DAR TRADE FAIR WINS MORE GLOBAL RECOGNITION

TANTRADE Director General, Jacquiline Maleko and Vodacom Tanzania Head of Marketing & Communication, Kelvin Twissa (right), exchange documents after signing an agreement in which the telecom firm will sponsor the 38th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair to be held from 28th June to 8th July 2014 in Dar es Salaam. Looking on is TANTRADE Legal Counsel, Godwin Mutahangarwa. 

The Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) has continued to win global recognition, it was said.

The Director General of Tanzania Trade Development Authority (TANTRADE), Mrs Jacqueline Maleko, said since DITF became a member of the Unione Federation Internationale, the Global Association for the Exhibition Industry, DITF has increasingly been accepted internationally and its standards have gone up.

"For three years now inspectors from the UFI have been visiting and inspecting the fair as to whether they qualify internationally and its standards have proven to rise over the years," said Mrs Maleko.

Addressing exhibitors at a one-day seminar on laws and regulations for participants in the 38th DITF, Mrs Maleko said that the exhibitors have to work on variety of things so as to ensure that they are acquiring huge success through their participation.

"The seminar will enlighten you on several topics including medical emergency response, safety and precautions measures, tax compliance, pre-shipment verification of conformity to standards and the role of regulatory authorities," she said.

Mrs Maleko said that 490 international companies and 1,700 local companies will participate in this year's show.

Countries that will participate include South Africa, Australia, Belarua, Brazil, Denmark, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Rwanda and Singapore.

Others are South Korea, Burundi, China, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.