Jeremy Rockliff,Minister for Trade
With Tasmania’s borders once again open to the world, we are investing to proactively support Tasmanian businesses to showcase their products to the world.
That’s why the 2022-23 State Budget includes our $1.8 million two-year trade and investment mission plan that will help Tasmanian businesses get back into markets that dropped off due to COVID restrictions, as well as establish a foothold in new and potentially lucrative ones.
Tasmania has what the world wants and with economies around the world starting to recover and demand for goods growing, this will ensure Tasmania remains front and centre with our premium products and services.
Our plan is to promote Tasmania’s extensive capabilities and connect businesses directly to international buyers, distributors and government and business leaders in New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, the USA, the UK, and Europe.
We are already making significant progress with the first trade mission to New Zealand from 31 August to 5 September this year, with participating Tasmanian businesses to be finalised in the coming weeks.
This will be followed by a trade mission to Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam in October, with Expressions of Interest opening today for interested parties. This will ensure we maintain the momentum in establishing and growing trade within the ASEAN region and continue to build Tasmanian brand awareness.
Businesses joining our trade missions receive tailored support and advice on taking their products into the target market, and in return act as key brand ambassadors for the industry and more broadly Tasmania.
Details on the remaining trade and investment missions will be released in July, which will ensure we return to the momentum we had established pre-pandemic in taking Tasmanian products to more people around the world – growing and diversifying markets abroad while creating jobs and economic prosperity at home.
