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Make the most of a schedule of pre-arranged meetingsMEAT BUSINESS FORUM 2025
As part of the Catalan Food Business Forum, we are holding the MEAT BUSINESS FORUM in which Catalan producers and exporters of meat and meat products will meet in Barcelona with importers and distributors from key international markets, with the aim of creating a stable international business platform that facilitates concentrated series of business meetings.
Guest markets
- AFRICA
- Ivory Coast
- Ghana
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- THE AMERICAS
- Brasil
- Canada
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
- Peru
- Uruguay
- ASIA
- Saudi Arabia
- South Korea
- Philippines
- India
- Japan
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
- Singapore
- Taiwan
- Vietnam
- China
- EUROPE
- United Kingdom
ORGANISATION OF THE B2B MEETINGS
Participating Catalan companies will have a schedule of one-to-one meetings with the importers and distributors interested in their sector and products.
The meetings will be held in designated areas and will last 20 minutes.
The meetings will be held mainly in English. The organisers will not arrange translation/interpreting services.
Each participating company will have:
- A meeting space
- A meetings schedule
- Information on the guest markets
- Importer profile sheets
- Access to the networking areas: coffee break and lunch
The members of the Organising Committee will provide support before and during the Meat Food Business Forum.
participating companies
BUSINESS FORUM, ACCORDING TO COMPANIES
“I'm from China. I really like the forum. It's a very good opportunity for me as a buyer to meet various suppliers at the same time.”
Importer, Business Forum participant
THE MEAT SECTOR IN CATALONIA
The meat industry is Catalonia's leading agrifood sector, with a turnover of more than €10,000M.
It accounts for more than 35% of the agrifood sector's turnover, 36% of employment and more than 16% of the number of companies.
It is a sector increasingly oriented towards vertical integration as a way of ensuring traceability from farm to point of sale while meeting the market's growing demands.
Catalonia is World Region of Gastronomy 2025, becoming the first European region to receive this distinction.
The recognition confirms the consolidation of an innovative, regenerative tourism model in which Catalonia's gastronomic revolution goes far beyond the restaurant and opens the door to discovering the territory and its distinctive local food production.
Catalonia, first in the ranking of regions of the future*
Catalonia, first in the ranking of regions of the future*
The agri-food sector is the leading sector in the Catalan economy and one of the sectors dynamic exporting sectors. The volume and value of its exports grow year after year.
Catalonia's logistics network can serve 400 million consumers in less than 48 hours and its geostrategic position allows efficient intercontinental connections with Asia and the Americas and optimised distribution to Europe and Africa.
* fDi Magazine ranking - Financial Times
Catalonia in figures
The agri-food sector, the engine of the Catalan economy
The agri-food sector generates a turnover of 43.088 M€, equivalent to 19% of Catalonia's GDP and directly employs 177.031 people. These figures make it the country's leading economic sector.
It comprises 57,000 farms, 4,253 food and beverage businesses and 658 establishments in the agri-food supply industry.
The meat sector is the leading processing subsector, followed by fine food, vegetable oils, wine, fruit and vegetables, cereals and milling and fish and seafood.
The Catalan food and beverage industry accounts for 23% of the sector's turnover across Spain
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