Great response for the Malta-Libya Shopping Festival

The Libyan-Maltese Chamber of Commerce has registered great interest in the Malta-Libya Shopping Festival in the course of marketing the event to be held in Tripoli, Libya, between November 20 and 29.

The chamber has secured the support of the Malta External Trade Corporation (METCO), in addition to that of Bank of Valletta plc, who is also sponsoring the event. The chamber can rely on the support and know-how of these two major players in the Libyan market in the interest of its exhibitors.

Preparations for this event are intense, both locally and in Libya. The government ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs in Libya are already well informed of the event, and discussions at ministerial level are under way to ensure that the event will be a great success.

The chamber's proposal to obtain a preferential Customs duty rate of 10 per cent for all exhibits imported for the festival has received great interest, both from the Maltese and Libyan governments. Discussions to this effect are now at an advanced stage.

The festival is well timed, not only because it is happening during the holy month of Ramadan, but also because of new legislation which will allow Libyan businessmen to become official agents for branded products.

Participating in the Malta-Libya Shopping Festival will not only give the opportunity to reach the Libyan consumer directly, but it will also be a unique, timely opportunity for the exhibitors to seek agents in the Libyan market for products already represented by the Maltese companies.

For more details on the Malta-Libya Shopping Festival contact the Libyan-Maltese Chamber of Commerce on tel. 2133-3666 or the sales agents for the festival on tel. 2141-3893, 2141-2807 or 2141-7428.