F igures and statistics can prove every thing and nothing Nevertheless it s worth taking a look at the quantitative development of Russia s business sec tors and related trade fairs The expectations of exhibiting companies from outside Russia both those who want to participate inde pendently and those who want to join a na tional group presence is a good indicator A look at Germany s Foreign Trade Fair Partici pation Programme shows a sharp decline from 2014 to 2016 The number of German participations dipped from 45 through 35 in 2015 to 29 in 2016 according to AUMA s database Many planned official German par ticipations were called off However this was not only due to a lack of interest among ex hibitors Group stands were also cancelled for political reasons In 2017 and 2018 there could be a slight recovery with 35 and 37 planned participations respectively if most of them take place www auma de But what about the individual business sectors Staged in the second half of August MIMS Automechanika Moscow a joint ven ture between Messe Frankfurt and the ITE Group posted significant growth for the first time in the past three years The entire exhibition space has increased by 20 per cent over the previous event Currently the vehi cle maintenance show definitely has an at tractive setting Over eight million vehicles are now registered in the Greater Moscow re gion alone reports Russia s State Traffic Safe ty Inspectorate And the trend is favourable due to the rising number of new registrations leading to a growing volume of the so called after market Sooner or later every vehicle needs spare parts and servicing www messe frankfurt com And some fairs are exhibiting a positive trend in visitor numbers In June a mining themed trade fair trio in Novokuznetsk end ed with a significant visitor gain Ugol Rossii Mining Nedra Rossii and Safety Health attracted over 32 500 trade visitors says Messe Düsseldorf which co organised these events with its local partner Kuzbass This is an increase of 20 per cent Despite partly dwindling commodities prices the market for selling machines and plants in the mining sector remains attractive Theme days and an action packed tie in programme with work shops seminars and international confer ences drew even more visitors This benefit ed the 600 exhibitors who were featured on a gross exhibition space of over 40 000 square metres Many international companies took part including 35 German firms The UK Poland and the Czech Republic participated with official national group stands China al so had a national presence showing that some nations can definitely fill the gap left behind by the west www messe duessel dorf de This scenario isn t all that far fetched Firstly the capital goods sector has its own rules After all a machine or plant needs to have specific technical features and cannot easily be replaced But a look at the other in dustries shows that competitors are just wait ing to get a foot in the door Since all food imports from the USA the EU Canada Aus tralia and Norway have been banned new providers are now stepping into the breach At WorldFood Moscow staged in the Russian capital there was recently a significant trend to be seen The number of group stands from countries not affected by sanctions has risen Currently the organiser ITE has identified nine countries that are strengthening their presence on the Russian food market Egypt Argentina Brazil Chile Iran Israel Moroc co South Africa and Vietnam so compa nies from these states are naturally being tar geted by fair organisers www ite exhibi tions com Only after the sanctions have been lifted will it become clear if this has led to a lasting shift in the food industry PB 36 TradeFairs Internation al 3 2017 RUSSIA Out of the woods Although relations with the west remain cool and sanctions continue Some data would suggest that the Russian economy is inching forward again INTERNATIONAL Auf der MIMS Automechanika in Moskau wurden in der zweiten Augusthälfte intensive Gespräche geführt Intensive discussions at MIMS Automechanika in Moscow last August Ph ot o M es se F ra nk fu rt

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