An exhibition of Algerian products under the sign of the conquest of the Mauritanian and West African market, will be organized at the former International Conference Center of Nouakchott (CICN-Palais des Congrès) from 23 to 29 October, announces a statement from the organizers distributed to the press Friday night.
The official kickoff of this event will be given in the presence of the Mauritanian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Khadijettou mint MBareck Fall, and his Algerian counterpart, Said Djellab.
Some 170 exhibitors, 3 times more than the previous edition, organized in 2017, will be present in the Mauritanian capital. These operators represent several sectors “with many quality products: agro-food (Benamor Group), hygiene (FEDERCO), cosmetics (Venus), automotive (Global Group through
its subsidiary Diaz Export). It is thus about the largest economic and commercial event organized by Algeria outside its borders.
Note, however, that Nouakchott had already hosted a first exhibition of Algerian products in 2017. The size of the event in 2018 “reflects the strengthening of the economic partnership between Algeria and Mauritania, following the opening in last August, a new cross-border post between the two states, a first since independence.
This border crossing point is located at KP 75 south of the Algerian city of Tindouf.
It opens an official land route to the Mauritanian region of Tiris Zemmour, whose main city is the mining town of Zouerate.
Algerian products that will be exhibited in Nouakchott from October 23 to 29 “comply with international standards”. They were transported to the Mauritanian capital by land. The new road between Algeria and Mauritania will have the effect of “making more fluid trade, boost
the economies of the border regions, and beyond, all of Africa
from the West, “the statement said.
This event clearly shows the new economic option and
Algerian authorities, determined to conquer the market of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), 320 million consumers and a gross domestic product (GDP) of 733 billion of the world’s top 20 economies.
