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ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area - Joint ASEAN release

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1300

AANZFTA Business Seminar

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +1200

Seminar for businesses focused on services trade with Southeast Asia held on 3 June 2011.

Business leaders from Southeast Asia and New Zealand spoke at the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) Business Seminar on "Partners in Growth: Services Trade with Southeast Asia" on 3 June 2011.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) in partnership with, the Wellington Employers' Chamber of Commerce, the ASEAN-New Zealand Combined Business Council and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), hosted the seminar.

Southeast Asia is one of the world's most economically dynamic regions. ASEAN represents a market of more than 600 million people with a combined GDP of US$2.7 trillion. It is New Zealand's third largest export market.

The event promoted services trade in this region by enhancing understanding of business opportunities and developing stronger business-to-business and business-to-government links.

Participants heard about trade opportunities in the region generally and in specific services areas such as education, aviation, engineering, IT, telecommunications and financial services. Leading experts in these fields from Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand gave presentations followed by Q&A and panel discussion.

The programme can be viewed here

Presentations by speakers can be downloaded here

ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area - Australian Government Press Release

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1300

Updates

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +1300

The Agreement entered into force for Indonesia on 10 January 2012.

Important Notice for New Zealand exporters to Australia:

Australia will expect certificates of origin if an importer enters goods from New Zealand under a claim for AANZFTA (as opposed to CER) preferences. It is assumed that this will not occur frequently.

If you would like further details about the relationship between AANZFTA and CER, please email tradepolicy@customs.govt.nz

ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area - New Zealand Government Press Release

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1300

Presentations

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:23:30 +1200

ASEAN Keynote Address

Dr Narongchai Akrasanee, Chair of Seranee Holdings, Thailand (MSPowerpoint 750KB)

Workshop on education services

Professor Tan Chin Tiong, Singapore Institute of Technology (MSPowerpoint 8.1MB)

Jo Mullins, Cognition Education Limited (MSPowerpoint 2.5MB)

Clarence van der Wel, Academic Colleges Group (MSPowerpoint 3.3MB)

Workshop on sectoral approach to trade promotion focusing on the aviation sector

Associate Professor Val Lindsay, Victoria University of Wellington (MSPowerpoint 670KB)

John Nicholson, Aviation New Zealand (MSPowerpoint 210KB)

Workshop on "embodied services": the services component of goods

Tom Westcott, ITS Global, Australia (MSPowerpoint 220KB)

Tony Nowell, Valadenz (MSPowerpoint 10MB)

Craig Pattison, Consultant

Workshop on engineering services

Dr Surya Darma, Head of the International Geothermal Association, Indonesia (MSPowerpoint 7.2MB)

Paul White, Beca International Holdings Limited (MSPowerpoint 21MB)

Sir Ken Stevens, Glidepath Group (MSPowerpoint 1.2MB)

Workshop on IT/telecommunications

Geoff Hunt, Kordia (MSPowerpoint 7.7MB)

Mitchell Pham, Augen Software Group and AugenASIA (MSPowerpoint 4.9MB)

Veerasak Kritsnapraphun, Greenline Synergy Co, Thailand (MSPowerpoint 4.5MB)

Workshop on financial services

Associate Professor Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, Head of Research Affairs, International Shariah Research Academy for Islamic Finance, Malaysia (MSPowerpoint 3.8MB)

David Bell, ASB (MSPowerpoint 1.1MB)

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Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +1300

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Fact Sheets - Rules of Origin, Certification, Trade Facilitation

Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 +1200

NZ Customs has provided information on Rules of Origin (imports), Certification and Trade Facilitation for AANZFTA. To access these Fact Sheets, click here or look under "The Agreement" > "Publications and Guides"