Aahar 2014 The International Food & Hospitality Fair

9th AAHAR The largest fair on Food & Hospitality Sector in India.

This will cover two separate but concurrent exhibitions.  “Hospitality India” covering Hotel & Restaurant Equipment and Supplies and “Food India” covering Foods, Processed Foods, Food Processing & Beverages.

Indian Food Industry

• Vast raw material resources
• Diversity of raw material and multiple crops every year
• Low production cost backed by skilled workforce
• Big contract manufacturing opportunities
• Changing consumption pattern – more and more people turning to processed food from fresh food
• Food accounts for a large share of consumer spending in India, i.e., over 35%
• Ever growing  food market with a huge population of 1.08 billion and growing at the rate of 1.6% per annum
• Food market is estimated to treble to US$ 900 billion by 2020 from US$300 billion in 2011-12
• Export of agricultural products increased phenomenally over 50% from US$ 6.3 billion in 2009-10 to around US$ 15 billion in 2011-12
• Industry friendly Government policies
• Tax incentives
• Incentives for Infrastructure development like food parks, cold storage, packaging industry
• Setting up of 20 mega food parks across the country
• Opportunities  for contract farming, captive supplies of raw materials, direct access to farmers    
• Investment in supply chain in order to improve costs, tighten supplies and minimize wastage

Visitor’s Profile

• Overseas & Indian buyers, Importers & wholesalers
• Overseas trade delegations
• Businessmen, Policy makers, Media Persons
• Suppliers & Hoteliers etc.