TRIPOLI (LIBYA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – The ninth edition of the Libya Construction Expo, Tripoli’s leading event dedicated to the construction and building industry, has officially opened at the city’s exhibition centre. The event brings together 155 Libyan and international companies and features five national pavilions: Italy, Turkey, India, Egypt and Tunisia. The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh and the Ministers of Economy, Tourism, Water Resources and Infrastructure.

The exhibition will run until 11 November, providing an important platform for networking and business-to-business (B2B) meetings between leading industrial operators and Libyan businesses.

Italy’s Ambassador to Tripoli, Gianluca Alberini, attended the opening ceremony and visited the Italian Pavilion, where he met representatives of the exhibiting companies. Organised in collaboration with Finco and Confimi Edilizia, the Italian Pavilion is the largest national group exhibition at the event. Covering an area of 230 square metres, it hosts 17 leading companies representing the entire supply chain for building materials, finishes and construction technologies. The Italian exhibition area has attracted a significant number of visitors and qualified industry professionals, thanks to its high-quality layout and targeted media campaign.

As part of the accompanying events, the Design and Architecture Forum conference programme will feature architect Alessandro Colombo, Ambassador of Italian Design in the World. His presentation will focus on the latest industry innovations and the Italian model for promoting manufacturing excellence in global markets.

Italy’s participation in Tripoli follows on from the positive results achieved by the Italian group exhibition at Libya Build in Benghazi last April.

Figures for the first half of 2026 highlight the dynamism of bilateral relations. Italy remains firmly established as Libya’s leading trading partner, ranking first both as a supplier, with a 17% market share, and as a destination for Libyan exports, accounting for 23.4%.

In the first six months of the year, bilateral trade reached €5.7 billion, up 43.4%, driven by record growth in Italian exports to Libya. Exports rose by 92.7% to €1.697 billion, compared with €881 million in the same period of 2025.

Against this backdrop, the ICE office, operating from the Italian Embassy in Tripoli since 2021, is working to strengthen the presence of Italian companies at the country’s main trade fairs and accelerate the diversification of bilateral trade by involving new industrial sectors beyond the traditional energy industry.

– Photo: Embassy of Italy in Libya –

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Source: medNews