Beijing / Brussels, 19 November 2013 – The professional organisations representing the Chinese and the European Wine companies – CADA and CEEV – held this week in Beijing a first meeting that inaugurated a direct business-to-business dialogue between Chinese and European wine industries.
This first meeting was an occasion for both associations to know better each other’s missions and visions, and exchange views on challenges and opportunities for the wine sector in the global markets. Jose Ramon FERNANDEZ, Secretary general of CEEV, thanked CADA’s Secretary General, Mr WANG Zuming, for hosting this first constructive meeting that paves the way to permanent and substantial bilateral relationships and dialogue between the Chinese and the European wine sectors.
Both associations agreed to meet again at the beginning of 2014 with a view to pursue this dialogue.
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The Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins(CEEV – www.ceev.eu represents the wine companies in the industry and trade in the European Union: still wines, sparkling wines, liqueur wines, aromatised wines and other vine products. It brings together 24 national organisations. With more than 7.000 companies, mainly SMEs, and more than 200.000 direct jobs in the EU, its members produce and market the vast majority of quality European wines, with and without a geographical indication, and account for over 90% of European wine exports. With around 8,8 billion euros worth of exports every year, the wine sector makes a contribution of over 6 billion euros to the EU trade balance.
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