Belarusian enterprises will hold "Harvest Festival-2009" in St. Petersburg

September 14, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The "Harvest Festival 2009" exhibition-fair of Belarusian goods will be held in St. Petersburg from September 17-20 with the participation of 15 Belarusian enterprises, the Vitebsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry informed a BELTA correspondent. Representatives of food industry enterprises and consumer cooperation organizations, including the Minsk Grain Processing Plant, Orsha Meat Canning Plant, Slutsk and Bobruisk Meat Processing Plants, will travel to the northern capital of the Russian Federation to expand their own consumer audience and sell products. Belarusian producers will showcase a wide range of food products, as well as linen products and traditional folk crafts. Business negotiations with potential Russian partners on organizing direct supplies of Belarusian goods to the St. Petersburg market will be held during the fair. The main goal of the event is to stimulate exports and promote domestic producers' products. The Vitebsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry holds similar events in St. Petersburg on a regular basis; more than 50 Belarusian producers have participated in the five previous exhibition-fairs. In addition, in 2009, the Vitebsk branch organized a number of similar events in Smolensk, and an exhibition-fair was also held for the first time in Pskov. The Vitebsk branch of the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the organizer of the "Harvest Festival-2009" exhibition-fair, with the support of the administration of the Frunzensky district of St. Petersburg. -0-