participating in the 5th China International Import Expo (CIIE).
The six-day event, which ends on Thursday, is being held at the National Exhibition and Convention Centre in Shanghai, China.
The event is a platform for international procurement, investment promotion and cultural exchanges, which has an attendance of approximately 145 countries.
The China International Import Expo (CIIE) debuted in 2018 as the world’s first national-level import-themed exposition held in Shanghai, China.
More than 1,500 new products, technologies and services have been launched at the previous four CIIE events.
The fifth iteration of the event features six business exhibition areas — Food and Agricultural Products, Intelligent Industry and Information Technology, Medical Equipment and Healthcare Products, Consumer Goods, Trade in Services, and Automobiles.
New exhibiting zones will be opened this year, featuring the crop seeds industry and the artificial intelligence industry. Additionally, hundreds of new consumer, agricultural, technological and service products will be launched.
World-class products proudly manufactured in Trinidad and Tobago are on display at T&T’s Pavilion.
Various goods from flagship companies like Angostura Limited; Associated Brands Industries Limited; Chief Brand Products, Montano’s Chocolate Company; SugarCane Caribbean Products Limited; Trinidad and Tobago Fine Cocoa Company and Habanero Trinidad are on display.
Many of these products are already sold in overseas markets, including the world-renowned Angostura Bitters, internationally awarded rums and artisanal cocoa and chocolate goods made from the country’s world-famous Trinitario cocoa.
At the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Opening of the Pavilion on Saturday, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon emphasised the benefits of Trinidad and Tobago’s participation.
She noted that the event serves as a platform for T&T to showcase the richness of its culture, the diversity of its people and the distinctiveness of its local products.
Gopee-Scoon highlighted the strong bilateral relationship between both countries, noting that Trinidad and Tobago was the first English-speaking Caribbean country to sign on to the Belt and Road Initiative in 2018.
Since then, both countries have collaborated on a series of diverse projects and programmes across many economic sectors.
China is a major trading partner in Asia for Trinidad and Tobago with imports amounting to approximately US$600 million (TT$ 4.1 billion) from China in 2021.
The top items imported include: iron and steel structures; vaccines; air-conditioning machine parts and portable computers.
In 2021, Trinidad and Tobago also exported US$174 million (TT$1.2 billion) in products to China including methanol, aromatic bitters, and asphalt.
Trinidad and Tobago’s presence at the Expo reinforces its commitment to enhancing bilateral trading relations and deepening commercial ties with China while providing an excellent opportunity to promote trade and investment between both countries.
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