On October 23-26, 2023, the international exhibition “SAUDI AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXHIBITION” will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

"SAUDI AGRICULTURE INTERNATIONAL TRADE EXHIBITION" is visited annually by more than 20,000 visitors on average and more than 250 participants from 31 countries attend. Saudi Arabia mostly depends on imported agricultural products, which creates additional opportunities for Georgian entrepreneurs in terms of exporting their own products. The exhibition allows participants to have B2B meetings with local business representatives. 

By the organization of the NNLE - Rural Development Agency, companies producing beverages or/and food will be able to participate in the exhibition.

Applications for exhibition selection contest are accepted from July 17, 09:00 hrs till August 7, 18:00 hrs.

In order to participate in exhibition selection contest, a candidate should meet the following criteria:

• The annual turnover of last calendar year should amount of no less than 50,000 and no more than 20,000,000 GEL;
• Products produced should comply with the content of the international exhibition;
• Should not have violated the terms of the agreement while participating in the international exhibitions held during the previous one calendar year;
• Should have no ongoing court, enforcement or other legal proceedings/dispute with the Agency;
• Should have no tax indebtedness to the state.

In case of complying with compliance criteria, the evaluation will be done assigning points to the relevant indicators: 

In order to participate in the exhibition selection contest, the following documents should be submitted to the e-mail exhibitions@rda.gov.ge ,To identify the application, specify the name of the exhibition in the required "subject" field. 

• Completed application form;
• Copy of ID document of authorized individual;
• Extract from the Registry of Non-Entrepreneurial (Non-Commercial) Legal Entities;
• Reference from LEPL – Revenue Service on absence of debt;
• Document proving the annual turnover for the previous calendar year of the beneficiary, issued by the LEPL Revenue Service;
• Certificate of international food safety management systems / standards (if any);
• Document proving the ongoing process for adopting / implementing the international food safety management systems / standards (if any);
• Document proving the export procedures (if any);
• Other additional documentation if required by the Agency.

For participation in international exhibition your evaluation should not be at least 3 points. In case of equal points, the principle of order will apply when selecting companies.

In case of your compliance with relevant terms of the program, the information on preparation of an agreement will be submitted to you by the Agency. 

In case of successful passing of competition, you should become the members of Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), in this respect the corresponding completed form should be sent to the organization mentioned. Membership fee of the association amounts to 1,500 Euro per annum. Additional information will be submitted by the Agency to the selected candidates.

Wish You success!