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Trade Access Support Programme - Funding for Export Markets
What is the Trade Access Support Programme?
The Trade Access Support Programme (TASP) funds practical efforts to break down barriers that may be constraining New Zealand's exports of goods and services. New Zealand exporters frequently face barriers to international markets that restrict or prohibit trade. Tariffs are one problem. Another less visible issue is barriers at or behind the border, such as discriminatory product standards, labelling requirements, unscientific quarantine restrictions, and other government regulations or red tape.
The Government has allocated $375,000 excluding GST in the 2004-2005 financial year to assist New Zealand exporters through TASP.
Trade Access Support Programme projects
Exporters experiencing access problems in a particular export market are strongly encouraged to contact the relevant regional division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to develop a strategy for dealing with them. This might include funding a project under TASP.
TASP projects should focus on the following broad objectives:
improving market access for New Zealand exports (usually by addressing a specific barrier to trade)
increasing the competitiveness of New Zealand exports (eg by reducing business costs)
analysing the export sector’s contribution to economic performance (eg commissioned research projects).
Specific objectives of TASP projects in the past have included
Overcoming difficulties in the area of industrial or product standards
Addressing quarantine or phytosanitary barriers on specific products in individual markets
Reassuring overseas markets of the quality of New Zealand agricultural, seafood and forestry exports
Research into the opportunities for exporters and the barriers they face, in areas such as services
Promoting further liberalisation of markets for our export trade, including agriculture.
Examples of projects recently funded by TASP
Improving market access for, and the competitiveness of, New Zealand's wood products to APEC member countries
Partial funding for the attendance of a New Zealand delegation at the 12th Session of the Codex Committee on Fresh Fruits and Vegetables to ensure New Zealand's horticultural interests were well represented
Supporting New Zealand's interaction with counterparts in the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to discuss a range of market access issues and approaches to mutual concerns
Providing assistance to improving market access for New Zealand's agricultural exports to the UK
Funding a Chilean Agriculture and Livestock Services (SAG) audit inspection of Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries/New Zealand Food Safety Authority regulatory controls for New Zealand germplasm exports to Chile.
Page last updated: Tuesday, 17 July 2007 13:48 NZST
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