Caribbean Export Implementation Report 2017-2020

Forty-three (43) of the participating firms attended the Agency’s pre-event preparatory training on data and insights for the UK and EU markets, and strategies for buyer meetings. During the virtual tradeshow, exhibitors engaged in two hundred (200) B2B meetings. The ACVT attracted seventy (70) qualified buyers, four hundred and fifty (450) registrants and two hundred and forty-three (243) attendees. Seven themed webinars based on the sectors of interest were hosted with industry experts during the tradeshow. These webinars are listed in table 16 below along with the respective number of viewers.

TABLE 16: 2020 ACVT WEBINARS

WEBINAR

DETAILS

NUMBER OF VIEWERS

All Things Natural

Natural Products theme produced by the Agency

45

Bean to Bar

Chocolate theme produced by ITC

36

Bean to Cup

Coffee theme produced by ITC

35

Caribbean Flava

Curated Unboxing Event for all Sectors produced by the Agency

70

Food Trends after COVID-19

Produced by ITC

60

Its Saucy Community

Sauces and Condiments theme produced by the Agency

33

Take a Sip Community

Alcoholic Beverages theme produced by the Agency

28

Total

307

As an inaugural initiative, the ACVT was received positively across all participants (exhibiting firms, buyers, and general attendees). 26 53%

Eleven (11) of the qualified buyers provided feedback on the tradeshow.

100% 82%

of these buyers also determined that, based on their engagements

of buyer respondents indicated an intention

of the exhibiting firms provided feedback on the tradeshow

of respondent firms indicated that the tradeshow met their expectations potential contracts/ business opportunities with buyers during the tradeshow.

to continue engaging with the firms following their initial B2B meeting.

with the firms and review of their respective products, the firms can be competitive in European markets.

46% were able to secure

43