BIOFACH
The BIOFACH is the world's largest trade fair and the world's leading trade fair for ecological consumer goods. It takes place every February for four days (Wed - Sat, until 2009: Thu - Sun) on the exhibition grounds of the city of Nuremberg . BIOFACH is organized by the Nuremberg Exhibition Center , with IFOAM , the global umbrella organization of organic farming associations, assuming the patronage . BIOFACH was founded by the trade fair organizers Hubert Rottner, Hagen Sunder and Jürgen Ries with various previous events at various locations. In 2001 Messe Nürnberg acquired the event rights. Only trade visitors are admitted.
Since 2007, the natural cosmetics sector has been combined in the independent VIVANESS trade fair, which is held in parallel in the exhibition center.
Exhibitors and trade visitors
| year | Exhibitors | Visitors | Motto or main topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| (from countries) | |||
| 2020 | 3,448 (110) | 47561 (136) | Organic works! |
| 2019 | 2,982 (98) | 51,488 (144) | System organic - healthy on the whole |
| 2018 | 3,238 (93) | 50,200 (134) | Next generation |
| 2017 | 2,793 (88) | 51,453 (134) | Building an Organic Future - Organic creates the future |
| 2016 | 2,575 (79) | 48,533 (130) | Organic 3.0 - acting for more organic |
| 2015 | 2,344 | 44,624 (136) | Organic 3.0 - good framework conditions for more organic |
| 2014 | 2,263 (74) | 42,445 (134) | Organic 3.0 - The ecological agriculture and food industry of tomorrow |
| 2013 | 2,396 | 41,794 (129) | Common values. Action for the future |
| 2012 | 2,410 (83) | 40,315 (130) | Sustainability in the organic movement |
| 2011 | 2,544 (86) | 44,592 (131) | World food |
| 2010 | 2,557 (87) | 43,669 (121) | Organic + Fair |
BIOFACH and VIVANESS Congress
BIOFACH and VIVANESS will be accompanied by a congress. In 2017, 8,125 participants took advantage of the industry and knowledge forum with over 120 individual dates for information and networking. Overall, the “Global Market Overview” event attracted the most visitors with over 240 visitors. Market research also met with particular interest at the VIVANESS Congress. The lecture “Natural Cosmetics Year 2016: Review and Outlook” counted over 100 participants.
Market environment
According to the IFOAM annual report 2014, the area under cultivation for organic products was 37.5 million hectares in 2012 , which corresponds to around 0.87% of the global arable land. The organic farm produce market in the same year was $ 63.8 billion. The three largest markets in this order were the USA, Germany and France. 88 countries have binding regulations on organic farming and 164 have organic seals . In Nuremberg alone there are over 2,000 certified organic farms.
In 2016, German households spent around 9.9% more money on organic food and beverages than in the previous year. According to the Bund Ökologische Lebensmittelwirtschaft (BÖLW), the turnover was 9.48 billion euros . With a market share of 8.5% and a volume of EUR 1.15 billion, the German natural cosmetics market is the strongest market in Europe, according to the joint survey by natural cosmetics konzepte, GfK, IRI, IMShealth and BioVista.
Topics and exhibitors
The exhibitors cover the following topics:
BIOFACH:
- Fresh products
- Frozen products
- Dry products (especially cooking and baking, snacks and sweets, drinks)
- Non food
- Technology and equipment
- Media, service providers
Vivaness:
- Skin care
- personal hygiene
- Hair care
- Decorative cosmetics
- Special cosmetics
- Drugstore items
- Other natural cosmetics and wellness products
BIOFACH worldwide
Due to the worldwide interest in organically grown agricultural products, BIOFACH is now held on four continents. In addition to the trade fair in Nuremberg, there are the following events:
- BIOFACH AMERICA - ALL THINGS ORGANIC
- BIOFACH AMERICA LATINA - Bio Brazil Fair
- ORGANIC EXPO together with BIOFACH JAPAN
- BIOFACH INDIA together with INDIA ORGANIC
- BIOFACH CHINA
BIOFACH Nuremberg and its five daughters have around 3300 exhibitors and 100,000 trade visitors every year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Healthy growth is guaranteed. Handelsblatt, accessed on May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Europe's largest organic market: from Süddeutsche Zeitung of February 21, 2008
- ↑ BioFach: 20 years of success story. Haus-und-Hof.de, accessed on May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Impressions from BioFach. ECO-World.de, accessed on May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Review of BioFach. cibaria, accessed May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Admission as a trade visitor. BIOFACH, accessed on May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ BIOFACH 2020: The “Place To Be” of the international organic sector. In: biofach.de. November 25, 2019, accessed February 4, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.biofach.de/en/review
- ↑ BIOFACH + VIVANESS. AUMA , accessed on June 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Impressions from BioFach 2012 in Nuremberg , accessed on February 27, 2019
- ↑ a b BIOFACH and VIVANESS 2017 crack 50,000 visitor mark. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012 ; accessed on June 16, 2017 .
- ^ The World of Organic Agriculture - Statistics & Emerging Trends. (No longer available online.) FiBL and IFOAM, archived from the original on May 10, 2016 ; accessed on May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Biopress: Biofach 2017: Germany is Country of the Year. Retrieved June 16, 2017 .
- ↑ Product groups. BIOFACH, accessed on May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Biofach World: A strong network for the organic sector. Fruchtportal.de, accessed on May 10, 2016 .