Latest Biofach has established an organic fair in Shanghai which opened for the first time in 2007 and have recently taken place for the second time.

In the metropolis Shanghai there is a growing interest in organic food and this interest also shows in the numbers of stands and visitors at Biofach in the city. Even though the fair is much smaller than its greater sister in Nurnberg it still is interesting that the number of exhibitors increased with 17 percent compared with the year before. There are now 242 stands at the fair.

The number of visitors increased even more. In 2008 the Shanghai fair had 9.143 professional visitors - an increase of 25 percent compared with last year.

Especially remarkable is that Biofach in Shanghai has started to attract exhibitors from other parts of the World. Last year the fair consisted of almost exclusively Chinese stands but this year 24 overseas companies had come to Shanghai to open a stand on the fair.

There was exhibitors from Belgium, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany Canada  and USA. Of course there the closer East Asian markets in Hong Kong, India and Taiwan was represented too.

Simultaneously with the fair the was an organic congress in Shanghai with 180 participants.

Biofach in Shanghai will be held next time at 27th - 29th of May 2009. The fair will be moved to the International Exhibition Center - placed in Shanghai's famous growth area Pudong.

Besides Biofach in Shanghai there is another Asian Biofach in Tokyo. Next time it will take place in 24th - 26th. of September 2008. Already two months later an organic Expo will take place in China. The Organic China Expo -  OCEX - will take place in the China World Exhibition Hall in Beijing at 27th - 29th of November 2008.

Eventually read more about Biofach in Shanghai at www.biofach-china.com