Nine companies from Valencia in the furniture industry: Soher, Genevieve Moblesa, ANTONIO ALMERICH, EXPORMIM, CASANOVA GANDÃA, ALEXANDRA COLLECTION, VICENTE RAMON FOLGADO and POINT, travel to the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, Omsk and Irkutsk, located in Siberia, accompanied by personal ANIEME and IVEX of Moscow.
The National Association of Furniture Manufacturers and Exporters of Spain (ANIEME) and the Valencian Export Institute (IVEX) have organized a trade mission to direct the Russian cities of Krasnoyarsk, Omsk and Irkutsk involving 9 manufacturers of furniture Valencia ANIEME accompanied by staff and IVEX Moscow.
The trade mission that began Monday will run May 25 to June 3 and is scheduled to visit the cities of Krasnoyarsk, Omsk and Irkutsk in Siberia region.
IVEX Moscow office has been responsible for drawing up the agendas of Valencia interviews with importers manufacturers and decorators of the Siberian area.
Russia currently ranks 6th in the ranking of countries of destination of Spanish exports of furniture, a decrease of 27.8% during the months of January to March 2009 over the same period last year, and a value of 11.2 million euros.
A level of Valencia, Russia is the 2nd destination of exports of furniture, down from 14.2% in January-March 2009 compared to the previous year, worth 6.9 million euros.
From ANIEME has been encouraged through various promotional trade relations with the Russian market in Moscow and St. Petersburg and in the other provinces, given the opportunities it presents for the Spanish furniture supply and the interest aroused among Russian sector exporters.
Thus, this new trade mission ANIEME-IVEX to the region of Siberia is the direct continuation of ANIEME previous missions to various Russian cities such as, among others, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Rostov, Stavropol Sochi, Nalchik ... etc.
In this case ANIEME travels with companies already working in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but are keen to expand its clientele in various Russian regions, given the economic potential existing in them.
The main objective of the mission is to promote business contacts between manufacturers and importers Valencia three Russian cities and to help open new markets for furniture produced in the Valencian Community.
ANIEME President, "Juan Carlos Muñoz, said that" there is a very positive image of Spanish furniture in the Russian market and must be seized.
Many companies Valencian furniture already working in this market, but it is important to strengthen its direct presence visiting contacts, and above all, that the scope of try to enter Russian market in new regions that also offer business opportunities ".
For its part, the director general of internationalization, Mar Casanova, said that "the location of offices worldwide IVEX allows us to support our actions as sectors with the mission to several cities in Siberia, specifically for the furniture sector, where firms are pursuing this sector to expand its presence and sales in a market like Russia, where the image of Spanish furniture is very positive and where you can keep growing. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Yecla