With Exhibitors seeing more than 75,000 Business-to-Business (B2B) export orders and more than 3 lakh visitors, the five-day International Trade Show-2023, which was held at the India Expo Centre & Mart in Greater Noida, concluded on Monday. Officials said there were more than 200 stalls at the trade show in which more than 300 women entrepreneurs also participated. “Women who have established small businesses under the Uttar Pradesh Rural Livelihood Mission of the UP government were also given a chance here. Around 500 foreign buyers from 60 countries participated in the trade show,” said an official. Among the guests present on the last day were Narayan Rane, Union Minister for MSMEs; Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Union MoS for MSMEs; Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, UP Industrial Development and Export Promotion Minister; and Rakesh Sachan, UP’s Minister for MSMEs. Officials said that there were comparatively fewer people on the first day of the trade show. “However, it started increasing from the next day. Around 48,000 people came on the second day, around 70,000 people on the third day, around 88,000 people on the fourth day and the numbers crossed the 90,000 mark on the fifth and final day of the trade show,” said the government. The event also gave a common platform to artisans to display their work under the ‘One District One Product (ODOP)’ initiative.
