Over 100 MSMEs to showcase products at Peñafrancia Festival

Over 100 MSMEs to showcase products at Peñafrancia Festival

By: - Correspondent / @RAOstriaINQ
/ 06:01 PM August 07, 2024

Trade fair in Naga to promote business growth, advancement at Peñafrancia Festival

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NAGA CITY—Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will once again showcase their products and innovations at the Peñafrancia Festival in this city in September.

Organizers expect over a hundred MSME exhibitors at the Bishop Francisco Gainza Trade Fair, which will take place from Sept. 12 to 23 at a mall here.

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They hope the trade fair will draw larger crowds compared to previous years.

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In 2023, the trade fair generated P12.6 million total sales for participating MSMEs.

“We are thrilled to bring together such a diverse and dynamic group of exhibitors and attendees for this year’s fair,” project director Rev. Fr. Marcel Emmanuel Real’s statement issued Wednesday reads.

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The trade fair also includes workshop and panel discussions with industry leaders, job fairs, and networking opportunities for exhibitors and visitors.

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The Bishop Francisco Gainza Trade Fair is in its fourteenth year since its revival during the 300th year of the Our Lady of Peñafrancia devotion in this city in 2010.

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The event is also a revival of the 1875 agricultural trade fair then started by the titular Bishop of Caceres.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Camarines Sur, the Caritas-Caceres, Inc., and the Archdiocese of Caceres’ Social Action Commission are joint organizers of the trade fair.

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“We are confident that the 14th edition will exceed expectations and drive meaningful progress across industries,” DTI Camarines Sur Jay Percival Ablan said.

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