Group of Moldovan business people on economic mission in France

Chisinau, 3 May /MOLDPRES/ - A group of Moldovan business people are on an economic mission to Paris on 2-6 May. The mission is organised by the Moldovan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).  

A CCI representative, Carolina Chiper, has said that the Moldovan delegation would visit an international exhibition, Foire de Paris, staged in the French capital in 29 April – 8 May.      

„Foire de Paris" is one of the biggest exhibitions organised in France and has a world reputation. With a history starting in 1904, it has become the most visited universal fair of Europe. Within the event, Moldovan entrepreneurs will have possibility to exchange experience with participants in the fair and to set new business contacts, Chiper said.    

The exhibition’s topic-related sections are: alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, bread products, canned fruits and vegetables, dietetic goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, ecologically safe products, equipment for the production, processing and preservation of food products, equipment for networks of hotels and restaurants, furniture, etc.    

Data by the National Statistics Bureau shows that, in January-February 2016, the export of goods from France to Moldova amounted to 6.9 million dollars, or 82.4 per cent against the first two months of 2015. On the same period, the import was estimated at 9.1 million dollars or 100.7 per cent against January-February 2015.  

(Reporter A. Mardare, editor M. Jantovan)