On May 14-19, 2024, the country’s largest trading platform for Muslims, the International Trade Fair Kazan Halal Market, will take place in Russia (Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan).

The fair will be held as part of the annual International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum”, which traditionally brings together representatives of all countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

“In recent years, trade turnover between Russia and the OIC states has been growing. In 2021, it amounted to $113.3 billion, which is 43.2% more than in 2017,” OIC Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha said in an address to the KazanForum-2023 participants. New opportunities, in his opinion, are opened by the halal market and mutual supplies of products that comply with Islamic norms.

“The global Halal market is growing very quickly and is now valued at $2.6 trillion. I hope that the work of the Forum will contribute to the further development of the Halal industry in Russia and trade. And by 2028, the market is expected to be more than $11 trillion,” the OIC Secretary General noted in May 2023.

The development of industry and foreign trade is promoted by the international fair of the best halal products within the KazanForum. At Kazan Halal Market you can buy food, clothing, accessories, cosmetics and other consumer goods with Halal certification from leading manufacturing companies in the Islamic world. In 2023, visitors could get acquainted with products from Iran, Afghanistan, Senegal, and Turkey. It is expected that this year companies from Indonesia and Malaysia will show additional interest in the fair and in entering the growing Russian halal market.

In total, 400 exhibitors participated in the Kazan Halal Market, presenting 4.5 thousand products. The fair has become a place of attraction for Halal connoisseurs and a convenient platform for family shopping. It was visited by more than 40 thousand guests, including:

official delegations of Malaysia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Morocco, Bahrain, Chad, Senegal, Iran, Turkey, Gabon;

representatives of foreign media;

participants of the All-Russian Forum of Tatar Religious Figures;

young diplomats from OIC countries;

deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation;

members of regional governments of the Russian Federation.

In 2024, the International Trade Fair Kazan Halal Market will be held on May 14-19 in the Kazan Agro-Industrial Park. Participants will be able to present their products on a sales area of 5 thousand square meters. The cost of participation is 210 USD for 1 equipped retail space with a display case. Fair specialization: food products, wholesale and retail trade, consumer goods.

Contacts for participation in Kazan Halal Market for companies:

Phone: +79053147012, official email: kazanmarket@kazanforum.ru

The International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum” is the main platform for business interaction between Russia and the countries of the Islamic world. The purpose of the forum is to strengthen trade, economic, scientific, technical, educational, social and cultural ties between the regions of the Russian Federation and the countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which includes 57 states.

The XV International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum” will be held on May 14-19, 2024. Venue: Russian Federation, Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan.

Key topics of KazanForum-2024: Islamic finance, halal industry, international investment, industry, innovative technologies, energy, logistics, tourism, diplomacy, ESG principles, small and medium-sized businesses, medicine, sports, media industry, etc.

A traditionally important event of the Forum will be Russia Halal Expo, Russia’s largest exhibition of economic, scientific and technological cooperation. And also the largest International Fair of the Halal Industry in Russia, Russia Halal Market, where Forum guests will be able to purchase products of interest.

Registration for KazanForum-2024 on the official website of the Forum.

Organizers of the The International Economic Forum “Russia – Islamic World: KazanForum”