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The Ministry of Universities and Research Company collaborates with the organization of meetings with foreign delegates from some of the countries that stand out as clients

The Minister of Universities, Business and Research, José Ballesta, and the mayor of Yecla, Mark Ortuño, today introduced the 52 edition of the Yecla Furniture Fair, which this year takes place between 8 and 11 May and will include among its exhibitors to manufacturers in four countries: Portugal, Germany and Brazil and Spain.

It is the longest running national sample, since uninterrupted fulfill its 52nd anniversary in the national calendar of fairs, in a year in which the events in Valencia, Madrid and Zaragoza are not held and in which Seville has delayed its announcement.

In addition, all under the exhibition space of 17,000 square meters entrepreneurs in the furniture industry worldwide and "has the advantage that in less than three miles around the main factories are located and companies, which adds value to the sample at the time of closing trade agreements, "said Jose Ballesta.

The Minister noted that "the furniture sector is always present in the policies of promotion and encouragement of our production," adding that "the proof is holding, in the latest edition of Forum Business Internationalization, which took place last week, the meeting Contract, a distribution channel that opens new business opportunities for companies in Murcia and is related to the furniture decoration projects aimed at public buildings (hotels, restaurants) or private homes in the intervening an interior designer. "

Ballesta said "we have supported, through the Directorate General for Universities and Science Policy, the creation of the new 'Master's Degree in Industrial Design and Organization for the sector and Wood Furniture' being taught at the University of Murcia , especially "by the demand for professional and skilled workers and training needs and expertise in corporate sector."

The Ministry, through the Institute of Development and within the Foreign Trade Promotion Plan that is developed in conjunction with the three chambers of commerce, redoubles his attention this year to the show for the first time enabling a consultancy foreign trade will remain open throughout the year, and workshops to help companies internationalization.

Has also been coordinating the meeting exhibitors with various delegations of foreign importers of some of the countries that stand out as customers: Belgium, UAE, USA, Netherlands, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Mexico, Panama and states Balkans.

These meetings, which were held last year with more than 300 interviews with members of potential industrial and international customers, will take place this year in the center of campus, which will house 40 tables interviews.

Another new activity is the creation of a conference in which visitors can expand their knowledge in very practical matters.

In this area, also located within the enclosure speaker, different experts will give short presentations on debt collection, design furniture stores, sales training and current funding opportunities, among other subjects.

To date, have confirmed about 220 businesses in the sector that had never before been in the fair.

The figure represents nearly 70 percent of all companies registered so far.

A sector with strength abroad

The furniture industry has always stood by its turnover and its quality.

The most important markets for companies in Murcia in 2012 were France, which collects 31 percent of the total value of imports, the United Kingdom and Russia, each with a weight close to 12 percent of the total, Portugal, Kuwait, Italy and Sweden, which account for 11 percent of the total among the four.

Moreover, in the last three years, exports have been growing sector and has been very well-behaved markets in the last year, as exports to Russia grew by over 15 percent, Japan and Mexico increased by 84 percent to Kuwait were multiplied by 5, to Italy were multiplied by 3 and Sweden, which bought very little furniture Murcia, now ranks sixth export volume.

In the region, the furniture industry and wood is represented by 1,150 companies (carpentry, home furniture, metal furniture, rattan garden furniture, school furniture, upholstery and manufacture of other wood), which employ 7,000 workers and posted a turnover of 534 million euros.

Source: CARM