RUSSIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION

IN THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 

November 19 – 21, 2007

Johannesburg, South Africa

Sandton Convention Centre

The purpose of the Exhibition is to assist the development of cooperation between Russia and South Africa, to diversify exports of Russian products and services to the South African market, to promote exports of Russian technologies, to establish direct trade and economic relations with South African public and private industrial, commercial and financial organizations and companies, to encourage development of cultural relations between two countries.

Russian National Exhibition in the Republic of South Africa is held after the official visits of President Putin (September 2006) and Premier Fradkov (March 2007) in accordance with the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation

Thematic trends of the Exhibition are the follows:

• geological investigations,
•  mining and gold-mining industry,
• extraction and treatment of diamonds, 
• nature management (water and forestry, ecology),
• agriculture, 
• mechanical engineering,
• motor-car construction,
• ship and airplane construction,
• chemical industry,
• oil and gas,
• power engineering,
• high technologies,
• telecommunications,
• aviation,
• space research, 
• civil engineering and construction ,
• helth,
• education,
• banking,
• real estate,
• investment projects
• and others

Organizers:

Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation

Russian Union of Industrialists & Entrepreneurs

Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation

Participants:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Embassy of the Russian Federation in RSA

Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Industry and Power Engineering of the Russian Federation

Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation

Russian part of the Russia – RSA Combined Intergovernmental Commission 

International Association of Peace Foundations

Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Science

Russia-RSA Business Counsel  

Other central government and regional authorities

Industrial, commercial and financial institutions

Industrial associations and unions

Research, marketing and analytical centers

Innovative foundations

Banks, insurance, leasing, franchising companies

Mass media, etc.

     Organizational Committee of the Exhibition is busy now with designing the exposition, elaborating program of actions, preparing visit of the

 Russian official delegation to the Republic of South Africa.

List of Russian Delegation

Official Operator of the Exhibition: JSC “Zarubezh-Expo”