The Bengal Chamber of Commerce, along with GS Marketing Associates, organized the 16th edition of The India International Mega Trade Fair at Science City Grounds, Kolkata, from 15th to 25th December 2017.

Dr. Amit Mitra, Hon’ble Minister-in-Charge, Departments of Finance, Industry, Commerce &Enterprises and MSME & Textiles, Government of West Bengal was the Chief Guest at the Inauguration.

Others who were present at the Inauguration included Mr Oo Han, Deputy Director General, Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization, Ministry of Commerce, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; Mr Eknarayan Aryal, Consul General of Nepal, Mr Indrajit Sen, President Designate, The Bengal Chamber, amongst others.

Trade fairs, conferences, business events, economic forums and exhibitions can be defined in a unified manner as sophisticated platforms for conducting business on a national and international scale. These trade fairs are a high-impact method to disclose new products, services and trends. Everywhere in the world, trade fair is a great stage for head to head, business-to-business communication for exhibitors and visitors from any branch of the industry. It is more than just a marketing tool as the entire marketplace is at one’s fingertips. As a source of market information they fulfill needs in a centralized way.They provide an excellent opportunity to assess opinions from clients and determine market potential, conduct research and evaluate competition, develop commercial structures by identifying new agents and distributors, and initiating joint ventures and project partnerships.

The Chamber’s main aim through this Fair is to bring Bengal to the economic forefront of our country through the Fairs - by helping to increase the business relations between West Bengal with other States and Countries.This year, this Mega Trade Fair had 16 Foreign Countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Egypt, Myanmar, Thailand, Bhutan, Turkey etc being some of the Countries participating in the Fair.

The Mega Trade Fair also had Nepal & Netherlands as the Focus Countries, Bangladesh being the Partner Country, Jharkhand & Madhya Pradesh being Partner States with Karnataka & Tripura being the Focus States. We also saw participation from 21 Indian States - Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh etc being some of the States that participated in this Fair in a large way.