History of TIC

The Trade & Investment Convention began in 1999 when the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association decided to create an event to showcase the strength and diversity of the country’s manufacturing sector. On March 13th 2000, the first Trade and Investment Convention opened for business with just 70 booths. Approximately 150 people visited the show and all of our participants were from Trinidad and Tobago.
Fast forward to 2009, when TIC hosted more than 200 companies in 218 booths from 28 countries, including Country Pavilions from China, India, Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Nigeria and Brazil. More than 338 international buyers attended TIC 2009 from 35 countries and more than 4,600 people attended the show. [Report on TIC 2009].

TIC has come a long way in just a decade! Over the years we have hosted 3,000 exhibitors and more than 2,000 international buyers. More than 25,000 people, from T&T and the rest of the world have visited the Convention. And there’s that all-important bottom line: TIC has generated an estimated US400 million in trade since 2000!

TIC is attended by:

• Manufacturers
• Suppliers
• Exporters
• Buyers
• Distributors
• Wholesalers
• Service providers
• Regulatory agencies
• Financial institutions
• Investors
• Consumers