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Food Integrity important in New Zealand too
Earlier this year a group of like-minded people came together to plan a conference on food integrity – speculating that NZ food producers would be as interested as their global counterparts. Drawing from their collective knowledge and connections they brought together speakers from NZ, China, Australia and the US.
The evolution of China’s E-commerce marketplaces
China is the world’s largest e-commerce market. The number of online shoppers in China surpassed 417 million in 2015, hitting $590 billion USD in online retail transactions. Not only has online shopping grown more than 12 times over the past five years, e-commerce contributed almost 30% of China’s GDP growth in 2015. With online sales growing at a rate of over 50% per year, it’s no wonder every economy in the world is analysing China’s booming e-commerce industry, with a hope of tasting a slice (or two) of the growing pie.
OCCAM – China Training for Business – Government – Individuals
Occam has developed training for over 200 China topics for westerners covering a comprehensive range of business needs and activities. Training includes both specific business knowledge and any necessary soft skills learning for participants to combine with their existing skills ensuring they can successfully apply the training to be successful in China.
The Exporter – July 2016
Trade Update – July
It has been a relatively light month for New Zealand trade policy in terms of actual negotiations. But it has been an interesting month globally.
Collaboration of Exporters Delivers First Container Ship visit
Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company and Kotahi, New Zealand’s leading export supply chain collaborator, are set to welcome the largest container ship to ever visit New Zealand waters capable of carrying 9,500 TEU calling at Port of Tauranga at the start of the peak export season.
Trade Update – June
Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA)New Zealand played host last week to the latest negotiating round in ECFA. This negotiation is not (as much of the media maintained) a China centered agreement but an ASEAN initiated process and...
Ocean freight disruption real risk for primary exporters
Some exporters from New Zealand’s primary sector are exposed to potential service disruptions as the downturn in global shipping drives consolidation in the industry, says the CEO of one of the country’s largest players in the logistics sector.
The Exporter – February 2016
The Exporter – March 2016
The Exporter – April 2016
The Exporter – June 2016
The Exporter – May 2016
The Inaugural NZ Turkey Business Council and Turkey NZ Business Council meeting in Istanbul
MFAT opens NZ industry submissions for environmental goods
The Environmental Goods Agreement negotiations are at a stage where MFAT is consulting companies on the environmental products list that is under negotiation to ensure it is considering any commercial sensitivities and priorities.NZ is now...
TPPA Implications for the food and beverage industry
Trade Update – May
China FTA UpgradeThe outcome of the Prime Minister's discussions in Beijing with Xi Jinping was that Trade Ministers would discuss next steps for the FTA upgrade when they met in Lima at the APEC Trade Minister's meeting. This meeting is on this...
Trade Update – April 2016
Trade Update – April 2016
No wonder SMEs struggle with innovation
For most SMEs, it is enough of a struggle trying to survive in a competitive market and generate a profit commensurate with the effort and risk, without the significant drain in time, effort and resources that research and development involves.