Canada to show products, services in Macao

A catalogue show featuring Canadian products and services will be held in Macao from Oct. 13 to 24, the Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) announced on Thursday.

Jointly organized by the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and the IPIM, the Catalogue Show will include food and beverage, medical and health, environmental industry, construction and building products, education, information and communication technology, etc. There are over 50 types of catalogues, according to the IPIM.

Canada has frequent trade cooperation with Macao, with its investment scope in the Special Administration Region (SAR) covering educational, traveling and trading service industries.

In 2007, the SAR's imports from Canada reached 90.8 million patacas (11.4 million U.S. dollars), mainly including machinery and equipment, wood, medicine, skincare and food. For the first seven months of this year, Macao's total import value from Canada reached 68.9 million patacas (8.61 million dollars), a 41.7 percent increase over the same period of 2007.