Time: September 26-October 2, 2011
Venue: JAMHURI PARK, Nairobi
Organizer: Kenya Agricultural Society
Scope of Exhibits:
Hardware tools, electric/pneumatic tools, hand tools, measuring and cutting tools, abrasives, standard parts, fasteners, chains, lifting hoists and jacks, porters, engineering machinery, construction machinery, forging equipment, welding equipment, printing and packaging machinery, textile machinery, lifting hoists and jacks, moving trucks. Hardware tools, electric/pneumatic tools, hand tools, measuring tools, abrasives, standard parts, fasteners, chains, lifting hoists and jacks, trucks, construction machinery, building machinery, forging equipment, welding equipment, printing and packaging machinery, textile machinery, refrigeration equipment, agricultural machinery, agricultural tools, grain processing machinery and equipment, small and medium-sized papermaking equipment, hydroelectricity equipment, thermal power equipment, automobiles and automotive spare parts, motorcycles, bicycles and their spare parts, electrical equipment, motors, electrical machinery, and so on. spare parts, electric equipment, motors, cables, electrical components, household appliances, electronic products and electronic components, various instruments, optical instruments, medical equipment, fitness equipment, health care products, light industrial products, decorative products, ceramic products, decoration materials, household goods, agricultural and sideline products, tourism commodities and other high-tech products, local specialties, etc.
Exhibition introduction:
The Nairobi International Trade Fair (NITE) is the largest international trade fair in Kenya. Nairobi International Trade Fair is the largest exhibition in Kenya and even in East and Central Africa, organized by the Kenya Agricultural Society and held once a year. The exhibition is a large-scale comprehensive trade fairs, the main exhibits include agricultural machinery, food processing machinery, irrigation machinery, construction materials, hardware and tools, textiles, pharmaceuticals, footwear and consumer goods.
The exhibitors of Nairobi International Trade Fair are mainly from Kenya's important domestic government departments, institutions and large-scale enterprises, with fewer international exhibitors, mainly from China, Tanzania, Pakistan and other countries and regions. 2009 Nairobi International Trade Fair covers an exhibition area of 200,000 square meters. The exhibition is open to professional visitors and the public, *** receiving about 400,000 visitors.
Nairobi International Trade Fair is Kenya's annual event. 08 years the fair held a grand opening ceremony. Kenyan President Mwai? Kibaki accompanied by the chairman of the exposition attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech, the ambassadors of all countries in Kenya and save 200 people attended the opening ceremony, about 3,000 Kenyan people attended the opening ceremony.
2008 China Pavilion exhibition area of 270 square meters, 22 companies exhibiting, respectively, from Tianjin, Shandong, Zhejiang and Kenya local, 30 booths, the main exhibitors are woodworking machinery, motorcycles, hardware tools, building materials, furniture, food, pearl jewelry.
Kenya International Trade Fair 2009 was grandly held and achieved complete success. *** There are from South Korea, China, Malaysia, Belgium, Kenya and other 45 countries and regions, 120 units of exhibitors. The exhibition received more than 250,000 visitors, including ten thousand professional trade visitors. China Pavilion exhibition area of 270 square meters, exhibiting companies *** counted 25, China Pavilion on-site intention to turnover amounted to 690,000 U.S. dollars, the main transaction motorcycles, generators, pumps, furniture, umbrellas, batteries and other products.
Exhibition period, I exhibitors *** acquaintance from Kenya and neighboring countries, new and old customers 40, signed a contract of intent amounted to about 200,000 U.S. dollars. The main commodities traded are woodworking machinery, motorcycles, solar cell version and pearl jewelry. A number of enterprises have also found local agencies, laying a solid foundation for further market development.
Country Profile:
Kenya is located in the northeastern part of the East African Plateau. Most of the plateau, the northern half of the semi-desert, coastal plains. Mount Kenya on the central and western Kenya plateau is 5,199 meters above sea level, with year-round snow at its summit, which is the highest point in the country. In addition to the mountains, the majority of the region is a savannah climate, the coast is hot and humid, the plateau climate is mild, the average annual precipitation from the southwest to the northeast from 1,500 millimeters decreasing to 200 millimeters. The principal minerals are barite near Tamota in the southeast, niobium in the Mrima Hills and gold in Kakamega and Makarje in the southwest. Gilgil is one of the world's largest diatomite mines and Lake Magadi is rich in natural alkalis and salts. Kenya is one of the better developed economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The economy is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, and the population of agriculture and animal husbandry accounts for 85% of the country's population
Market Profile:
Kenya is an important member of the Eastern and Southern Africa ****same market (Comesa) and the Eastern Africa ****same body (EAC), and it is one of the countries with a better economic foundation in sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture, services and industry are the three pillars of the national economy, and tea, coffee and flowers are the three major foreign exchange earners in agriculture. The tourism industry is more developed and is one of the major foreign exchange earning industries. In recent years, Kenya's economic growth rate has gradually accelerated from 2.8% in 2003 to 7% in 2007. But by the beginning of the year the impact of the riots, Kenya's economic growth rate is expected to be only 4% this year. Kenya's total annual tax revenue for the year ended June 30, '08, still exceeded its target, up 20 percent from the previous year.
Kenya has adopted an economic and trade policy of opening up to the outside world and free competition, and foreign trade plays an important role in the economy, with total exports accounting for about 25 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). Due to the weak industrial base, crude oil, machinery and equipment, important industrial raw materials are dependent on imports, a serious deficit in foreign trade, mainly relying on foreign aid to make up for the total amount of Kenya's exports and imports in 2005, 674.938 billion shillings, an increase of 16.5%, of which 244.198 billion shillings of exports, an increase of 13.7%, imports of 430.74 billion shillings, an increase of 18.2%.
Kenya's main export target countries are Britain, Germany, Uganda, the Netherlands, the United States, Italy, Belgium and Sweden, etc., and the main export commodities are tea, coffee, horticultural products, refined oil products, cement, sisal, pyrethrum, soda ash, leather, meat and petroleum products, etc.; the main source of imports from the United Kingdom, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, France, the United States and the Netherlands, etc., and the main imports of crude oil, machinery and equipment. imports are crude oil, machinery, iron and steel, vehicles, pharmaceuticals and fertilizers. Kenya surpassed Sri Lanka and India in 1996 to become the world's largest exporter of tea.
Kenya is an important partner of China in East Africa. Since China and Kenya established diplomatic relations in 1963, relations between the two countries have developed smoothly. The Kenyan government adheres to the one-China policy, and the two countries have maintained close consultation and cooperation in international affairs. after President Moi came to power in 1978, relations between the two countries have developed smoothly, with frequent exchange of high-level visits. China and Kenya signed a new trade agreement in 1987, since then the two countries in the field of economic and trade cooperation continues to expand, bilateral trade volume has increased significantly. 2006, bilateral trade volume of 645.77 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 36.1% year-on-year, hitting a new record high. In 2006, bilateral trade amounted to 645.77 million dollars, an increase of 36.1%, a new record high. 621.36 million dollars of China's exports to Kenya, an increase of 36% year-on-year; 24.41 million dollars of imports from Kenya, up 38.3%. The main products exported from China to Kenya are electromechanical products, textiles, garments, shoes and hats, batteries, medical products, agricultural tools, office supplies, daily necessities and so on. China's imports from Kenya are mainly fresh and dried fruits, copper scrap, aluminum, cotton, leather, coffee, tea and tea products.