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TAFED - Turkish Culinary and seminars addressing Product Exhibitions and say, ANFAS fairs are not
Federation, received a the development of the stating that a trade bridge just our fairs, but the entire
great deal of interest in the sector were carried out was established between the Turkey. As ANFAS fairs
Food Show. Competitions, in the Exhibition. POYD - purchasing committees from succeed, Antalya will continue
shows, workshops and Professional Hotel Managers abroad and the participants, to succeed, and as Antalya
demonstrations were carried Association organized panels Ali Bıdı, Chairman of ANFAŞ, succeeds, our country will
out using entirely domestic for Changes to the Food continued, ''We expect a continue to succeed. We will
products from industrial Safety Management Systems trade volume of at least continue the momentum we
kitchen equipment to food Standard, Occupational US $ 45 million between have achieved this year also
products. More than 3500 Health and Safety the purchasing committees in 2020 with the support of all
chefs participated in the Management System and from 36 countries and the our stakeholders. I already
Exhibition which is the 'Wasting out Productivity In participants. We, as ANFAS, invite exhibitors to take their
highest-attended culinary with Lean Products' panels will continue to develop the part in the exhibition for the
gathering of Turkey. throughout the Exhibition. fair sector in Turkey, to meet organization that will open
the needs of the sector and its doors simultaneously in
Tourism Professionals Set “Simultaneous” Record revive the economy of our city January next year."
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Ice cream industry set for Task Force on Agriculture & the same basket as the other
dairy products like cheese and
Food, stated that despite the
an upward swing large population base, the butter. "The ice cream industry
is taxed higher. We have to
Indian per capita consumption
of ice cream is considered to be pay GST at 18 percent while
ndian ice cream industry is explains. one of the lowest. other dairy products are taxed
Ione of the fastest growing According to Thiagarajan, "With the improving at 12 percent," he added.
segments of the dairy or food the mind-set is fast changing. cold chain infrastructure in Employing 15 lakh people
processing sector. India has a "A lot of multinational the country coupled with directly and indirectly, the ice
low per capita consumption companies have taken steps increasing disposable income cream industry is considered
of ice cream at 400 ml as and have set up dedicated and the changing lifestyle, the one of the largest employers of
compared to per capita outlets in India. We have ice sector has great potential for the dairy and food processing
consumption of ice cream of cream parlours and better growth," he said. industry. Global ice-cream
22,000 ml in the United States delivery systems today. Gandhi also added and frozen desserts market is
and 3,000 ml in China. A lot more varieties and that there is also a need for expected to grow at a CAGR
There are several reasons flavours have come to attract increasing awareness of this of more than 4 percent from
for the low consumption of the younger lot. Things are sector. "The total advertising 2016 to 2020.
ice creams in the country. definitely improving," he spends across various On the basis of product,
"India is a country filled with added. platforms is to the tune of the global ice cream market
traditional sweets. In each The ice cream industry Rs. 60000 crore, out of which can be segmented into impulse
region, we have more than in India generated revenue the share of the FMCG sector ice cream, take-home ice
100 varieties of traditional of more than $1.5 billion in is almost 30 percent. However, cream and artisanal ice cream.
sweets. This is not the case in 2016-2017 and is projected ice cream industry spends Impulse ice creams are single
developed countries where to generate revenue of less than Rs. 200 crore in serve ice creams purchased
you either have pastries approximately $3.4 billion by advertising for its products," for immediate consumption,
or ice creams for dessert, the end of 2021. he pointed out. whereas premium handmade
"B Thiagarajan, Chairman, Devanshu Gandhi, He also pointed out that ice ice cream can be used to
Maharashtra State Council Chairman of the CII Regional creams are not considered in describe artisanal ice cream.

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