Corona Virus Update – from Cross Government Agency meeting Thursday 20 February.

Trade policy is, in most parts of the region, being pushed aside by the Covid-19 disease.  This is beginning to have a real impact on China’s imports and exports, and those of economies dependent on trade with China. Some of these are also beginning to be affected by Covid-19 infections.   For New Zealand, the most immediate and direct impacts have been on tourism, international education, logs, and live seafood.  But other industries are beginning to feel some pain.  Some of this is because the hospitality trade in China has pretty much shut down.  Factories are far from back to normal.  And ports and the freight industry in China are far from back to normal operations.  A number of shipping services to and from China have been cancelled.  And accessing empty containers might soon become a serious problem.  We are monitoring the situation closely.  We recommend that exporters check the NZTE advice here which is updated daily.

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Where did 2019 go? It was an action packed year on the trade front, with plenty of international drama that so far has mainly resulted in upside for NZ exporters (unless you were in steel or aluminium). That said, uncertainty is not a business persons friend and there is plenty of that still around, including with BREXIT. It is great to see the Export Credit Office has supported so many export sales, check them out below to see if they could help you.

In this edition, check out our latest trade update and if you are interested in doing business in India – there are some good opportunities coming your way. It is great to see pet food exporter Ziwi doing so well and I took that photo of their product at a pet store in Kashiwa, Japan recently. They were very prominently displayed. Great to see. If you are interested in Taiwan, get along to the conference in Wellington

In this newsletter we cover the latest intel on our international trade agreements, we look at the latest updates on Custom’s Secure Exports Scheme (SES) - see your customs check times fall from around an hour to just 17 seconds, and learn how Expo 2020 Dubai could benefit your business.

Our annual conference Go Global is only a couple of weeks away and I think we have one of the best speaker line-ups ever. Tickets are selling fast, so don’t miss out on this great learning and networking opportunity

The EU is already a very significant trade and investment partner for New Zealand: it is a top export market, and a very important source of imports. A closer trade relationship would offer significant new opportunities to both sides to expand business in agriculture and food as well as technology, services (including tourism, education and environmental services), niche and high-value manufacturing, research and investment.

ExportNZ has long been on the record supporting the moves towards what is now the CPTPP, from its original conception through to its signing in Chile in March. We applaud the new government for continuing the efforts to complete the agreement.