La 19th ^edition of the Lomé International Fair (FIL) was launched on Tuesday 14 May by the Minister of Commerce, Crafts and Local Consumption, Rose Kayi Mivedor-Sambiani at the Centre Togolese exhibitions and fairs in Lomé (CETEF

^{Scheduled on the theme, “standards and qualities of products and services: tools for competitiveness and access to connected markets”, the 19th edition of FIL will be held from November 22 to December 8 next on the site of (CETEF) in Lomé “Togo 2000".} FIL plans to welcome more than 1000 exhibitors on more than 90,000 m2, which can accommodate more than 500,000 visitors. The 19th Lomé International Fair offers participants several opportunities, namely, the promotion of exchanges of products and services from all sectors of economic activity of countries both in the subregion and in the rest of the world; the increase in the level of commercial activity between the countries of the subregion and the opportunities for meetings between professionals and specialists for the development of the activity. commercial activities in the subregion and in the rest of the world.