On September 7-9, 2023, the international exhibition “Riga Food 2023” will take place in Riga, Latvia.

More than 400 companies from up to 25 countries will take part in exhibition, including up to 12 national pavilions. The international exhibition of food, beverages, food processing technologies, packaging, innovation, Horeca and store equipment and services “Riga Food” is one of the largest food industry exhibitions in the Baltic Countries.

By the organization of the Non-Entrepreneurial (Non-Commercial) Legal Entity- Rural Development Agency, only the companies producing beverages or/and food will be able to participate in the exhibition.

Applications for exhibition selection contest are accepted from June 27, 09:00 hrs till July 25, 18:00 hrs (Receiving applications continued until July 25).

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!