The 59th International Trade Fair of Food, Beverages and Consumer Goods, one of the leading trade fairs opened in FYROM from 10-14 November . The participants at the event comprised of seven agricultural companies and food and beverage producers from South Serbia. The exposition will give the participants an opportunity to expand into the Macedonian market, Beta news agency reported.The selected companies are small businesses from southern Serbia with a sound growth strategy: Nutriko, an animal food production from Vranje, Velickovic, a dairy from Surdulica, Marinkovic and Srbija, meat processing companies from Leskovac, Moravka, spice producer, Bivoda, a bottling and distribution water company from Bujanovac and Kondiva, a sweets producer from Bujanovac. The Regional Chamber of Commerce from Leksovac will also be present at the join stand. These businesses have received more than €16,000 of financial and technical support from USAID’s Economic Security programme to prepare for and attend the Fair. The funds will cover the display space at the fair and the production of promotional materials that are key for a successful presentation of the companies’ products.