Halal Products Fair - Istanbul, Turkey

Turkey will host a Halal products trade fair called Halalistexpo this year at the Istanbul Exhibiton Center between August 13th and 16th. Hundreds of companies from around the world are expected to participate and Turkey has targeted $3 billion worth of trade. It will be first and unique fair of halal products in Eurasia. Exhibitors will hail from Singapore, Malaysia, Iran, China, Australia and the United States and product offerings will include cosmetics, among other things. A spokesperson on behalf of the fair organizer, Atilim Exhibition Co., said that there were 1.8 billion Muslims in the world and halal industry had reached a total of $2.1 trillion of trade volume.