The Consulate General of Sri Lanka in Dubai & Northern Emirates facilitated Sri Lanka’s participation at the Gulfood 2020 in collaboration with Sri Lanka Export Development Board and Sri Lanka Tea Board.
47 Sri Lankan exporters covering food and beverages sectors participated in ‘Gulfood’, the world’s largest annual food and beverage trade exhibition, which was held from 13 -17 February 2022 in Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE. Sri Lanka Tea Board and Sri Lanka Export Development Board organized two Sri Lanka pavilions in the exhibition with the participation of 12 Tea exporting companies and 19 food items exporting companies respectively. Apart from the exhibitors in the Sri Lanka pavilions, 16 major Sri Lankan food and beverages exporting companies also participated by organizing their individual pavilions at the exhibition with an aim to promote their products in the global market.
The Sri Lankan companies that participated in Gulfood 2020 covered a range of products including food preparations, beverages, spices and wellness products among others. The organization of Sri Lanka participation at Gulfood pave the way to Sri Lankan companies to establish new business contacts and consolidate existing business contacts while a number of companies managed to secure solid export orders for their products from the buyers in the region and also other participating countries.