ZAGREB AUTUMN TRADE FAIR ENDS SUCCESSFULLY SAYS M.D.

( Editorial: --> 1732 ) ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - This year's 74th Zagreb Autumn Trade Fair (JMZV) confirmed the successful presentation of business and it achieved our expectations, Zagreb Fair managing director Jurica Pavelic told reporters on the event's closing day on Sunday. The JMZV successfully presented Croatian business, established many business contacts and reached agreements, so the Zagreb Fair in full effect is the largest Croatian embassy and an economic bridge between Croatia and the world, Pavelic said. He announced that next year's partner country at the JMZV would be Turkey. During the seven-day event there were 2,685 exhibitors - 1,223 domestic and 1,462 foreign, from 42 countries - on a total display area of 143,273 square metres. More than 190,000 people visited the fair, including more than 70,000 business people. This year's JMZV partner country was the Czech Republic, which presented its rich economic, cultural, ethnographic and other possibilities. There were 20 countries in all that presented collective exhibitions. Running concurrently with the JMZV was the 51st international fair of textile and associated industries "Intertekstil". There were 210 exhibitors from 18 countries, displaying on an area of 8,200sq m. Pavelic said the Zagreb Fair needed to be re-designed, or there had to be plans to build on a new location so that the fair grounds could be competitive. (Hina) mbr 201818 MET sep 98