FEDEX and balsamic valued positively participate in Fruit Attraction.

The Canarian tomato and cucumber attended the event under the slogan “130 years harvesting the best product in southern Europe”.

Fedex and Aceto maintained, in the three days of the Fruit Logistics 2015, intense commercial and institutional activity to consolidate the tomato and cucumber of the Canary Islands in European markets and explore new scenarios.

The Provincial Federation of associations of exporters of horticultural products of Las Palmas, FEDEX and the Provincial Association of growers - exporters of tomatoes from Tenerife, ACETO, With the collaboration of Proexca, have participated in the VII edition of the largest fruit and vegetable event at a national and international level.

Like this, Last Wednesday the VII edition of Fruit Attraction opened in Madrid, International Fair for the Fruit and Vegetables, in which the associations of tomato exporters from both Canary provinces were present.

The president of the Provincial Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporters of Las Palmas, FEDEX, Jose Juan Bonny, highlighted the importance of the event as well as what it means for each of the companies that make up the Federation.

Serve and attract clients It is our main reason for participating in this event, from which we have already harvested new commercial actions that make us value the result of the Fair very positively., Bonny said.

On the other hand, the president of the Provincial Association of Tomato Growers – Exporters of Tenerife, ACETO, Francisco Echandy, highlighted that this scenario allows meet the competitors of the Canarian tomato and cucumber and explore where the market is heading.

Both presidents are satisfied with the evolution of crops and tomato quality, which began to be exported to the continent two weeks ago.

FEDEX and ACETO had a stand in the pavilion 9 from IFEMA, in which they maintained a intense agenda of commercial action and held more than a hundred meetings, Meetings and contacts, To consolidate and strengthen the tomato and cucumber markets of the Canary Islands.

The stand highlighted the activity of the 130 years of the sector (1885/2015) in a simple and original bet, which had the support of PROEXCA for its exhibition.

Among the visits received at the FEDEX – ACETO stand, those from the Vice-Minister of the Primary Sector of the Government of the Canary Islands stood out., Abel Morales and the general director of FEPEX, José María Pozancos, among others.

Promote, build loyalty and know These have been the three objectives achieved by the Canarian exporters during three days of dizzying activity., and in which there was no shortage of conferences and debates on the effects of the Russian veto that, even, remain a great uncertainty.

At the same time, Bonny and Echandy continue demanding the achievement of the modification of the POSEI that allows the transfer of funds that are not being spent from the action 1.2.2, to action 1.5 aid per hectare.

This fact is vital for sustain the activity, while the new Strategic Plan for the sector is prepared. With this measure, of a temporary nature, We would be able to make production profitable and stop the excess costs of producing in the Canary Islands., Bonny declared.