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Author Archives: ACT Exporters' Network
B2B article: Growing export strength through relationships
November 2010
Business is all about relationships. And relationships take time, commitment and patience to develop. For those in the business of exporting, there is the added factor that those you want to build a relationship with can be located just about anywhere around the world.
There are, however, a number of avenues that can assist exporters [...]
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3rd Annual Export Leaders’ Breakfast – Last few days to register!
12 August 2010
3rd Annual Export Leaders’ Breakfast – Last few days to register!
To celebrate the success of Australia’s export heroes, the Centre for Customs and Excise Studies, Canberra Business Council and the ACT Government will be hosting the 3rd Annual Export Leaders’ Breakfast on 12 August 2010.
The breakfast will showcase some of Australia’s most successful [...]
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Restoring Support for Australian Exporters
The Shadow Minister for Trade, the Hon. Warren Truss, launched the Coalition Government’s Trade Policy themed – Restoring Support for Australian Exporters at an Australian Institute of Export (AIEx) breakfast this week in Brisbane.
The key announcement was the Coalition’s election promise to restore the $50 million funding shortfall to the Austrade administered Export Market Development [...]
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B2B Article: EMDG scheme
Australian exporters have faced many obstacles over the past two years – a buoyant dollar making our products less affordable on the world stage, the global financial crisis, and now the reduction in funding of the Export Market Development Grant (EMDG) scheme.
EMDG is a scheme that has been supporting Australian exporters for many years to [...]
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ACT Exporters’ Networks 2009-2010 Achievements
2009-10 has been a particularly successful year for the ACT Exporters’ Network and the ACT export community at large.
The Network’s major achievements in 2009/10 include –
• Nearly 800 registrations for ACT Exporters’ Network training, briefing or networking events in 2009/10 - The Network has delivered Pitch Club sessions, Getting into Export workshops, Networking breakfasts and CEO [...]
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GSA Schedules
QUESTION: Do you believe that the GSA option can limit your sales outside the government sector?
ANSWER: No, being listed on the GSA schedules can only enhance a company’s stature and offering. Getting a GSA Schedule tells customers (government or not) that you are a serious vendor and that the US government has done the due [...]
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ACT Exporters’ Network Achievements 2009/10
2009 ACT Chief Minister’s Export Awards
The six-month long 2009 ACT Chief Minister’s Export Awards Program culminated in a Presentation Lunch on Tuesday 22 September 2009. With a record 240 people in attendance, the ACT Chief Minister awarded environmental monitoring solutions company, Sentinel with the coveted ACT Exporter of the Year Award. Twenty-one finalists from across [...]
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Interesting export-related Articles from ‘Beyond Virginia’
16th June, 2010
Understanding the Importance of Incoterms when Exporting under Letters of Credit
Why are most US exporters still shipping “Freight Collect” when securing payment under a letter of credit (LC)? “We’ve always done it that way,” some will say. “We didn’t know it made a difference.” Or maybe it’s because they used these domestically, and [...]
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27th May Exporter’s Breakfast.
The Hon. Anthony Byrne
Parliamentary Secretary for Trade
Address to ACT Exporters’ Network Breakfast
27 May 2010
Canberra
Introduction
Whilst there’s been much discussion about the Australian mining sector in recent weeks, this has probably perpetuated common misconceptions that this and agriculture are virtually the only forms of exporting Australia undertakes.
Whilst these sectors are undoubtedly very important components of our economy, [...]
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B2B Article: Strong Australian Dollar an Extra Challenge for Exporters