MDA planning Asian biz junket

JACKSON. Miss. – The Mississippi Development Authority will lead a state delegation of firms on a business development mission to Asia this coming fall - Oct. 14-21. The mission is designed to connect state businesses that want to expand trade and create new economic relationships with qualified buyers in Japan and South Korea. The mission may include an additional stop in a third country. The trip will be a multi-industry mission with prospects in the fields of aerospace, biotechnology, chemical manufacturing, computers and electronics products, defense equipment and renewable energy technology – among others. Japan and South Korea are the fourth- and seventh-largest importers of U.S. goods and services. In 2014, combined exports to these two nations from Mississippi totaled more than $427 million. The mission is to coincide with the Tokyo Aerospace Symposium 2015; BioJapan 2015, Asia's top partnering event for biotechnology; and Seoul ADEX 2015, an international aerospace and defense exhibition. (Source: Hattiesburg American 06/17/15) Central Mississippi Note: Deadline to register is July 20.