Africa-Press – Angola. The Angolan Government should ban the import of products such as honey to protect producers who are dedicated to this activity, businessman Bruno Albernaz declared yesterday.
From the perspective of the main manager of the company “Eventos Arena”, promoter of fairs/exhibitions, who was speaking today, in the webinar about Expo Feito em Angola (EFA) – scheduled from the 15th to the 18th of November, next, there are products such as honey that they should no longer be imported to protect national production.
“We have to start taking stronger measures so that our industry and companies start to assert themselves. Tougher measures are needed,” concluded Bruno Albernaz, when speaking at the forum, which was attended by 123 businesspeople.
Participants in the video conference, mostly adherents to Made in Angola, took advantage of the moment to obtain more information about EFA, Service Made in Angola (SFA) as well as to share experiences about Angola’s participation in the fair held this year at Democratic Republic of Congo.
Regarding EFA, businessman Nilesh Mehta, founder of the company “Rei dos Doces”, questioned the prices for participating in the fair, which in his opinion are high, as well as the distance from the place, as in his opinion it could be closer, due to transport costs.
Businesswoman Marlene José, creator of the start-up “Food Care”, who exported, for the first time, on September 21st this year, 23 tons of food products to the United States of America (USA), within the scope of the American Food Growth and Opportunities for Africa (AGOA), drew attention to the need to reserve, at national fairs, an area for small initiatives to showcase their products and services.
“They are small, but they need opportunity”, highlighted the businesswoman.
He said, on the other hand, that participation in the DRC fair was very beneficial, but pointed out the language factor as an obstacle.
The DRC is an attractive market. The country has an estimated population of 137 million inhabitants, but customs duties are very high and make it difficult to enter that market.
Expo Made in Angola
The exhibition, which is in its second edition, is reserved for goods produced in the country, adhering to the Made in Angola Seal, in particular, but is extended to non-adherent goods that produce internally.
The event will take place in the Luanda-Bengo Special Economic Zone (ZEE), located in the municipality of Viana, in Luanda, in a space of 125 thousand square meters, 28 of which are covered area.
From EFA, 500 exhibitors from the country’s 18 provinces are expected to participate, of which 250 are members of the Made in Angola Service. In the first edition, held in December 2022, 350 companies from 16 provinces participated, of which 48 adhered to Made in Angola.
General review of the Service Made in Angola (SFA)
Currently, 337 applications for the SFA are registered, among them 156 have already adhered to the Made in Angola Seal, 621 products already have the seal, of which five are green seal – for organic, recycled products or any product that appeals to environmental protection.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP), the rate of companies adhering to the Service Made in Angola is increasing, since the fourth quarter of 2022, when 105 companies were registered, and is now in the third quarter 2023, in 156 companies.
In relation to the index of products that joined, the data indicates 356, in the last quarter of 2022, and 621 in the third quarter of 2023. They also point to Luanda (346), Benguela (46) and Huambo (46) as the ones that most products have the Made in Angola Seal.
The next Expo Made in Angola will be held in the province of Benguela.
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