The embassies of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) organized a joint event on Thursday morning, 19 September 2024, between 5:00 and 8:00 am: 'Latin America Exports: Discovering the wealth of Latin America'.
The event was a culinary journey with numerous tastings of fruits, vegetables, coffee, and rum, as well as culinary specialties from 11 countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Paraguay. This joint exhibition was a unique opportunity for agro-industrial companies from the region to promote their products, present their know-how, and increase their presence in the fast-growing Belgian market. Mabru is recognized as a major hub of the Belgian food trade.
With 22,000 monthly visitors and a wide variety of traders, the market provides a unique platform for Latin American and Caribbean exporters looking to connect with the European market. Mabru, the largest market for agri-food products in Belgium, is the ideal location for this initiative, with 110 companies processing more than 10,000 tons of products per week.
Early Market, Brussels' wholesale market, has been around for more than a century. For decades, the market was held at the Grand Place and in the surrounding streets. In 1973, the Early Market moved to the Werkhuizenkaai, along the canal. Known for its wide selection of products from home and abroad, the Brussels Early Market has become 'the' supermarket for professionals, offering mainly quality products.
In the halls of the Early Market, more than 100 traders offer a full range of products, including fruit and vegetables, prime cuts, meat, cold cuts, poultry, game, fish and shellfish, cheeses and other dairy products, general foodstuffs, wines and other drinks, frozen foods, flowers, and plants.
The Brussels Early Market comprises
- between 700 and 900 people (depending on the season) working there
- more than 100 businesses on the site
- between 600 and 800 million euros annual turnover (estimated) for the traders
- 5 sales halls
- 800 parking spaces on a 14-ha site
- more than 26,000 solar panels
For more information: www.mabru.be