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A trade fair (or trade show) is an exhibition organised so that companies in a specific industry can showcase and demonstrate their new products and services. Some trade fairs are open to the public, while others can only be attended by company representatives (members of the trade) and members of the press, therefore tradeshows are classified as either "Public" or "Trade Only". There are currently over 2500 trade shows held every year in U.S. alone. Trade fairs often involve a considerable marketing investment by participating companies. Costs include space rental, design and construction of trade show displays, telecommunications and networking, travel, accommodations, and promotional literature and items to give to attendees. In addition costs are incurred at the show for services such as electrical, booth cleaning, internet services, and drayage (also known as material handling).
   Consequently, cities often promote trade shows as a means of economic development.
   Exhibitors attending the event are required to use an exhibitor manual or online exhibitor manual to order their required services and complete any necessary paperwork such as health and safety declarations.
   An increasing number of trade fairs are happening online, and these events are called virtual tradeshows. They are increasing in popularity due to their relatively low cost and because there's no need to travel whether you're attending or exhibiting.

List of major trade fairs

List reviewed on February 18 2008 - in alphabetic order.

Title	Description	Dates	Location	Visitors
Ag Quip	Agriculture	19 August - 21 August, 2008	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia	Approximately 100,000 in 2005
Anuga	Food	October 13 2007	Cologne, Germany	158,817 in 2005
Bogotá International Agriculture Fair - Agroexpo	Agriculture	July 12 2005	Bogotá, Colombia	236,616 in 2005
Bogotá International Automobile Lounge	Auto show	October 19 2006	Bogotá, Colombia	130,000 in 2006
Bogotá International Book Fair	Books	April 26 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	377,310 in 2007
Bogotá Home Fair	Consumer goods for home	September 4 2007	Bogotá, Colombia	240,000 in 2007
Bologna Motor Show	Auto show	December 7 2006	Bologna, Italy	1,200,000 in 2006
Cairo International Book Fair	Books	January 24 2007	Cairo, Egypt	2,000,000 in 2007 - largest book fair in the world
CeBIT	Information and communication technology	March 15 - March 21, 2007	Hanover, Germany	480,000 in 2007
CES, Consumer Electronics Show	Consumer electronics	January 7 - January 10, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	143,767 in 2007
COMDEX	Computer show	cancelled	Las Vegas, Nevada	50,000 in 2003
CONEXPO-CON/AGG	Construction	March 11 - March 15, 2008	Las Vegas, Nevada	124,301 in 2005
Cottage and Country homes show	log home	February 14 - February 17, 2008	Montreal, Canada	57,000 in 2006
DigitalLife	Video Games, Consumer Electronics	September 27 - September 30, 2007	New York City, New York	(unknown attendee count in 2007; 50,000 in 2006)
Drupa	Printing Equipment	May 29 - June 11, 2008	Messe Düsseldorf, Germany	(393,654 in 2004 from 127 countries)
E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo	Video games	July 15-17	Los Angeles, California	60,000 in 2006 E3 became invitation only in 2007 and attendance dropped to around 5,000.
Fiera internazionale del libro	Books	May 5 2007	Turin, Italy	300,000 in 2007
Forest and Forest Products	Forest and forest products	September 19 2006	Minsk, Belarus	160,000 in 2005
Frankfurt Book Fair	Books	October 4 2006	Frankfurt, Germany	270,000 in 2004
Games Convention	Video games	August 26 2007	Leipzig, Germany	183,000 in 2006
GIFTEX	Gifts	September 18 - September 22, 2008	Bombay, India	53,000 in 2006
GITEX Consumer Electronics Expo	Computers and Electronics	September 6 2007	Dubai, UAE	120,000 in 2006
Hannover Messe	Industry, Technology	April 16 - April 20, 2007	Hanover, Germany	over 230,000 in 2007
IETF India	Technology Fair and Engineering Exhibition	February 13 2007	New Delhi, India	1,150,000 in 2005
IKMA Istanbul Clothing Textile Machinery Fair	Textile and Machinery	10 April - 13 April 2008	Istanbul, Turkey	First Time
IMM - International Furniture Fair	Furniture	January 16 2006	Cologne, Germany	125,000 in 2005
Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung	Cars	September 2007	Frankfurt, Germany	940,000 in 2005
IFA	Consumer electronics	September 2006	Berlin, Germany	273,800 in 2003
Internationale Grüne Woche Berlin	Food	January 19 - January 28, 2007	Berlin, Germany	430,000 in 2007
Internationale Luft- und Raumfahrtausstellung Berlin	Aerospace	May 16 - May 21, 2006	Berlin, Germany	250,000 in 2006
Internationale Tourismus-Börse	Tourism	March 7 - March 10, 2007	Berlin, Germany	177,000 in 2007
International Exhibition of Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings (Cersaie)	Ceramics for the Building Industry	September 26 2006	Bologna, Italy	91,935 in 2007
International Show of Agriculture	Food, Agricultural machinery	March 3 2007	Paris, France	600,000 in 2007
International Technical Fair	machine engineering, automobiles, transport, information technologies, software, electronics, electrical engineering, construction, chemistry, power engineering, ecology	September 24 2007	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	141,000 in 2006
Metalworking Tradeshow	Metallurgy	March 21 2007	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005
Mobile World Congress	mobile telephony, Communications	February 11 - February 14, 2008	Barcelona, Spain	50,000 in 2007
Mondial de l'Automobile	Auto show	September 30 2006	Paris, France	1,400,000 in 2006
NAMM	Music	January 17 - January 20, 2007	Anaheim, United States	85,000
National Agricultural Fieldays	Agriculture	4 days in Mid June	Hamilton, New Zealand	125,878 in 2007
NAB, National Association of Broadcasters	Broadcasting	April 11 - April 17, 2008	Las Vegas, United States	105,000 in 1999 (External Link)
The North American International Motorcycle SUPERSHOW	Motorcycle Consumer Show	January 2, 3, 4 2009	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	65,000 in 2008
Novi Sad Fair	Agriculture	Middle of May	Novi Sad, Serbia	600,000
Nuremberg International Toy Fair	Toys, Games	February 1 2007	Nuremberg, Germany	80,000 in 2007
Paris Air Show	Aerospace	June 18 2007	Paris, France	550,000 in 2007
Photokina	Photography	September 26 2006	Cologne, Germany	160,000 in 2004
Pollutec	Environment	November 28 2006	Lyon, France	65,000 in 2004
Pool Trade Show	Fashion	July 17 2006	New York & Las Vegas	50,000 in 2005
Salone del Mobile (International Furniture Fair)	Furniture	March 2007	FieraMilano, Milan, Italy	270,000 in 2007
SIMO TCI	Consumer electronics	November 7 2006	Madrid, Spain	approximately 300,000
SMAU	Computers, Consumer electronics	October 4 2006	FieraMilano, Milan, Italy	50,000 in 2006
Sydney Royal Easter Show	Agriculture	14 days over Easter	Sydney, Australia	900,000 in 2007
Tokyo Game Show	Video games	September 22 2006	Tokyo, Japan	160,000 in 2004
World of Packing	Packing	September 26 2006	Minsk, Belarus	90,000 in 2005

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