Export development

Overview

Growing export markets is a strategic priority for the Australian vegetable, potato and onion industry.

Growing export markets is a strategic priority for the Australian vegetable industry as defined in the Vegetable Industry Strategic Investment Plan. AUSVEG delivers the Multi-Industry Export Program, a strategic levy investment under the Hort Innovation Vegetable, Onion, and Melon Fund, to build industry export capability and capacity, to assist growers to develop and maintain export markets. Hort Innovation, working with AUSVEG, Melons Australia and the onion industry have brought three different industries together to collaborate on a combined industry export program.

Focus

The Multi-Industry Export Program is led by AUSVEG, partnering with stakeholders in the melon and onion industries, and encompasses service delivery in the following areas:

Export skills and capability development

Market planning and market entry

Market development and trade facilitation

Market intelligence and trade expansion

Trade policy, protocol and risk management

Communication and industry engagement

AUSVEG has delivered many collaborative projects in international trade development.

To support industry export growth, AUSVEG has delivered many projects in international trade in collaboration with Hort Innovation and the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, including:

Assistance

AUSVEG’s Export Team assists levy-paying vegetable growers in the following ways.

AUSVEG has a wide range of export development resources and opportunities available for all levy-paying Australian vegetable growers at all levels of export experience.


AUSVEG’s Export Team assists levy-paying vegetable growers in the following ways:


  • Assisting businesses become export ready
  • Assisting with market entry strategies
  • Facilitating direct relationships between growers and international customers
  • Connecting growers with international trade stakeholders in the supply chain and government officials in Australia and international markets
  • Identifying export opportunities
  • Providing the latest market data and information
  • Resolving market access issues and challenges

The AUSVEG Export Team has expertise in the following international trade functions:

Export readiness training and capability development

Industry and business export development assistance

Market entry strategies and advice

International trade missions and tradeshows

International buyer engagement and supplier linkages

Trade barriers and technical market access

Market insights, data and analysis

Government engagement and industry representation