The fair will be formally opened by Croatian President Stjepan Mesic.
This year the event will feature fairs on Energetics, Environmental Protection and Municipal Equipment, Traffic and Logistics, Construction, Sanitary Ware and Logistics, Mechanical Engineering and the Metal-Working Industry, Food Industry and Agriculture, Eco-Ethno-Croatia, Hotel and Catering Equipment, Modernpak, Fashion Days, Consumer Goods, and the ARCA Exhibition of Novelties.
Russian Days are expected to pool about 350 business people from Russia and Croatia.
An advisor at the Russian Embassy in Zagreb, Igor Arzaev, said Russia-Croatia trade in 2003 amounted to US$752 million, of which Croatian exports stood at $73 million. Croatia mostly imported raw materials from Russia, while the latter's imports from Croatia were mainly telecommunications and medicines.
According to Arzaev, the biggest problem in trade is the lack of information about the two countries' export and import capabilities. He said Croatia should increase its investments in and exports to Russia.
The fair will also feature 25 conferences, which are expected to bring together 2,500 participants, including the Croatian Economic Forum -- a meeting of Croatian business people with members of the government.