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Trade visits

Overseas trade visits are important buyer seller events that seek to bring people together who are intending to create commercial opportunities. They provide the chance to gain essential market knowledge, while allowing you to find the right connections to make market entry easier.

Find trade missions

You can search for events, trade fairs, missions, and webinars relevant to your sector or overseas markets on these websites. 

Useful apps

You can download the 10Times app for free via your tablet or mobile device, which lists nearby business events, trade shows, and conferences in the UK and overseas.

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The Midlands Engine

This is a government initiative that brings together the West and East Midlands as an engine for growth for the UK economy. The Midlands Engine runs events and trade visits to enable businesses to export more goods and services and grow their overall productivity. Some trade visits may have access to grant funding, which can pay towards the costs of attending an overseas event.

Upcoming international trade events

  • 24 to 25 April 2024: BFM Furniture Component Expo 24 at Telford International Centre UK, International Way, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4JH
  • 25 April 2024: FSB Business Bootcamp: Branding Brilliance - free event at Peak Edge Hotel, Chesterfield, S45 0LW
  • 29 April 2024: Virtual event to meet the Buyer Webinar: United Nations Procurement Division and Department of Safety & Security. Join colleagues from the United Nations for this unique webinar to learn about how to do business with the UN and what the current and future priorities are for the UNPD and the UNDSS. Book here
  • 23 May 2024: AusMedtech 2024: Australian and international Medtech sector to showcase our industry’s local and global capabilities.
  • 27 to 29 May 2024: DBT MedTech Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia at Riyadh and Jeddah. Registration deadline is 12 April 2024
  • 3 to 6 June 2024: Exponor 2024 to Antofagasta, Chile. This is a mining tradeshow with over 40,000 professionals attending. Registration deadline is 10 April 2024. For more information and registration details, please email: ukexponor@britcham.cl
  • 24 to 28 June 2024: The Global Business Innovation Programme at Hyderabad and Bangalore, India – Antimicrobial Resistance – Diagnostics. Applications must be submitted by 10 April 2024.

Page last updated: 9 April 2024