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.  If you are interested in opportunities in Chile – read on as well.

Happy exporting!

Catherine Beard

027 463 3212 or cbeard@exportnz.org.nz

Where do we begin?

Why not RCEP….

Intense negotiations are continuing to conclude the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership by the 4 November meeting of the ASEAN Summit.  Trade Ministers will be meeting two days ahead of this.

This negotiation has been getting very close to conclusion for some time.  The most recent Ministerial saw things step back with India raising issues about agriculture, imports from China, rules of origin and the quality of ASEAN services commitments (movement of people).

There has been a strong lobbying effort in India to exclude dairy but that has been resisted in the negotiations equally strongly by Australia and New Zealand.

Reading the Indian media over the last few days we conclude that the Indian people are being softened up for some compromises on key issues.  This should clear the way for agreement to be reached.

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Getting government procurement right is important. You spend a lot of time and money bidding for and managing government contracts.

New Zealand Government Procurement (NZGP) want to know what’s working and what needs improving in procurement planning and sourcing. Your feedback will help shape and grow procurement capability in the Public Sector.

Your individual responses will be held confidentially by the Capability Services Team and the Business Information and Analysis Team within New Zealand Government Procurement.These are not procurement teams: they work to help improve procurement practice across government.

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Deloitte’s 2019/20 Bribery & Corruption Survey aims to gather valuable insights into how Australian and New Zealand organisations perceive both domestic and foreign B&C risk, as well as what is being done to prevent, detect and respond to incidents.

We’d appreciate your insights on how your organisation fights bribery & corruption. Simply click here to complete the survey. The survey will take 10 - 15 minutes to complete and your responses will be confidential and anonymous.

Exporters will benefit from Custom’s Secure Exports Scheme (SES) being expanded to Kiwi businesses who use air freight to get their products to overseas markets, Minister of Customs Jenny Salesa announced today.

Under the SES scheme, New Zealand businesses can see their customs check times fall from around an hour to just 17 seconds on average. Before today, the express scheme was only available for sea cargo exports.

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Understand how Expo 2020 Dubai could benefit your business, with NZTE’s Road to Expo events around New Zealand this November. You’ll get the latest updates on Expo 2020, the New Zealand pavilion and NZTE’s Expo Leveraging Programme for business, plus fresh insights into regional markets.

Learn more and register in your area here ->>

Chile has long been seen as a gateway to South America and there are many business opportunities with this Pacific partner, which have yet to be explored. So, to help Kiwi business get ahead, New Zealand Story and the Latin America CAPE have commissioned a comprehensive country perception research study to help New Zealand businesses get ahead by understanding opportunities in the Chilean market. 

Findings include how Chilean consumers and businesses perceive New Zealand, key points for business engagement and sector-specific considerations for trade. 

If you are in Auckland on the 20th November, why not join us for a breakfast presentation and hear how Chileans see New Zealand? We would love to see you!

Register here ->>

Thank you for the submissions we’ve received and to those who’ve come along to our trade policy outreach sessions from June to September. We’re making good progress in our negotiations with Singapore and Chile on a Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA).

What will DEPA include?

During negotiations in September, we discussed each of the DEPA modules and how DEPA fits with our existing free trade agreements and WTO-based e-commerce discussions.

New Zealand also put forward text for modules relating to:
• Digital inclusion and Inclusive Trade
• Government Procurement
• Wider Trust Environment  (Cybersecurity Cooperation)
• the Treaty of Waitangi

What happens now?

Negotiators will meet again in late October and discussions are on track for an initial announcement in November 2019.

More information here ->>

What is ePing you ask?
ePing is a valuable, free online web service for exporters.
You sign up quickly and easily to receive alerts on upcoming changes in export markets, including product requirements, labelling and standards that are not international.
You can choose how often you get alerted, the products you want to know about and the markets you are interested in.

And why is this so great?
ePing gives you a  ‘heads-up’ about proposed changes to export requirements that affect your business. If you are in the know early enough it will give you enough time to prepare and adjust your business to any upcoming changes.

Being in the know about any changes that affect your business also gives you the opportunity to have a say before proposed changes become law. The country that wants to make changes is obliged to take your comments into account.

Sign-up for ePing alerts here.

For more information, ;">email the New Zealand Technical Barriers to Trade Enquiry Point.

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