“We export seafood, mainly abalone, lobster and top shell, into Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. This is our third participation here – Hong Kong is a good place to do business, especially for the Chinese mainland market. At last year’s Food Expo we took orders worth US$5 million – we made about 10 good contacts, including one particularly good mainland contact. This year we have seen buyers from Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia and the mainland. We have taken orders, but as our season has not yet started in Mexico we can’t calculate yet how much they will be worth. I like the organisation of the fair – I get replies to queries quickly, and everyone is very friendly and professional.”
Celina Dominguez Garcia, Marketing Director, SCPP Pescadores Nacionales de Abulon, S.C. de R.L., Mexico

“We focus on making health products using sea cucumbers and Korean red ginseng – we are the only brand to use these two ingredients together. We’ve been joining this show for five years now, as here we can promote our products to international buyers. We are just about to sign an agreement with a Chinese mainland agent to distribute our products in the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau, so we’re very interested in meeting buyers from these markets. We’ve had interest from these areas as well as from India, Japan and even other Korean companies. This is a good event, and the facilities are excellent.”
Kang Yang Gyu, CEO, Heawon, Korea

“I am an importer/exporter concerned mainly with organic beverages. I have visited the fair before, and found it useful. This time, I have seen a few new products that I like, including juices and teas – in fact, I am about to place an order for US$15,000 with one company.”
Djamel Megueni, Managing Director, Eu-ming Trading Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

“My company specialises in importing seafood products into the Taiwan market. Among our products are canned locos, canned abalone, dry abalone, scallops and sea cucumber, from markets including Japan, Australia, Chile and Mexico. We have been visiting this show for many years – here there are many companies all under one roof. We meet with our existing suppliers and we can look for new ones. Some of the meetings we arrange in advance – for example, I have just been spending time with Mexican abalone suppliers. I will place orders while I am here. This is a very good fair – everything is very convenient and efficient.”
John Lin, Director, De Ann Trade Co., Ltd., Taiwan