Exporting to Canada Seminar

The Fiji Islands Trade and Investment Bureau (FTIB) together with the visiting Fiji Consul Designate in Canada, Ashwant Dwivedi, will be conducting two seminars on the export opportunities for Fiji products and commodities to meet the growing demand of the Canadian market.

These seminars will cover the following issues relating to the Canadian market :

• general packaging and labelling requirements for fresh fruit and vegetables;
• fresh fruits and vegetables residue program and how Fiji exporters can participate in this program;
• Canadian export requirements for fresh fruit and vegetables;
• sharing of market information with respect to importers of fresh fruit and vegetables and other products;
• Canadian export requirement guideline and how to use this guideline;
• labelling requirement of fresh goods and processed goods;
• requirements for exporting fish and fish products to Canada.

Exporters, potential exporters and interested stakeholders are invited to attend these presentations which are scheduled as follows :

• Friday, 2 February 2007, 8.30am to 10am, FTIB Boardroom, Level 6, Civic Tower, Suva;
• Thursday, 8 February 2007, 2.30pm to 4pm, Waterfront Hotel, Lautoka.

Registration is required and is free of charge. Space is limited therefore attendance will be on a first come-first serve basis.

For registration, pls contact Ms Sonal Singh at FTIB on telephone +679 3315988 or e-mail sonal@ftib.org.fj.