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agrofood West Africa is finally back in Abidjan!

Côte d'Ivoire represents the second largest investor in food & packaging technology in West Africa

Why exhibit at agrofood 2024 in Abidjan?

Food & packaging technology: With imports of such technology of 93 million euros in 2022, Côte d'Ivoire is the second largest investor in food & packaging technology in West Africa after Nigeria. (VDMA)

Packaging technology: Ivorian imports of packaging technology climbed from 24 million euros in 2020 to 36 million euros in 2022. (VDMA)

Food trade with Côte d'Ivoire: With a trade volume of USD 11.3 billion, Côte d'Ivoire is the largest food market in West Africa, ahead of Nigeria with USD 8.9 billion. According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Côte d'Ivoire imported food worth USD 3.1 billion and exported food worth USD 8.2 billion in 2021. This makes the food trade with Côte d'Ivoire an 11.3 billion USD business.

Food & beverage ingredients: With a population of well over 420 million (2022), which according to the World Bank will rise to 800 million by 2050, West Africa is a huge food market. Expenditure in the F&B sector is growing steadily, and F&B production is by far the largest segment of the West African processing industry. Accordingly, the demand for food and beverage ingredients is rising continuously.

West Africa's food and packaging technology imports grew from €496 million in 2015 to €750 million in 2022, which corresponds to an annual increase of 6.1% between 2015 and 2022. (VDMA)