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EVENTS
CIBUS 2021: Re-booting the Italian food industry
Dedicated to Italian food, CIBUS st
changes accelerated by the pande- mic, both for production and con- sumption. A program of dedicated conferences will be organized in the unique and coherent frame of ‘CI BUS Forum’ pointing out the con- tinuity with the event presented in September 2020.
As the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the pandemic, the re-opening of CIBUS corresponds with a revival in food exports. The data from ISTAT, the Italian National Institute for Statistics indicate a substantial stability in 2020 (+0,1% in the first 10 months of 2020), that should evolve into significant in- crease in the first half of 2021. The data gives a glimpse of a large inflow of international buyers, so much so that a huge budget has been allocated
to promote their incoming (travel and accommodation). The dialogue with the overseas buyers has never stop- ped, even during the harshest months of the pandemic, thanks to the rein- forcement of the B2B platform My Business CIBUS, the CIBUS Lab we- binars, the participation of CIBUS to Food Hotel China last November and to the next Gulf Food in Dubai (21st February 2021).
Fiere di Parma in agreement with Federalimentare – the Italian Food & Drink Industry Federation confirmed the CIBUS 2021 dates after monito- ring the evolution of the pandemic on international scale and the in- volvement of all stakeholders, Italian and international buyers and agrifood companies.
2021 will be held from 31 Au- gust to 3rd September, 2021, says the official sources. The XX edition of CI BUS, the International Food Exhibi- tion, will be the restart of the Italian food industry, the first showcase for the domestic food & beverage sector. On show, new products will haul the recovery of domestic consumption and international exports for all cate- gories: cured meats, cheese, pasta, tomato based products, oil, bakery, beverage, grocery, frozen local spe- cialties and more.
Around 3000 Italian companies will attend CIBUS 2021 together with the main players of the food sector. The show will therefore be a not to be missed occasion to analyze the great
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