Seafood Expo Global 2024

The Seafood Expo Global has established itself as the world’s largest fish and seafood trade show. More than 34,000 visitors from 150 countries attended the show in 2023. With the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) now in effect, Canadian fish and seafood producers enjoy a competitive advantage over their southern neighbors as they no longer have to pay custom duties. This is certainly a favorable moment for fish and seafood exporters to expand into this market of over 500 million consumers. Join the Canadian Pavilion to showcase the freshness of our products!

Exhibit at this trade show under the Group Export’s umbrella, in a generic formula, and benefit from several advantages including:

• Structure of the Canadian Pavilion
• Company signage
• 1 printed backlit counter
• 1 round table + 2 chairs
• 1 wastebasket and basic electricity
• On-site coordination of the event and presence of a Group Export Agri-Food representative during the entire event.

More information on the market:

From 2018 to 2022, the size of the EU seafood market grew at a CAGR of 4.6%, from US$38,946.9 million to US$46,690.9 million. Among the selected countries, the UK posted the highest seafood CAGR (7.6%), followed by France (6.2%) and Norway (6.6%).

Overall, the data show a positive trend for the seafood market in the EU and selected countries. For the most part, forecast growth rates remain stable. The UK is expected to have the highest growth rate among the selected countries, while Germany is expected to have the lowest.

The Canadian provinces have recorded a steady increase in seafood exports to European markets from 2018 to 2022.

Options :

• Corner booth 20 sqm (13 100,00 $)
• Regular booth 12 sqm (9 000,00 $)
• Participation in the Quebec lounge (2 000,00 $)

Market Overview – European Union

Financial assistance for exhibitors

Reimbursement of a travel lump sum of $1550 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 $1550 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.