EPCH PARTICIPATING IN “SPRING FAIR INTERNATIOANL” NEC, BIRMINGHAM, UK FROM 7 – 11 FEBRUARY, 2016
One of main objectives of EPCH is participation in specialized International Trade B2B Fairs and exhibitions related to home, lifestyles and fashion products to increase exports of handicrafts from India in general and create brand image of Indian handcrafted products in particular in the International markets.
In the series, Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts [EPCH] is participating in “SPRING FAIR INTERNATIOANL” NEC, BIRMINGHAM, UK from 7 – 11 February’2016 which is one of the biggest international trade event dedicated to Body & Bath, Children’s Gifts, Toys & Gadgets, Christmas Gifts, Floral & Seasonal Decorations, Gift, Fashion Jewellery, Accessories & Luggage, Home & Volume, Jewellery & accessoriesand the event now occupies all of the NEC’s 20 halls. The fair started in year 1996 is being organized with a clear objective to focus on gifts, home, handicrafts and the handmade products with the view to Sell Directly and Search new products in the market, informed Shri Rakesh Kumar, ED – EPCH.
The exhibition is open for both trade visitors as well as public for spot booking of orders and business generation. The fair is spread over in 1,50,000 sq. mtr area and widely participated by more than 3000 exhibitors from 110 countries from all over the world. The product categories on display will be giftware and fancy goods, clothing and accessories, furnishing and fittings, gold and silver items & houseware, paper products items further elaborated Shri Kumar, ED – EPCH.
24 member exporters of the Council from various parts of the country will be displaying different kinds of handcrafted products such as lace & lace crafts, stoles, shawls, ladies handbags, artificial jewellery, handicrafts, scarves, home decorative items, bed sheets, cushion covers, wall hangings, curtains and Christmas decorative. Apart from member exporters, five master craftspersons who have been conferred National Awards for their craft skills will also be live demonstrating work on Art Textiles of Odisha, Natural fibre shawls from Uttarakhand, Woolen shawls from Kutch, Gujarat, Hand embroidery of Imphal and Pichwari Painting of Bhilwara Rajasthan said ED – EPCH.
Shri J. K. Sharma, Consulate General of India has kindly consented to inaugurate the “EPCH India Pavilion” in Hall no.5 booth 5H80E on 7th February’2016.
The exports of handicrafts in nine months of current financial year is Rs. 14,782.10 (2015-16) against Rs. 13,460.25 crores in the preceding period of 2014-15, thereby showing growth of 9.82% in rupee terms and 3.02% in dollars terms. The handicraft exports is set to achieve its target of Rs. 20.368 crores (US$ 3233 million) for the year 2015-16 despite the decline in many sectors of merchandise exports from India.
EPCH is a nodal agency for promotion of Handicrafts exports from the Country and to create brand image of handcrafted products in International markets.
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