CPMA Convention & Trade Show 2024

Group Export Agri-Food, in collaboration with the Association des producteurs maraîchers du Québec (APMQ), invites Quebec producers to participate in the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) 2024, which will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre from April 23 to 25, 2024. The CPMA attracts all the major players in the produce supply chain from the retail and wholesale, produce and processing, and foodservice sectors.

The show, the most important for the produce industry in Canada, is helding its 99th edition in 2024. In 2023, this pillar of the industry welcomed 637 exhibitors from 11 different countries. The CPMA show is an annual event not to be missed!

Program :
Retail tour: April 23, 2024
Trade Show: April 24 and 25, 2024

Exhibit at this trade show in a generic formula and benefit from several advantages including:

A turnkey booth of 100sq ft including:

• one counter
• one stool
• one product display
• one graphic printed on the front and both sodes of the counter (you must provide the graphic files)
  carpet & padding
• one wastebasket
• 4 exhibitor badges
• 4 invitations for your clients
• On-site coordination of the event and presence of a Group Export Agri-Food representative.

Options

• Corner Booth (6 200,00 $)
• Regular Booth (5 700,00 $)

Did you know?

According to Statistics Canada, ”in Quebec, the farm-gate value of total fruits rose 38.3% to $392.3 million in 2022, as marketed production grew 37.6%. Top-selling fruits within the province include cranberries (+55.4%), with $131.1 million in sales, and strawberries (+15.6%), with $86.7 million in sales.” (Government of Canada, Statistics Canada, 2023b)

Financial assistance for exhibitors

Reimbursement of a travel lump sum of $850 per person, for a maximum of two lump sums per company.

• To benefit from the lump sum, the company must absolutely provide proof of travel (e.g. airline, train, bus ticket, etc. with complete itinerary or gas receipt near destination) AND proof of accommodation (e.g. official hotel invoice, AirBNB, etc.).
• To obtain two travel lump sum reimbursements, the same proof mentioned above is requested for each reimbursement.
  • If the two people share the same transportation (e.g. carpooling), two separate proofs of accommodation will be required and the name of the company or traveler must appear on them (e.g. two hotel bills).
  • If the two people share the same accommodation, two separate proofs of transportation will be required (e.g. two airline tickets).

The Group Export reserves the right to request any additional supporting documentation.

• You will be entitled to an extra $500 per lump sum if your company is located in one of the following regions: Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Côte-Nord, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec.
• 50% financial assistance on the additional costs of setting up your booth and sending samples (when consolidating with Group Export) up to a maximum of $6,000 in eligible expenses per company.

By registering to this event, you agree to complete and return the activity report which will be forwarded to you shortly. You will have 60 days following the event to send us back the completed report, otherwise you may be required to reimburse the subsidies received for this activity. The data that will be compiled is for the sole purpose of evaluating the economic benefits of this activity.

Financial assistance for visitors

Reimbursement of a travel lump sum of $850 per company. You will be entitled to an extra $500 per lump sum if your company is located in one of the following regions: Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Côte-Nord, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Nord-du-Québec.

• To obtain one travel lump sum reimbursement:
  • The company must imperatively provide proof of travel (e.g., an invoice of flight, train, bus, etc. with complete itinerary or receipt for the purchase of gas near the place of destination) AND a proof of accommodation (e.g., official hotel invoice, AirBNB, etc.). Accommodation must have been paid for; redemptions of bonus points of any kind remove the right to this subsidy.

The Group Export reserves the right to request any additional supporting documents.

Cancellation Policy

The Group Export Agri-Food is a non-profit organization who manages export financial programs from the ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation du Québec and from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

As a government program manager, Group Export has defined a general cancellation policy to follow when participating in a trade show. Policy’s details are as follows:

When a participation or registration form is signed by a representative of a company, this company becomes liable to the Group Export Agri-Food, as this form is a contract between the company and the Association.

• In the five days following registration, the company must pay, as a deposit, 50% of participation fees. This amount can be paid by check, direct deposit or credit card by contacting Group Export’s financial department at 450-649-6266. Direct deposits are preferred.
• The remaining 50% of participation fees must be paid at least 60 days before the activity.
• If the company does not respect these terms, Group Export Agri-Food has the right to cancel the company’s participation.
• When a company is cancelling its participation:
• • If the company or the Group Export Agri-Food finds a replacing participant, the full amount will be reimbursed, except for a $200 administration fee, as soon as a replacing participant has paid in full the amount due.
  • In case a substitute cannot be found, all other incurred charges, including 100% of the invoice for a space reservation, would be charged to the company.

All cancellation requests must be made in writing and be addressed to the person in charge of the activity, whose name appears on the participation form.This policy was ratified by the Group Export’s Board of Directors on February 14, 2008.