International Fair Plovdiv

[1] It was established in August 1892 as an industrial and agricultural show, and attracts more than 600,000 visitors from many countries.

[2] During its first year, the Plovdiv Fair had an exhibition area of 90,000 m2, participants from 24 countries and 162,000 visitors during its two and a half months.[when?]

[1] A National Industrial Exhibition was organized in 1933 that had 424 exhibitors and 120,000 visitors, being the first sample fair in Plovdiv.

The fair officially became an international one by joining Union des Foires Internationales (UFI) in 1936, when over 1,000 Bulgarian and 385 foreign companies took part.

Soviet agricultural tractors and other goods were offered for export to Bulgaria, but the Axis attack on the USSR in 1941 brought the trade to a halt.