Kolkata: India’s tremendous strides in the seafood sector will be exhibited in all its facets as the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), in association with the Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI), will hold the 23rdedition of India International Seafood Show (IISS) in the city from February
15-17 next year.This was announced by MPEDA Chairman Dr K N Raghavan and SEAI National President Mr Jagadeesh Fofandi at a joint press conference here today.Dr Raghavan said the biennial showpiece event in the seafood sector, to be held at the sprawling Biswa Bangala Mela Prangan in Kolkata,will provide an ideal platform for interaction between Indian exporters and overseas importers of the country’s marine products.
“It will also provide an opportunity to manufacturers and suppliers to display their products and clinch business deals for their processing machinery, packaging systems, processing ingredient dealers and cold chain systems. In addition, there will be an opening for service providers like the logistics and certifying/testing segments,” he informed.The event also provides tremendous scope for tapping new avenues and introducing various technologies and products to the global market. Another objective is to highlight the country’s commitment towards sustainability in the entire value chain of seafood products such as primary production, processing and transportation. It will also deliberate on new techniques in processing and traceability and value addition to products for export.
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