AFM 2022 touts record country attendance but deals are slow to materialise | News

AFM leadership said on Thursday that the recent in-person edition of the market drew attendees from a record 87 countries while the overall attendee level reached a solid 5,866.

Exhibitors included 305 registered companies from 38 countries, with the largest number after the United States coming from the UK, Italy, France, Germany and Canada. From Asia, South Korea and Thailand deployed a strong presence with 17 and eight exhibition companies respectively. The AFM highlighted Italy and Malaysia as two countries with significant increases in participation with 29 exhibitors and 10, respectively.

Buyers from nearly 500 companies representing 68 countries were present and AFM representatives said the highest number came from the United States followed by Germany, the UK, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Spain, France, Canada, Brazil, and the Netherlands.

From Asia, the largest showing…