The participation of such Eastern European countries as Belarus, Russia, Ukraine and the three small Baltic states also made the fair special. Even Ethiopia of Africa and Yemen of the Middle East sent delegations.
而首度參展的白俄羅斯、俄羅斯、烏克蘭、波羅的海三小國… … 等東歐國家，相當特別；連非洲的衣索匹亞、中東的葉門，都不遠千里來台參展。