Brazil Virtual Forum

23 April 2021

On 29 April, Fruit Attractionis participating in the virtual forum `Brazil Affairs` in which Spanish-Brazilian commercial relations in the fruit and vegetable sector will be analysed. The forum is being promoted by the fair due to the importance of Brazil as a generator of bilateral commercial opportunities in the sector.

Organized by Brazil Export, the conference starts at 09:00, and participants will include José María Pozancos, general director of FEPEX; José Luis Molina, president of the Smart Agro group of AMETIC and HISPATEC president; Mar Chao, director of State Port Operations; Belén García Fernández, director of the Spanish Technological Platform for Packaging (PACKNET); Jorge M. Casas Chiné, AgroStock Vice President, and Raúl Calleja, Director of Fruit Attraction.

Anyone interested can register for free here

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