Russian companies began to receive refusals to their applications to become a participant in China’s largest exhibition of the food industry and the SIAL CHINA hospitality industry, which will be held on May 18-20, 2022 in Shanghai, reports RBC with reference to the founder of the Internet publication about China “ECD “Artem Zhdanova.
Participation of exporters from Russia at the exhibition in 2022 it is impossible to organize “in view of current political and economic restrictions,” follows from published by Zhdanov copies of the letter from the company “Global Food Engineering”, an authorized representative of SIAL in Russia.
Russian exporters will not be able to take part in SIAL CHINA 2022, confirmed RBC CEO of Global Food Engineering Sergei Kouropkin. He reminded that the exhibition is not Chinese, the organizer of Sial – the French exhibition holding ComExposium (“Global Food Engineering” – its official authorized representative in Russia).
Refusal on the application for participation due to existing sanctions and risk-related risks also received a Russian export center, follows from published letter. The organizers clarify that the application can be transferred to 2023 “subject to the normalization of the political situation.”
Sial is the largest international exhibition of the food industry and the hospitality industry. The organizer and owner of the brand – French company COMEXPOSIUM.