They come from sixteen Italian regions, but also from Slovenia and Greece.
They arrived in Trieste to display hundreds of quality extra virgin olive oil labels, meet buyers from different countries and present the best of their production.
These are the 220 exhibitors who from today until Sunday 10 March will be the protagonists of the stands set up at the Generali convention center Trieste on the occasion of the 16th edition of Olio Capitale.
The exhibition was inaugurated today in the presence, among others, of the Undersecretary for Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Patrizio Giacomo La Pietra.
The fair is promoted by the Venezia Giulia Chamber of Commerce, through its in-house company Aries and in collaboration with, among others, the national association Città dell'olio, Municipality of Trieste, Unioncamere and Mirabilia.
It is an "extremely important event that is part of a network of communication initiatives", said La Pietra: "We must be able to better develop external communication" of this product.
"Trieste, which represents an important gateway to northern and eastern Europe, is a place of excellence, but we must also do more communication with consumers who use this food."
There are 19 buyers announced at the Show and they come from the Czech Republic, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Hungary, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Holland, New Zealand, Canada, Indonesia and the United States.
During the three days, in addition to visits to the stands, conferences, workshops, book presentations, events in the city's restaurants and clubs and tastings of 15 different cocktails are scheduled.
At the opening, the conference on the roots of oil tourism, with experts and institutions discussing the ways in which extra virgin olive oil and oil tourism experiences can represent an attractive element for return tourism for those who live abroad and intend to rediscover their own roots in Italy.