CONQUERING THE INDIAN MARKET

Given India’s strong growth, now is the right time to build ties with this emerging market that offers a wealth of opportunities.

From January 27 to February 4, 2012, the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal and its team of international trade experts, the World Trade Centre Montréal, through a partnership with Export Québec, a unit of the Department of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade (MDEIE), will organize a trade mission to India.

The World Trade Centre Montréal’s turnkey trade missions are based on a structured approach intended to allow each company to carry out its own personalized business development process as determined by its own goals and specifications.

Previous missions have yielded positive results, allowing local businesses to develop solid ties once on site, and to create partnerships and make sales.

All companies interested in the Indian market that want to benefit from a structured approach to maximizing their potential impact.

The mission is of particular interest to companies with a value added product or service in the following sectors:

• Aeronautics
• Construction and infrastructures
• Energy
• Environment
• Machinery and industrial production
• Security
• Food processing

Please note that there will be two additional parts to this mission, covering the health and information technology and communications sectors.

• To be “in the right place, at the right time” and make an on-site assessment of the potential for developing your business, in addition to exploring market trends;
• To take advantage of a large pool of already established contacts, and to speak to business people who would otherwise be difficult to reach;
• To meet individually with potential contractors and partners in order to promote your products and services.

The mission will stop in Mumbai (3 days) and Delhi (2 days), two key cities to India’s growth.

Other cities may be added to the itinerary, depending on the personal needs of each participant, and on business opportunities that may arise.

A preparatory meeting will take place with each of the participants so that we may fully understand their respective goals and specifications.

The program of the trade mission to India includes:

• Individual meetings targeted to meet each participant’s needs
• Information seminars
• Industrial tours
• Large-scale networking activities

Registration fees for this mission include:

• The organization of one-on-one meetings, personalized and targeted to your company’s requirements
• Guide service for the entire duration of your stay
• Logistics during your trip
• The group meals scheduled as part of the program of the mission
• Group ground transportation, as well as for individual meetings
• Air travel in India (2 interior flights)
• Participation in seminars, breakfasts, cocktail receptions, and other networking activities planned as part of the mission
• A preparatory meeting
• The mission binder

Please take note that the registration fee does not include the cost of travel between Quebec and India, visa fees, lodging, and personal expenses.

However, participating companies meeting the required criteria may benefit from additional financial assistance from Export Québec.