Expo Antad & Alimentaria Mexico 2025

Group Export, in partnership with the Embassy of Canada in Mexico, Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, CFEA, and other provincial governments, will organize a program for the ANTAD & Alimentaria Expo in Guadalajara, Mexico. The event will take place from March 25 to 27, 2025, with activities scheduled for March 24.

The ANTAD & Alimentaria Expo is the largest trade show focused on retail in Mexico. In the March 2024 edition of ANTAD, the expo featured over 1,200 exhibitors and attracted nearly 47,000 visitors from 67 countries. One unique aspect of this trade show is that major retailers in Mexico, convenience stores, specialty shops, and department store chains, along with various distributors, have booths at the event with buyers present. Several retailers of interest to Canadian exporters, including Soriana, Chedraui, Walmart, La Comer, H-E-B, Casa Ley, and Liverpool, will have their buying teams at the expo. This allows the Canadian delegation to meet key decision-makers and provides significant visibility for companies already in the Mexican market as well as for new exporters.

Exhibit at this trade show with the Export Group in the Canadian pavilion and enjoy several benefits, including :

• Dedicated space for a counter/display, including a lockable counter with the company’s logo, a glass shelf unit, a trash can, and basic electricity;
• Access to storage space and a small kitchen equipped for food preparation;
• Webinar on the Mexican market (November 14 at 1 PM);
• Market information session and guided store tour (March 24);
• Two exhibitor badges;
• Optional: B2B meeting program.

Pricing :

• Exhibitor only: $2,500
• Exhibitor & B2B meeting program: $3,400

Market data

Quebec exported nearly CAD 600 million in agri-food products to Mexico in 2023. This makes Mexico Quebec’s seventh largest trading partner in this sector.

Indeed, thanks to the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), trade is facilitated between countries and the agri-food sector greatly benefits from it. This agreement strengthens economic cooperation and stimulates commercial exchanges, thus creating significant opportunities for Quebec businesses.

Quebec’s main biofood exports include pork, poultry meat, cocoa preparations, cereals, as well as various processed food products. Mexico represents an attractive market for Quebec companies wishing to expand their reach, especially in an environment where imported food products are highly valued by the middle and upper classes.