Doha: With participation of as many as 139 local and international companies and sales of 45 tonnes, the second Souq Waqif Honey Exhibition 2019 concluded yesterday.
“As many as 139 local and international companies participated in the exhibition from 23 countries and some of them have already announced their intention to participate in the next exhibition,” said Khaled Sayf Al Suwaidi, General Supervisor of the exhibition.
He also said in the press conference held at the closing of exhibition that the second edition witnessed more success compared to previous one. “The number of participants was only 84 last year while this year it reached to 139. Also there were 60 types of honey available in the exhibition.”
The exhibition was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and with the participation of the Ministry of Municipality and Environment.
“It was supposed to be concluded on March 7 but thanks to big number of visitors we extended it for two more days. Also what was distinctive this year was the availability of laboratory for visitors to check the quality of honey,” he said.
About the local participation, he said it was excellent and some local companies signed contracts with some international companies in this regard to bring new types of honey and they also received new experiences.
Al Suwadi pointed out that Qatar’s self sufficiency in honey production was around 50 percent. “The work is underway to produce more honey.”
In the end of the press conference, three local companies were honoured for the quality of their product. Also three international companies were honoured for the same.
A large number of visitors keened to visit the exhibition yesterday and bought their needs of honey. Mohamed Shazar, a local exhibitor told The Peninsula: “The demand of honey today is better compared to before and the average sales was about QR5,000 to QR6,000 daily during the exhibition. Sidr honey demand was higher than others.” For his part, Mohamed Sulayman, an exhibitor from Oman said that around 20 comapnies were taking part in the exhibition. “All the quantity which we had brought for the exhibition has almost finished while our average per day sale was about QR6000.”
