TABRIZ -- Managing Director of Tabriz International Fair Habib Mahuti said here on Saturday that 13 countries are to be represented at the 10th Tabriz International Trade Fair, IRNA reported.

Mahuti said that Italy, Germany, Turkey, Bulgaria, Japan, the UAE, the U.S., China, Taiwan, the Netherlands, Azerbaijan Republic, Ukraine and Iraq have so far announced their readiness to attend the week-long fair.

He said 743 manufacturing and industrial companies, including 665 domestic as well as 78 foreign ones, will definitely attend the fair.