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Message from the executive director

It's that all-important time of year where exporters get a great opportunity to have their say via the ExportNZ DHL Export Barometer Survey.

The feedback you provide helps inform our lobbying to governent on your behalf, so please tell us what you think! 

Last year's results showed that Kiwi exporters were feeling confident, with 71% of New Zealand exporters expecting international orders to increase.

What are the big issues for you? How is the future looking for your business? What's working, and what's not?

I look forward to reading your comments. Click below to take the survey - it only takes 5 minutes to complete - and you'll go into the draw to win fantastic prizes...

Catherine Beard

027 463 3212 or cbeard@exportnz.org.nz

Voice your needs and gain support! Plus WIN ALL BLACKS JERSEY & LIONS TOUR BALL!

ExportNZ and DHL are teaming up again for this short exporter survey.

It only takes 5 minutes to complete. Please fill it in so we can ensure government agencies and others can understand your challenges and opportunities, and we can ensure you are properly supported. 

Take the survey here->>

YOU WILL GO IN THE DRAW TO WIN A 2018 ALL BLACKS JERSEY AND AN OFFICIAL 2017 LIONS TOUR BALL SIGNED BY THE ALL BLACKS!* 

Survey closes 20th August 2018.
*Terms and conditions can be found here.

Trade Update

In this month's trade update, there's both positive and negative news. On the positive side of the ledger New Zealand began FTA negotiations with the EU this week. Negotiations with the Pacific Alliance are continuing and progressing positively. There's increasing evidence that principle will be sacrificed for pragmatism in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. And the EU has submitted a proposal aimed at saving the WTO’s dispute settlement system. Singapore has become the third country to ratify CPTPP. And the UK has begun public consultations on a possible FTA with New Zealand post-Brexit.

On the negative side we see contagion from the trade war between the US and China and US and the world on steel and aluminium. The Brexit process has become more confused. The recent White Paper released by the UK Government casts real doubt over the UK’s ability to negotiate meaningful FTAs independent of the EU. More...

Experts say fintech could be NZ’s biggest export

New Zealand’s fintech exports could be set for a major boom in a free trade post-Brexit market, according to fintech expert and FinTechNZ general manager James Brown.

Brown says the UK is a “very important market” for New Zealand exports, and it’s encouraging to see the government working proactively to set up a free trade agreement with the UK after its exit from the European Union.

“While New Zealand currently exports around $1.6 billion in traditional products to the UK, the big growth opportunity is in hi-tech,” Brown said. “Technology is now New Zealand’s third largest and fastest growing export sector, so opening a market such as the UK, which is advanced and able to consume many of our tech innovations, will further drive export growth.”

“Fintech is New Zealand’s fastest growing sector at 48.5% compared to the global average of 31%,” Brown explains. More...

Go Global

The annual ExportNZ conference Go Global is returning on 27th September, this year at the Pullman Hotel, Auckland. Save the date in your diary now!

We're securing a huge line up of speakers, including...

  • CEO of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Lewis Gradon
  • CEO of Sistema, Drew Muirhead
  • Tech Tigers will be back, featuring the NZ Hi-Tech Awards Company of the Year, Invenco, and
  • ExportNZ Wellington Award winners, gaming company Pic Pok - ​amongst others.

Book 27th September in your diary. Registration details coming soon!

100% Kiwi Business delivers insights you can use

Author Ryan L Jennings personally interviewed 100 Kiwi business owners and CEO's across almost every conceivable industry to bring us this newly launched book: 100% Kiwi Business.

It delivers insights you can use to navigate your own business journey, including:

  • a vision for New Zealand's future
  • 9 business success navigators for every business stage
  • 3 ways to restructure your marketing capability into a media publishing powerhouse
  • over 200+ question prompts you can use to drive your business forward.

Kirk Hope, CEO BusinessNZ says, “The lessons and learnings in this book will be of relevance and benefit across the entire business ecosystem and, I hope, provide encouragement.”

Learn what’s working for Kiwi business owners, and the questions to ask to unlock your own professional and personal success.  Check it out here->>

IP Protection: Targeting Export Markets

This is a really useful article from James & Wells that focuses on how exporters need to ensure they have adequate IP protection in the markets they are exporting to.

It’s a no-brainer. If you are an exporter you want to ensure your intellectual property (IP) protection is robust in the export markets that are most important to you. Right?

But delve into the data for New Zealand exports to our most important trade partners and compare it to the level of patents and trade marks filed in those markets - and there’s a real discrepancy. More...

ExportNZ Export Excelerator Conference - AKL, 10 August

ExportNZ's Export Excelerator returns on 10 August in Auckland, with a team of elite exporters (including winners and finalists from the last decade of ExportNZ Awards) delivering more insights and tips than you can shake a stick at - all in four hours.

Spaces are limited so register now to secure your spot. More...

Pacific Alliance business matchmaking forum - save the date!

The VI Macro Rueda de Negocios of the Pacific Alliance will take place in the state of Oaxaca Mexico on 30 - 31 August.

This is a great opportunity for Kiwi exporters to explore business potential with the Pacific Alliance. The sectors that will be represented during this event are:

  • AGROINDUSTRY - Fruits and vegetables, processed foods, sea products, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
  • MANUFACTURING - Plastics, rubbers and their manufactures, hardware, construction materials and tools, furniture and decoration items, cleaning, hygiene and toilet products (Cosmetics and personal hygiene)
  • CONSUMER GOODS - Textiles and materials for textiles, jewelery, clothing, footwear and accessories, skins, leather and its manufactures, handicrafts.

ProMexico is offering a return ticket in economy from Australia to Oaxaca once the interested company registers and complies with a minimum of 10 meetings/engagements during the event. Registration deadline is 27th July.  Find out more->>

Customs changes coming 1 October 2018

Are you aware that from 1 October a new Customs and Excise Act comes into force? 

Over the years, the 1996 Act has been amended many times in response to progress in trade, travel, security and technology. As a result it had become outdated and out of step with modern business practices.

The new Act is less prescriptive and more principles based, which gives it flexibility. The main changes are:

  • 10 new services and initiatives
  • changes to existing services
  • sectional reference changes - the new Act has gone down to 6 sections from the 18 sections in the 1996 Act.

There are tools to help you prepare for these changes.  
The Customs website has a dedicated section on the new Act, including a summary of what's changed, and a Comparison Guide between the 1996 and 2018 Acts that shows the sectional reference differences.

Any detailed questions can be emailed to: Act2018@customs.govt.nz.

Worldwide Consumer Demand Pushes Growth Surge in NZ Organic Sales

The New Zealand organic sector has grown 30 per cent, or 10 per cent a year since 2015, to now be worth $600 million, buoyed along by consumers, here and globally, demanding natural, ethical products that are good for them and their families.

The newly released 2018 OANZ Organic Market Report, shows retail sales of organic products are growing twice as fast as conventional products, up 8.8% to $245 million.

Exports too are booming, up 42 per cent since 2015 to $355 million, as consumers in Asia, including China, North America and Europe seek out New Zealand organic fruit, vegetables, dairy, meat, wool and wine, and natural beauty and bodycare products. More...

View & download report here->>

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