Useful Industry Organisations

Trade fairs are an important avenue for promoting products of any kind. Since the essential oils industry is fairly small globally, there are no trade fairs specifically aimed at these products, but are generally focussed on a wider range of cosmetic, food and pharmaceutical products.

name	location	contact details	date
Natural Products Europe	London, UK	http://www.naturalproducts.co.uk/	April
Oil + Fats(International Trade fare for the Producing and Processing of oils and fats made from renewable resources).	Germany	Dr. Martin Lechner Tel. (+49 89) 3 23 53 - 2 15fax (+49 89) 9 49 - 9 72 39 82http://www.oils-and-fats.com/en/Ho-meinfo@oils-and-fats.com	November
Anuga (Worldwide food and beverage).	Cologne, Germany	http://www.koelnmesse.de	Biennial, October
Indobase	India	http://www.indobase.com/events/de-tails/beautyscape-expo-2007.php	October
All Things organic	Chicago, IL	Organic Trade Association Tel: 413-774-7511fax: 413-774-6432	May
CPhI Worldwide (Pharmaceutical ingredient and intermediates).	Paris, France	http://www.cphi.com	October
Biofach	Nuremberg, Germany	http://www.biofach.de	February
HI Europe (Ingredients for health, functional and organic foods).	Frankfurt, Germany	http://www.hievents.com	November

Other useful links include:

http://www.fas.usda.gov/agexport/shows/Tradeshowcalendar0708.pdf

For existing and potential entrepreneurs in SADC who want to establish contact or are in need of information, the following list of trade contacts should be useful:

AFRICA

General - Export Promotion of Organic Products from Africa (http://www.grolink.se/epopa)

Egypt

Bio Nile boi_nile@link.net

A Fakhry mailto:a.fakhry@starnet.com or a.fakhry@lycos.com

Egyptian Herbarium mailto:egherb@access.com

Malawi

Pirimiti Ltd, Blantyre primit@malawi.net

Hortiflora, Blantyre shoga@malawi.net

Tanzania

Zanzgerm zanz-germ@cats-net.com

(Ginger, tumeric, pepper). Kimango kimone@africaonline.co.tz

TAZOP http:www.tazop.ch <http://www.tazop.ch>

Uganda

Esco Uganda Ltd. Vanilla esco@africaonline.co.ug

AMFRI amfri@infocom.co.ug