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Event Name: plastprintpack Ethiopia
Category: Plastic
Event Date: 16 – 18 May, 2024
Frequency: Annual
Location: Millennium Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Organizer: fairtrade GmbH & Co. KG, Ms Dariah Pfaff, Kurfürsten-Anlage 36, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 6221 4565 21
Email: d.pfaff[at]fairtrade-messe.de
Timings: 10:00 AM – 18:00 PM
Tickets: Free
6th edition of plastprintpack & agrofood Ethiopia from 16 to 18 May, 2024 in Addis Ababa
Concurrent Events:
- plastprintpack Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Plastics, Printing & Packaging
- agrofood Ethiopia: Addis Ababa Expo
plastprintpack Ethiopia 2024: About
After the great success of plastprintpack Ethiopia 2024 & agrofood Ethiopia 2024, the 6th edition is now coming up, organized by fairtrade in cooperation with its local partner Prana Events. The event will again take place at the state-of-the-art Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa.
Excellent News: Again at the 2024 edition, the German Pavilion will be presented by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with the Association of the German Trade Fair Industry AUMA. In addition to the information stand of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, German exhibitors will display their products and solutions on their own stands within the official German Pavilion.
Also the Turkish Pavilion will again be supported by the Ministry of Trade featuring a great number of Turkish exhibitors.
Why exhibit at plastprintpack Ethiopia 2024?
Ethiopia is East & Central Africa’s largest and fastest growing importer of plastics & packaging technology
- Ethiopia’s plastics industry is fast growing
The Country Cluster of EUROMAP-European Plastics and Rubber Machinery confirms significant growth for Ethiopia. - Ethiopia is East & Central Africa’s 2nd largest importer of plastics in primary forms
As Ethiopia does not manufacture any plastics raw materials at all, 100% of raw materials are imported (mainly from the Middle East, Europe and Asia). Thus, the Ethiopian market has great potential for exporters of plastics in primary forms.
Imports of plastics raw materials, for instance, grew by 18.6% annually between 2007 and 2017, from 43 kt to 237 kt, +451%! - Ethiopia is East & Central Africa’s largest and fastest growing importer of plastics & packaging technology
With plastics technology imports of 41 million euros in 2019, Ethiopia ranks ahead of Kenya with 37 million euros.
With an average annual growth rate of 19.2% between 2012 and 2019, Ethiopia is also Africa’s fastest growing importer of plastics technology.
With packaging technology imports of 45 million euros in 2019, Ethiopia ranks ahead of Kenya with 36 million euros. With an average annual growth rate of 36.9% between 2012 and 2019, Ethiopia is also Africa’s fastest growing importer of packaging technology.
The immense population growth from 115 million in 2020 to 200 million by 2050 (United Nations) will also require strong sustainable double-digit growth in the future.
Visitors highly satisfied:
The event was attended by 2,458 visitors from 40 countries, including 19 African countries. The vast majority came from Ethiopia, followed by Djibouti, Kenya and Uganda. Great news for the exhibitors: no less than 61% of the visitors were decision-makers, 71% plan to invest within the next 12 months.
Sectors of the Visitors’ interest*
- 14% Plastics raw materials & technology
- 09% Printing materials & technology
- 28% Packaging materials & technology
- 40% Agriculture
- 37% Food & beverage technology
- 05% Food ingredients
- 07% Food & hospitality
plastprintpack & agrofood Ethiopia enjoy the strong support of the following Ethiopian and international institutions
Ethiopian Government:
- Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Ministry of Industry and Trade
- Ethiopian Food, Beverage and Pharmaceutical Industry Development Institute
- Food Medicine and Health Care Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia
- Chemical and Construction Inputs Industry Development Institute
Internationally:
- ACIMGA
- AMAPLAST
- DLG German Agricultural Society
- Embassies of Germany, France, Italy and Turkey
- German Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture
- GIZ German Association for International Cooperation
- ITA Italian Trade Agency
- Kuwait PAI Public Authority for Industry
- NABC Netherlands African Business Council
- Turkish Ministry of Trade
- Turkish Exporters Assembly
- VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association
plastprintpack Ethiopia: Exhibitors Profile
Exhibitor product profile includes Plastics, Composites, Chemistry, Printing & Packaging Solutions and Material, Printing equipment, Packaging Equipment, Packaging Papers and much more.
