Sri Lankan tea companies participate in PRODEXPO Exhibition 2020 to promote Ceylon tea in Russia

The 27th International Exhibition for Food, Beverages and Food Raw Materials – PRODEXPO 2020 – was held from 10 to 14 February at the Expocentre Fairground in Moscow. This year, PRODEXPO brought together 2,600 exhibitors from 70 countries and 67,000 visitors from 112 countries.

The Ceylon tea stall was officially opened by Charge d’Affairs of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia Mohamed Anas in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, with Second Secretary (Commercial) Chathurika Perera and delegates of Sri Lankan tea companies in attendance. This was followed by refreshments and informal discussions of the plans and the new ways to explore the food market and promote Ceylon tea 

in Russia.  

The PRODEXPO exhibition, held annually in Moscow, is a major international show of food and drinks in Russia and Eastern Europe. It is considered the most popular platform for foreign enterprises to establish direct connections with retailers, distributors and other representatives of various industries from essential food and beverages to organic, sports and healthy food, halal, kosher and exotic products. 

As in previous years, the Tea Promotion Unit of the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Russia, with the support of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, organised a Ceylon Tea stand, representing Sri Lankan tea companies such as UHE Exports Ltd., Unitrades Ltd., Ceylon Fresh Teas Ltd., Ceylon Tea Land Ltd. and Jafferjee Brothers. Other tea companies including Hyleys Tea, Leoste Tea, Maltras International, Unitea, Femrich Lanka Ltd., Sebas Tea, Basilur Tea, Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company PLC, Imperial Teas Ltd., Shan Teas Ltd., Stassen Exports Ltd. and Elite Brand Ltd. also participated.

The first day of the Exhibition was concluded by dinner hosted by the Charge d’Affairs and embassy officials for PRODEXPO participants from Sri Lanka.