Taipei, June 13 (CNA) More than 30 Canadian companies will participate in the 2007 Taipei International Food Show in the hope of boosting declining food-related Canadian exports to Taiwan, the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (CTOT) said Wednesday.
The Canadian companies will present ginseng, Saskatoon berries, organic blueberries and high-protein nutrition supplements, as well as other products from Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec and other provinces at the food show, which will take place at the Taipei World Trade Center June 21-24 with 589 exhibitors from all over the world displaying their wares in 1,600 booths.
Canadian agri-food, fish and seafood exports to Taiwan were valued at US$200.6 million in 2006, a significant decline of 17 percent from the 2005 value of US$249.2 million, according to the statistics of the "Agri-food: Past, Present and Future Report" released by the Canadian government in February 2007.
The decline was due to decreased shipments of many of Canada's most important agri-food exports such as cowhides, swine, canola oil and fish and crustacean exports, the report states, noting that goods such as cowhides, canola oil and colza oil make up the majority of exports to Taiwan.