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This is the last call to respond to our ExportNZ DHL Barometer Survey! We’re closing the survey this Friday and ask that you take a moment to share your thoughts with us. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete but is critical to our ongoing advocacy efforts, and you’ll go in the draw to win a great prize!

Read more on the latest trade news in our monthly trade update as well as the latest market reports below.

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Josh

New Zealand-European Union FTA

The NZ-EU FTA, concluded on 30 June, is now undergoing legal verification and, after that, will be translated into the EU’s 23 official languages. The FTA will need to be agreed by Ministerial representatives from each of the 27 Member States, and approved by the European Parliament, in order to enter into force. But it will not need to be ratified by each of the individual Member States (making it a simpler process than some of the EU’s other FTAs). That said, ratification may not be easy, and there is already opposition to the deal from some in the EU’s agricultural sector. If domestic processes are progress smoothly on both the EU and New Zealand side, the FTA could be signed by mid-2023, and come into effect in 2024.

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ExportNZ and DHL are joining forces to bring you a small survey with big outcomes for NZ exporters.

The past 12 months have been exceptionally challenging for New Zealand exporters. Through this survey last year, you told us the leading barriers to exporting included the cost and availability of transport and logistics, the inability to travel due to COVID-19 restrictions, and the high cost of doing business in NZ. ExportNZ has advocated for change based on your responses.

We want to make sure we’re still tackling the most critical barriers to business. So tell us, what’s changed?

This survey takes no more than 10 minutes to complete and forms an essential part of ExportNZ’s advocacy work.

Complete the survey here before 26th August and make sure your business is heard.

The Asia-Pacific offers great opportunities to overcome our challenges and do business better. Seizing these opportunities involves changes to how we do business and our supporting eco-systems. What can we change together? Make connections and find out as we bring together leading business academics and business leaders to understand the ‘whys’ and the ‘hows’ of Asia-Pacific business.

Join the CAPEs inaugural Asia-Pacific summit to discuss how we can navigate today’s big challenges and enter new markets while setting a course for a sustainable, inclusive, and profitable future.

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The India New Zealand Business Council is taking a business delegation to India with the aim on promoting our trade ties, after the gap of COVID.

More meetings are being added to make the visit worthwhile for all the business delegates. This delegation will help you collaborate with new partners, and investors in India.

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Te Whakahaere Āhuarangi Limited is undertaking market analysis to assess the current and future supply and demand for voluntary offsets in New Zealand for the Carbon Neutral Government Programme. The research will identify opportunities to develop and incentivise the market for voluntary offsets. Businesses are invited to participate in a survey that will help inform MfE about the type of offset projects that individual businesses can support, and the scale needed to meet current and future demand for offsets.

Fill out the survey here.

In the year ending June 2022 Taiwan has moved up to sixth place to become New Zealand’s sixth largest goods exports market. Goods exports grew 27.1% for the year to NZ$1.596 billion

Imports from Taiwan grew even more strongly by 47.5% to NZ$1.441 billion. Two way trade stood at $3.041, the first time the $3 billion mark has been broken.

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Malaysia offers significant export led growth opportunities for food and drink brands, a cosmopolitan Southeast Asian nation with a population of 32 million.

Known for its diversity, Malaysia is made up of three main ethnicities; Malay (67.4%), Chinese-Malays (24.6%), Indians-Malays (7.3%) and Others (0.7%).

This blend of cultures has led to Malaysia having the one of the most diverse cuisines available in the region. Indeed, food is at the centre of the Malaysian culture. So much so that Malaysians tend to greet people by asking 'Have you eaten?' rather than the traditional "Hello".

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ExportNZ's annual conference Go Global will now be held on Wednesday, 9 November 2022. 

This is an event not to be missed, an exciting speaker line up and more details to come!

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Latest reports

• Weekly Global Economic Round-up - 15 August 2022
• Singapore: Securing access to Essential Goods and Services - August 2022
• China Market Update – Economic stabilisation and adjustment of Covid-19 control settings - July 2022
• Viet Nam Publishes its Mekong Delta Regional Master Plan – Opportunities for Aotearoa-New Zealand - July 2022
• Strong recovery underway in Singapore’s aviation sector - July 2022

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