PEAK business organisation, the Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(TCCI) has joined with the national chamber movement to launch a unique
initiative designed to make doing business easier for importers and exporters.
‘Australian Tradelinks’ was launched at the Australian Business Congress in
Sydney and combines a web portal of market information about supply chain links,
trade documentation services and cross-border regulatory requirements with an
innovative export diagnostic tool, ‘ExportCheck’.
TCCI Chief Executive Michael Bailey said the service would be particularly valuable
for current Tasmanian exporters and also for businesses that wanted to move into
export markets.
Mr Bailey said through the trade portal services Tasmanian businesses will be able
to leverage the chamber movement’s national member base of more than
300,000 businesses, with linkages to the International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC), the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(CACCI) and the business opportunities they offer.
“With an outward looking business community, services by business organisations
that facilitate trade and trade matching will make our economy stronger and put
the TCCI at the forefront of business leadership.
“The initiative will reduce the time and effort expended by businesses in seeking
and securing commercial opportunities. It will also capture new opportunities and
present them to businesses.”
The Australian Tradelinks web portal includes:
• Market-related information and linkages to market opportunities in a B2B
sense.
• Information on export documentation and service providers to assist
compliance with regulatory or legislative requirements, relating to the
importation and exportation of goods and services into or out of Australia,
including border clearance.
• Information on financial products such as letters of credit and service
providers.
• Information on bilateral and multilateral agreements and how to take
advantage of these.
• Information to support international trade by Australian companies (both
inward and outward); and
• Information on international commercial dispute resolution to support
businesses that are having difficulty in completion of transactions and
payments.
Mr Bailey said the Export Diagnostic Tool, ExportCheck, assesses a company’s
capability for export. The tool offers a systematic process of determining the export
readiness of the business and includes recommendations for success.
“The diagnostic will assess readiness to export, asking a business questions which
provide recommendations and next steps to adapt business models.
“The first part of the diagnostic focuses on export capability and whether a
business model encompasses all aspects required for successful export. The
second part of the diagnostic focuses on the intended country of export, reviewing
capability against trade barriers, tariff, customs, documentation and country
specific requirements, and market entry strategies,” he said.
More information is available at the Australian Tradelinks site at
http://australiantradelinks.com.au/
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