tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16191057550432584802024-03-09T00:33:44.375+13:00Exporters BlogThe Exportersblog is a unique way for you to stay in touch with current issues in international trade. By reading and contributing you can be a part of the story of international trade in the South Pacific. It is the only export blog originating from New Zealand and promotes export success and international trade. It has been set up by the New Zealand School of Export.New Zealand School of Exporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403327477938364303noreply@blogger.comBlogger232125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-85945315685295468762012-08-08T10:40:00.000+12:002012-08-08T10:40:03.361+12:00NZ Wine in ChinaCongratulations to Patricia Miranda of Yealands Estate in Marlborough (wife of one of our exporters<strong> </strong>doing the Diploma of International Trade). Patricia has been chosen to take part in the Ningxia Wine Challenge and will be representing New Zealand. For more details have a look at the 'Grape Wall of China' wine blog at:<a href="http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/08/02/ningxia-wine-challenge-the-expert-panel-selects-ten-candidates/"> http://www.grapewallofchina.com/2012/08/02/ningxia-wine-challenge-the-expert-panel-selects-ten-candidates/</a><br />
You go girl!<strong><br /></strong>Rom.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11188346502658882426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-46873978241759586892012-08-04T18:07:00.001+12:002012-08-04T18:08:28.964+12:00Telecom and Pacific Fibre UFBIn the wonderful world of free markets, it is interesting to note that attempts to provide a second UFB link to the US from New Zealand have failed with Pacific Fibre's announcement on 1st August 2012 that it has been unable to secure the USD 400 million needed. This leaves foreign-owned Telecom as the only provider. Telecom is the same company which has been repeatedly fined for breaches of the Commerce Act, the latest being a record NZD 12 million fine for 'unlawfully charging competitors disproportionately high prices for wholesale access to its network.' One can only hope that the same thing will not happen again.This is also the same Telecom which is also receiving over NZD 1.2 billion from the government for a new telephone network, when the UK's Orange network has invested GBP 1.5 million for its 3G network. (Since when was the free market about monopoly power - I thought that was a bad thing when governments did it?)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Prime Minister has announced the opening of the 2012 Business Scholarships, so if you want to study international business overseas, check this out:</span></div>
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Professor Sir Paul Callaghan and partners are staging a forum in Gisborne to inspire thinking about New Zealand’s future prospects, based on a realistic, science-based appraisal of our current situation. Sir Paul Callaghan has brought together a very significant group of New Zealanders for this event. Exporters and those involved in international trade will be especially interested to see that Sir Ray Avery (entrepreneur and exporter), Dr Rick Boven (Director of the NZ Institute thinktank), and Peter Chrisp (CEO of New Zealand Trade & Enterprise) are all on the programme which can be found at: <a href="http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/events/2012-transit-of-venus-forum-lifting-our-horizon/speakersprogramme/">http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/events/2012-transit-of-venus-forum-lifting-our-horizon/speakersprogramme/</a><br />
The website itself is well worth looking at with video clips outlining Sir Paul's vision. Watch the website and this blog for more information.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-25190657186452328112012-03-20T13:31:00.000+13:002012-03-20T13:31:13.534+13:00Leader of the Opposition talks about export industries and companiesOn 15th March 2012 the Leader of the Parliamentary Opposition David Shearer spoke to the Cullen Breakfast Club. His talk was entitled <i>A new New Zealand. </i>In it he said:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>If we're going to have those 10,000 high value export companies,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>If we're going to have those high value export industries developing,</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Then we have to do a much better job of education than we are right now.</b></div><br />
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We will await the details and policy of how David Shearer and his party will get those 10,000 high value export companies and how New Zealanders will be educated for that development.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-20400531330984435332012-03-02T11:40:00.001+13:002012-03-02T11:40:00.725+13:00Infoshare - a tool for exporters - YouTube videoEver tried to use Statistics New Zealand's tool Infoshare and had difficulty? You might be interested in this YouTube video put up by Stats New Zealand entitled <i>Build a table of overseas trade (import/export) data </i>which you can find on YouTube at: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r04oLlK9B8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r04oLlK9B8</a><br />
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This video is one of five which will help you to use Infoshare. This tool contains the most up-to-date information from Statistics New Zealand's official statistics.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-64337312426513563582012-02-29T10:15:00.002+13:002012-02-29T10:15:00.298+13:00Here's An Idea<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5m7FOTzxmdXw_3Xjj_BGWdFPTS3quqWS35yemAGw6DpmuWUA0lFJ0_G4ECIW_9ZD4x23YWAr1wSprP5Ql16IekORelBieJugp1XDYP6p10f9HTGygi8N5P31XzHKxTGr0MADJBfd2oLc/s1600/Port+of+Tauranga.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5m7FOTzxmdXw_3Xjj_BGWdFPTS3quqWS35yemAGw6DpmuWUA0lFJ0_G4ECIW_9ZD4x23YWAr1wSprP5Ql16IekORelBieJugp1XDYP6p10f9HTGygi8N5P31XzHKxTGr0MADJBfd2oLc/s320/Port+of+Tauranga.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Photo source: Port of Tauranga<br />
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Prompted by the current wave of industrial unrest at the Ports of Auckland, it has occurred to me that maybe there should only be one major port in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand and that this should be at the Port of Tauranga.<br />
Auckland on the Waitemata Harbour could become a freight collection centre and Auckland and the Port of Tauranga could be linked by a yet to be constructed new high-speed rail line for freight. This line would be a new route and would be more direct than the current route via Hamilton. This would have a number of benefits:<br />
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<ul><li>it would consolidate Tauranga's position as a port and port city </li>
<li>it would mean that shipping companies could focus on one port in the north of New Zealand</li>
<li>since Tauranga is more or less equidistant between Auckland and Hamilton it would draw on both cities and regions</li>
<li>construction of a high speed rail link between the two cities would provide jobs for the construction industries</li>
<li>Auckland City could focus on its relationship with its harbour which is in danger of being eroded as the Port indicates that it needs further land for development.</li>
</ul><div>In 2011 container volumes at the Port of Tauranga rose by 15% and represented more than 40% of the Port's total trade. Transhipped tonnage also increased in 2011 as did transhipped containers.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Information Source: Stevenson, R. (2011) <i>Focus on container trade brings 'cracker' result for Port of Tauranga. </i>IN Dominion Post 19 August p.C1</div><div><br />
</div><div>What do you think?</div>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-19471292963411352012-02-28T10:12:00.001+13:002012-02-28T10:14:43.582+13:00China and World Trade<a href="http://www.chinalawblog.com/2012/02/another_china_wto_loss_another_nail_in_the_coffin_of_world_trade.html">Another China WTO Loss. Another Nail In The Coffin Of World Trade. : China Law Blog : China Law for Business</a><br />
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</span>This post on China Law Blog by Steve Dickinson is worth reading; the way that China deals with its rare earths trade has also been the subject of posts on the IELP blog. It's ironic that we read information such as this when the 2nd National China Business Symposium opens in Auckland on Thursday 1 March 2012.<u><br />
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</u>This symposium is organised by the NZCTA and the New Zealand China Contemporary Research Centre specifically for those who are engaged in trade with China and for academics <span style="font-style: italic;">who wish to test academic research with what actually happens in the market place. </span>The theme of the Symposium is <span style="font-weight: bold;">Successful Branding and Channel Management in China.</span> It will be interesting to see if concerns over China's membership of the WTO surface.<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />
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The Mrs Wishy-Washy series of readers for children are published by <u>Clean Slate Press</u> an Auckland company New Zealand owned and operated company which publishes high-quality educational resources, both for New Zealand schools and the international market. See <a href="http://cleanslatepress.com/">http://cleanslatepress.com/</a><br />
Clean Slate is now a multi-million dollar business selling titles primarily to early education markets in the US, Canada and Australia.<br />
Obviously the value of the export of these early education readers can be quantified, but what can't be put into dollar terms is the value of the character and its creator, Joy Cowley, for its promotion of New Zealand's creative industries.<br />
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Source: Smith, N. (2012) <i>Lovable character key to publisher's success. </i>In The Business Herald p.11 published Friday February 24, 2012.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-57386216713318513672012-02-17T12:27:00.001+13:002012-02-17T12:27:00.212+13:00Abel TasmanWho's Abel Tasman I can hear you say? If you are a Kiwi you should know, if you are one of our valued international readers you can be forgiven. Here is a picture of the famous man:<br />
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In 1642 on 13 December in the ship Heemskerck Tasman sighted the north of the South Island of New Zealand beginning this country's long and very fruitful association with the Netherlands.<br />
This year is the 370th anniversary of Tasman's exploration of New Zealand waters and the first recorded meeting with Maori. You can check out the website at: <a href="http://www.abeltasman370.com/">www.abeltasman370.com</a><br />
In the year ended June 2011 our trade with the Netherlands ranked 21st after other European countries such as Germany (7th), Italy (13th), and France (18th). In the same statistical year New Zealand exported sheep meat products valued at 137,221 million NZ dollars to Holland. This was an amazing increase of 59.2% over the previous year. The next five top products after sheepmeat were: Aluminium, apples, pears and quinces, seeds, wine and onions!<br />
On the other side of the ledger we imported food preparations, trucks and vans, retail medicines and pet food. In fact in the year ended June 2011 there was an enormous leap in the value of pet food imports from NZD$3 million to NZD$12 million!<br />
For any exporters who are interested in trading with the Netherlands there is the Netherlands New Zealand Business Association NLNZBA see <a href="http://www.nlnzba.com/">http://www.nlnzba.com/</a> . The connection started by Tasman in 1642 is obviously alive and well. You can also be a part of the celebrations by getting in contact with Penny Griffith the Coordinator of the 370th Commemoration at: <u>abel.tasman.370@gmail.com </u>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-1444850000163090402012-02-14T10:35:00.001+13:002012-02-14T11:46:07.094+13:00Women as Entrepreneurs and ExportersThis month at the British Library in London, the Business & IP Centre is holding a <u>Mothers of Invention 2012</u> night to celebrate International Women's Month. It features Christina Richardson, founder of The Nurture Network (Click here to read about Christina: <a href="http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/features/1094976/Week-Christina-Richardson-Nurture-Network/">http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/features/1094976/Week-Christina-Richardson-Nurture-Network/</a>) and Rosie Wolfenden of perspex jewellery company Tatty Devine <a href="https://www.tattydevine.com/">https://www.tattydevine.com/</a>. Tatty Devine's jewellery is distributed worldwide and the brand is now a worldwide brand.<br />
New Zealand has its own <b>Mothers of Invention </b>whom we should be feteing and celebrating. Since the British Library has highlighted a jewellery company, we can match that with Kagi - a company founded by Kat Gee and operated from Auckland. Kagi products are stocked in retail outlets throughout Australasia and online shoppers have access through the website at <a href="http://www.kagistyle.com/">http://www.kagistyle.com/.</a><br />
Other examples are: Becky Sharman and Amy Whetu with their range of children's clothes - see <a href="http://www.zeezee.com/">http://www.zeezee.com </a> and Kim Hands producing children's graphics<a href="http://www.stickytiki.com/"> http://www.stickytiki.com/</a> and then there are the big guns in the ranks of women exporters such as Sarah Gibbs and Catherine de Groot of Trilogy, Jane Hunter of Hunter's Wines and Peri Drysdale of Snowy Peak Ltd. Their success is now legendary.<br />
So let us celebrate our own New Zealand women exporters and entrepreneurs this month!<br />
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<u>Sources:</u><br />
Design the key for sparkling jewellery firm by Nick Churchouse IN Dominion Post February 16, 2009 p.C1<br />
From Fimo to fine art jewellery by Rebecca Stevenson IN Dominion Post April 11, 2011 p.C2<br />
Turning dreams into reality - an interview with Kat Gee IN New Zealand Business March 2011 pp.12-13Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-22593613277650282902012-01-30T12:27:00.000+13:002012-01-30T12:27:31.803+13:00Doubling Exports: How Are We Doing? | Free Enterprise<a href="http://www.freeenterprise.com/international/doubling-exports-how-are-we-doing">Doubling Exports: How Are We Doing? | Free Enterprise </a><br /><br />This blogpost by John Murphy on the US site Free Enterprise contains some astonishing statistics which I don't think we need doubt the veracity of. It is indeed challenging to us in New Zealand to ask how much our own exports have increased in the same period? I don't have an answer for that.<br /><br />However I can say that our neighbour Australia, like the US and Canada, is our top trading partner. Exports and imports in the period ended June 2010 were $17,435,650 millions. It is also significant that of our top ten trading partners five of them: Australia, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are countries with which we have an FTA arrangement. Trade with these partners accounts for well over half of New Zealand's trade - about 64%.<br /><br />The ASEAN countries are New Zealand's fourth largest export market after the APEC countries, the OECD and the EU.<br /><a href="http://www.freeenterprise.com/international/doubling-exports-how-are-we-doing"></a>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-48589970125918482462012-01-24T14:29:00.001+13:002012-01-24T14:29:00.451+13:00FTA Indonesiahttp://ets.kohalibrary.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=indonesiaGraemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-71383916647899407872012-01-23T20:55:00.000+13:002012-01-23T20:55:14.158+13:00Trade in fictionThis summer holiday I have had the pleasure of doing a little more reading than usual. I was given a new New Zealand novel (2011) at Christmas called <u>Wulf</u> by Hamish Clayton and subsequently I have begun reading David Mitchell's 2010 novel <u>The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.</u><br />
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Both are historical novels - the former set in the early 1830s as the tangata whenua (Maori people) began to meet and interact with European visitors. While the novel's central focus is the Maori chief Te Rauparaha, it also explores the role the brig <i>Elizabeth </i>played in the massacre of Maori by Te Rauparaha and his followers on Banks Peninsula. The raiding party were transported to the South Island in return for a load of flax - in other words trade was at the centre of the transaction. On p.94 we read a canny assessment by a Maori commentator: '<i>These spirits (</i>Europeans) <i>have hearts made of trade and iron. For pigs' meat they'll pay tobacco, rum, and blankets.</i> <i>For flax they'll pay muskets. Trade with them and you'll become a great chief...'</i><br />
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The first part of David Mitchell's novel is located on the 'island' of Dejima in the city of Nagasaki, Japan in 1799. The raison d'etre for this artificial island and community is the trade between the Dutch East Indies Company and the Japanese. Once again trade is a central thread: '<i>Vorstenbosch unlocks his desk and takes out a bar of Japanese copper. 'The world's reddest, its richest in gold and, for a hundred years the bride for whom we Dutch have danced in Nagasaki.'' </i>p.34. The Company needs to increase its trade otherwise the settlement in Batavia will fail and likely will be taken over by Britain. <br />
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Both novels give fascinating insights into the role played by trading activities - both historically as in these novels but also in our 21st century global environment when we reflect on the reasons why certain events have happened or why this or that international trade decision was taken.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-37583970748799591442012-01-17T14:12:00.001+13:002012-01-17T14:12:01.272+13:00Export people - key New ZealandersLast year I posted about Bill Buckley - exporter and New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year. The New Year Honours List has also highlighted the importance of export people in our country and given them some recognition for the crucial role they play in the economy.<br />
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This year Howard Wright and Brendan Lindsay - both exporters - have been made members of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Howard Wright's company <u>Howard Wright Ltd </u> manufactures and exports medical equipment from New Plymouth, while Brendan Lindsay, co-founder and owner of Sistema Plastics uses robotic technology to manufacture plastics products in Auckland. Congratulations to them both.<br />
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They are just two of the growing group of innovative, entrepreneurial and plain hard-working people who export from our country. You can find others by searching in the New Zealand School of Export's catalogue at:<br />
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Brendan Lindsay - photo from: <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/made-in-new-zealand-winning-formula-4232962">http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/made-in-new-zealand-winning-formula-4232962</a><br />
See also the DominionPost December 31, 2011 p.B4Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-53763145471606210762012-01-10T14:05:00.000+13:002012-01-10T14:05:19.673+13:00New Zealand School of Export turns five!<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrxYunwdsJBjNb7pFk_z_zQ02rltXk2mogfsAU4esM6gdDRuZnMmt2KWOux_RdEUqx9FMd4JxZ8ehq2jSthTJsSjqMy3foYcPSqmbBTNDDnS_YJaQ0897imweov0GcfptRcp_ZFyR4UBa/s1600/ballon" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrxYunwdsJBjNb7pFk_z_zQ02rltXk2mogfsAU4esM6gdDRuZnMmt2KWOux_RdEUqx9FMd4JxZ8ehq2jSthTJsSjqMy3foYcPSqmbBTNDDnS_YJaQ0897imweov0GcfptRcp_ZFyR4UBa/s320/ballon" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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On 10 January 2007 the School's ancestor Export Training Services, started operations on a very small scale in Queen Street, Palmerston North. Out of the foundations put in place by Export Training Services arose the New Zealand School of Export. The School was officially opened on December 7, 2007 by the Honourable Steve Maharey, MP for Palmerston North. By then the School's operations had moved to its current premises at Aokautere Park, east of the City.<br />
The flagship qualification offered by the School is the Diploma of International Trade and graduates of this course are currently working in companies in New Zealand and around the world. In 2011 the Exporter Health Check was launched and has been very successfully used in two Taranaki companies.<br />
While the economic downturn in New Zealand and global events have undoubtedly affected the School, it has cemented its place within export training in New Zealand. Significantly the New Zealand School of Export remains the only New Zealand organisation to be accredited by IATTO - the International Association of Trade Training Organisations.<br />
Congratulations to all staff, adjunct faculty, graduates and current students for their hard work and commitment over the last five years. Ad Multos Annos.<br />
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<u>Message from the Director Dr Romuald Rudzki:</u><br />
As we enter 2012, it is not only the 5<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the New Zealand School of Export but also - on 21<sup>st</sup> December 2012 - the Mayan prophecy for the end of time (the 13<sup>th</sup> buktun). The first event is definitely happening, the second less definite, although both show a remarkable similarity in terms of the amount of time available to do things before the ‘Big Event’. Whatever happens, remember the old saying ‘Nobody lay on their death-bed wishing they had spent more time at the office.’ Best Wishes for a Very Happy and Peaceful Year!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-76360640336580217342011-12-24T11:37:00.009+13:002011-12-24T11:37:00.251+13:00Warm Christmas Greetings to Exportersblog Readers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIlpeIzUU5OHu6T59nw5lImnH2tksFr9ENoX3RaOH9dQ0bzUuXWpxxWcrlL3TfTLQSkyFCfQivL5QN6QqgguNgHxEzQ7RTAxt402V-XhyphenhyphenQlTnWxLl4p0e4TeDqMxFjS0DXayEelLfXZ0D/s1600/Red+hot+poker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKIlpeIzUU5OHu6T59nw5lImnH2tksFr9ENoX3RaOH9dQ0bzUuXWpxxWcrlL3TfTLQSkyFCfQivL5QN6QqgguNgHxEzQ7RTAxt402V-XhyphenhyphenQlTnWxLl4p0e4TeDqMxFjS0DXayEelLfXZ0D/s200/Red+hot+poker.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfJINZh7FTSrh-Oo8X0yeM5HLvvbknVP4H5hak7YdRUVtJ2MugE_HGwWjVmxqb5IfP2K4KZYT3akpSDqWUBy4uvjunRNfleWG2gB4lfNzKR4kL_MYAJL9kEmGmHdpznOmM_bFYn7Pzm2b/s1600/Lily_at_Xmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfJINZh7FTSrh-Oo8X0yeM5HLvvbknVP4H5hak7YdRUVtJ2MugE_HGwWjVmxqb5IfP2K4KZYT3akpSDqWUBy4uvjunRNfleWG2gB4lfNzKR4kL_MYAJL9kEmGmHdpznOmM_bFYn7Pzm2b/s200/Lily_at_Xmas.jpg" width="150" /></a>Christmas Greetings to all readers of this blog wherever you are. Since most of you are in the northern hemisphere I thought some pictures of warm flowers which we have flowering this Christmas might 'export' some warmth into your reading.<br />
Thank you for continuing to read the posts I put up. On Thursday last I listened to a radio interview with the developer of the Read Write Web blog, Richard McManus. For those who may not be aware this blog was developed in Petone, New Zealand - Richard is a New Zealander - and has just been sold for ca US$5 million. Richard said that he was getting 5 million hits a month whereas Exportersblog is getting just over 800. Although paltry in comparison, it very worthwhile for me, and hopefully for those interested in international trade. I trust you will continue to dip in and see what I am thinking about and maybe in 2012 make a comment.<br />
Certainly in New Zealand with all our political parties in the newly elected Parliament promising to grow the economy with 'export-led growth' - we can expect some new and exciting things to happen!?<br />
I know that one of my presents this year is a Kindle - thank you to our American friends who have exported this e-reading technology around the world. At the moment it is tantalisingly wrapped and awaiting Christmas morning. It will be a Christmas of discovery for me - importing titles, getting used to the way it works, almost certainly sharing it with family for the first few days. In one of my early posts for 2012 I will let you know how I have been getting on.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK9OJrRrnS-HDktWJRRF5-dKhWutJbMI3R6U2JlXLhxT8C4KvCLDZw6JbrhyphenhyphenMOeoCrb_mfsZhnzL0TmGp5io0p4_2iuq06cD_I_IA_c-IW9kTg_h_fmtyXDJFu4Dd4uGFwE1IPTMUjVk5/s1600/Coreopsis_for_Xmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK9OJrRrnS-HDktWJRRF5-dKhWutJbMI3R6U2JlXLhxT8C4KvCLDZw6JbrhyphenhyphenMOeoCrb_mfsZhnzL0TmGp5io0p4_2iuq06cD_I_IA_c-IW9kTg_h_fmtyXDJFu4Dd4uGFwE1IPTMUjVk5/s200/Coreopsis_for_Xmas.jpg" width="150" /></a>In the meantime try to keep warm and enjoy these summer flowers from my garden in Palmerston North. Before Web 2.0 this kind of exporting was much less frequent - aren't we blessed with technological advances.<br />
Best wishes to you all.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-36629707637392800672011-12-22T22:05:00.000+13:002011-12-22T22:05:23.166+13:00Chairs from Lower HuttWhat do the ZAF chair, the LIFE chair, and the Be chair have in common? They have all been designed by New Zealand exporting company Formway which is based in Lower Hutt.<br />
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The New Zealand School of Export's file on Formway makes very interesting reading with three newspaper articles and one magazine article covering 2008-2011. In the earliest article the furniture maker had just been awarded the Outstanding Individual Award at the Design in Business Awards. The company had made a ZAF chair for Prince Philip and a LIFE chair for both Steve Jobs and President Bill Clinton.<br />
The next year 2009 seems to have been a roller-coaster year for Formway with the Be chair winning the Gold Award at the Neo-Con trade show in Chicago. But just a month later the newspaper article from 1 August reports that the <i>Unemployment axe falls on Lower Hutt companies. </i>Formway was forced to shed 50 staff but decided to retain its design team.<br />
This year in a survey article on 'design thinking' published in the New Zealand Listener (June 4), Formway features alongwith key NZ companies such as Gallagher, Pacific Aerospace, Howard Wright and Zeacom. The author Rebecca Macfie reports that Formway's Be chair has generated $60 million in international sales since it was launched in 2009.<br />
So what is this design thinking that had been so crucial to the success of these NZ companies?<br />
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The guru of design thinking is Tim Brown (<u>Change by Design) </u>and it is about using intensive observation - of customers and potential customers, work and social patterns, and global trends - to uncover latent needs, and applying teamwork, experimentation and expertise to figure out ways to meet them. <br />
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Creative design is becoming a key feature of New Zealand's export products and this blog has earlier posted on the innovatove lighting firm David Trubridge Ltd.<br />
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Formway's website is at: <a href="http://www.formway.com/">http://www.formway.com/ </a>and is well worth looking at with two fascinating case studies.<br />
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<b>The Be or Knoll Chair</b> - Image source: <a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/136/in-the-hot-seat.html">http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/136/in-the-hot-seat.html</a>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-36967497726960662992011-12-13T14:19:00.000+13:002011-12-13T14:19:45.985+13:00Export Bank for New Zealand?In the latest issue of the <u style="font-weight: bold;">Exporter</u> (November/December 2011), the Director of the New Zealand School of Export, Dr Romuald Rudzki floats the idea of an export bank for New Zealand. He says:<br />
<i>'What we need is a comprehensive economic plan founded on an export-based economy. One which includes all the essentials such as the use of the Superannuation Fund to invest in New Zealand export companies..., an Export Bank that has a different view than the ludicrously high interest rates of the Reserve Bank, more funding for NZTE both here and abroad, and major tax breaks for income earned overseas.' </i>(p.43)<br />
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Dr Rudzki says that many countries have an export bank which specialises in support for the exporter. Four examples of countries that have an export bank are:<br />
Turkey - Turk Eximbank at: <a href="http://www.eximbank.gov.tr/eng/">http://www.eximbank.gov.tr/eng/</a><br />
Malaysia - EXIM Bank of Malaysia at: <a href="http://www.exim.com.my/">http://www.exim.com.my/</a><br />
USA - Export-Impport Bank of the the United States at: <a href="http://www.exim.gov/">http://www.exim.gov</a><br />
Vietnam - Vietnam EXimbank at: <a href="http://www.eximbank.com.vn/">http://www.eximbank.com.vn/</a><br />
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Since the private sector banks in New Zealand don't see a role for themselves in this area, Dr Rudzki suggests that Kiwibank could become the bank for exporters. Food for thought for both government and the banking industry here in New Zealand....Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-77148605798718132472011-11-29T14:21:00.000+13:002011-11-29T14:21:55.724+13:00IATTO Forum Chengdu, China 2011 - more<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-xvQCtkn5A2T3jwPuEFB1CD0rTOebY4LPXGe61OVDr1pMbD69GBMSn9kRaLTt6pIHsl_P5FZQt6snYc_ux5p3XczffYXIS-_PXZxJayaqlGDMjm-3wt6N-1s7lbigXYrKrk9vmeZl6cz/s1600/Pandas+at+Chengdu+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp-xvQCtkn5A2T3jwPuEFB1CD0rTOebY4LPXGe61OVDr1pMbD69GBMSn9kRaLTt6pIHsl_P5FZQt6snYc_ux5p3XczffYXIS-_PXZxJayaqlGDMjm-3wt6N-1s7lbigXYrKrk9vmeZl6cz/s320/Pandas+at+Chengdu+2.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> <b>Pandas at Chengdu</b> – Photo by Dr Romuald Rudzki November 5, 2011. A visit to the Pandas at the Panda Breeding Center was a lighter but enjoyable moment for participants in the IATTO Forum in Chengdu, China.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The Forum was very successful and the Chinese hosts at the Nordic International Management Institute ensured that the event was enjoyed by all (including the five banquet meals and displays of dancing). <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Dr Rudzki found the programme very stimulating and when pressed for a highlight opted for the paper by Anu-Mall Naarits of the Estonian Marketing Institute entitled <u>How to revolutionize exports? The case of Estonia. <o:p></o:p></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The changes made in Estonia included a new programme with a 12 month long export training – the first three months being intensive. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The key success factors for the programme were:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Media support for the programme<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Passionate participants: companies, candidates, mentors, providers, ITM, & Enterprise Estonia<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Speed of recruitment<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Sense of competition<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU">Used innovative recruitment strategy which set high expectations and used innovative training methods<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span lang="EN-AU"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span lang="EN-AU"><o:p><span lang="EN-AU">The paper presented by Dr Rudzki at the Forum and written by him with Graeme Siddle is available in pdf format from the New Zealand School of Export website at: </span><a href="http://www.export.ac.nz/publications.html%C2%A0%C2%A0">http://www.export.ac.nz/publications.html<span lang="EN-AU"> </span> </a></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 18.15pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">A brief report with photos can also be found on the IATTO website at <a href="http://www.iatto.org/Default.aspx?ext=1&objectID=85">http://www.iatto.org/Default.aspx?ext=1&objectID=85</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-39825745946018605142011-11-23T19:43:00.002+13:002011-11-23T20:14:07.409+13:00Koha - intellectual propertyKoha is the name of the open-source library software developed by the Horowhenua Library Trust in Levin New Zealand. It was given the name 'koha' because it was intended to be a 'gift' to any library or organisation that wanted to use it. Koha is the Maori word for gift, donation or parting message. This word is in common usage in New Zealand by both Maori and Pakeha and often it is used when we want to give a donation to help fund an event being attended by the giver. It is also used when staying on a marae or meeting-place to fund the expenses that have been incurred in the visit.<br />
The essence of the word is that it is a gift - freely given and that is why it was chosen and used and also why it was not protected as a trademark. The software has been exported and is now used around the world. In particular it has enabled libraries in developing countries to automate their collections and provide a better service to their people without the huge expense of other ILSs.<br />
Now a US company Liblime has applied to register the word KOHA for computer software. The Horowhenua Library Trust and other libraries like the New Zealand School of Export Library who use Koha face a battle to oppose this application.<br />
There is a guest post on the Patentbuff blog which you can read here: <a href="http://www.patentbuff.com/2011/11/guest-post-how-koha-trade-mark-dispute.html">http://www.patentbuff.com/2011/11/guest-post-how-koha-trade-mark-dispute.html</a> in which it is stated quite clearly that because the Horowhenua Library Trust has prior use of the trade mark KOHA in New Zealand , there is a good chance the Library Trust could successfully oppose the application.<br />
You can also read Librarian Joann Ransom's plea for help here: <a href="http://koha-community.org/plea-horowhenua-library-trust/">http://koha-community.org/plea-horowhenua-library-trust/</a><br />
This is a classic case of Maori words being used in a way which is completely against the spirit or wairua of the word. Of course it may also be regarded as a case of the ignorant exporter unwittingly giving away intellectual property because they haven't done their homework.<br />
Let's hope that Liblime will try to understand this situation and like the American company which tried to market a beer called 'Maori King' will withdraw the application. Colorado Brewery Funkwerks changed the name when they learned of the significance of their chosen name and the fact that there was indeed a Maori King.New Zealand School of Exporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09403327477938364303noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-62092725161539812672011-11-23T12:25:00.001+13:002011-11-23T20:15:09.329+13:00Gilbert W. Ullrich - exporter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0CKx8iSqsvqp3ZjjkxMklY5UD3jVLTi6tDYcTZFNzxsm1u8fvcR8OQP7LAlTK3zOinoBtTwO2ehhWuZL12NOFTHH_M53AF5OJKgAo5CCFTbvpnMbP5z_VGe0nlGeRv-U0A-Gy-W4uPxW/s1600/Gilbert+Ullrich+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ0CKx8iSqsvqp3ZjjkxMklY5UD3jVLTi6tDYcTZFNzxsm1u8fvcR8OQP7LAlTK3zOinoBtTwO2ehhWuZL12NOFTHH_M53AF5OJKgAo5CCFTbvpnMbP5z_VGe0nlGeRv-U0A-Gy-W4uPxW/s320/Gilbert+Ullrich+2011.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">This year one of New Zealand’s premier exporting companies <u>Ullrich Aluminium</u> celebrates its 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary. The company operates 43 distribution centres across New Zealand and Australia and exports to 23 South Pacific island nations. It has two aluminium extrusion plants – one if Hamilton and the other in the Hunter Valley, Australia, as well as a small foundry in Dunedin.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">The company is lead by CEO Gilbert Ullrich who believes that we live in an age of aluminium. Mr Ullrich has been an outstanding export leader. He was a founder member of the Export Institute of New Zealand and participated widely in their activities – for example in their event programme for 1997 where he spoke on <i><u>The $100,000,000 issue</u></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">He is widely regarded as a New Zealand business leader and in 2007 Gilbert Ullrich was listed as an “influencer” by Unlimited Magazine. As far back as 1988, business writers were both writing about Gilbert Ullrich and his company and consulting him on the export trade and the economy. For example Tom Hyde wrote an article in <u>Metro</u> August 1988 entitled <u>The exporters: secrets of the new order</u> which profiled Gilbert Ullrich and others.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">One of his outstanding contributions has been to encourage international trade between New Zealand and the South Pacific. He and his company have planned and supported trade missions to Pacific countries on a regular basis – this year visiting Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">He is the chairman of the NZ Pacific Business Council and his Annual Report can be read at: <a href="http://www.spasifikmag.com/nzpacificbusiness/">http://www.spasifikmag.com/nzpacificbusiness/</a> This gives an excellent summary of the kinds of trade activities he fosters.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">This year he was appointed a member of the new Business Advisory Panel for the Auckland Council alongwith representatives of other export companies and business organisations.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU"> In acknowledging the company’s 50 years of success, he pays tribute to Ullrich’s 700 employees and mentions in particular the specialised export department which features multi-lingual staff. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU">Sources: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul><li>Dominion October 29, 2011 p.B1</li>
<li>Index New Zealand search (National Library of New Zealand) retrieved 22 November 2011</li>
<li>http//:www.ullrich.co.nz </li>
</ul><span lang="EN-AU"> <o:p></o:p></span>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-89125554806767736362011-11-22T10:25:00.000+13:002011-11-22T10:25:46.223+13:00Russia is (Just About) in the WTO<a href="http://worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2011/11/russia-is-just-about-in-the-wto.html">International Economic Law and Policy Blog: Russia is (Just About) in the WTO</a><br /><br />The above post from the IELP blog highlights Russia's bid for membership of the WTO. It is worth remembering that countries such as New Zealand, Australia and Canada having all been members since 1995. New Zealand has embarked on negotiations for a free trade agreement with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and it will be interesting to see what effect Russia's membership of the WTO has on them. An update on those negotiations can be found at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website: <a href="http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Trade-and-Economic-Relations/2-Trade-Relationships-and-Agreements/Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan/index.php">http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Trade-and-Economic-Relations/2-Trade-Relationships-and-Agreements/Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan/index.php</a>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-62887929473573160162011-11-09T12:16:00.001+13:002011-11-09T12:18:38.650+13:00Manawatu Gorge Landslip - Impact on Exporters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPORiocDjn-kGvBxQu7LrI_yxTRRLV7WYFDJoIn77fB1PFELth4I3xU1Bxt20fOuKZdeBRPrdkYirvhdbT8k3cUMiSW7fBuDkZQHuqnvBBR4TYAs25S99WEWEMR-tuj18AxVHTerMTb4dM/s1600/Manawatu+gorge+slip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPORiocDjn-kGvBxQu7LrI_yxTRRLV7WYFDJoIn77fB1PFELth4I3xU1Bxt20fOuKZdeBRPrdkYirvhdbT8k3cUMiSW7fBuDkZQHuqnvBBR4TYAs25S99WEWEMR-tuj18AxVHTerMTb4dM/s320/Manawatu+gorge+slip.jpg" width="320" /></a>Since August business firms and other travellers have been inconvenienced by a huge landslip in the Manawatu Gorge near Palmerston North. Logistics and transport operators have been particularly hard hit, especially those taking goods for export through to the Port of Napier. An economic report last month showed that closures of the gorge since August had cost the region more than $2 million.<br />
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</div></div></div>Vision Manawatu, the region's economic development agency, has said that those who use the gorge had suffered to the tune of about $62,000 a day. The report was based on 500 trucks and 6300 other vehicles using the gorge each day.<br />
It calculated lost productivity due to the additional 13 to 20 minutes of travel around the gorge via the Pahiatua Track or Saddle Rd, as well as extra fuel costs and expenses associated with drivers being on the road longer. <br />
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Although not visible in the photograph, the Gorge has the railway line to the East Coast on the other side above the river. Fortunately this event has not affected the milk trains from Hawkes Bay to plants in Taranaki.<br />
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Photo courtesy of Nereda Corbett.Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619105755043258480.post-56059263611331900512011-11-08T09:43:00.000+13:002011-11-08T09:43:35.482+13:00IATTO Forum Chengdu, China 2011 - a great success<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WS5RfLDzMmy2DTRJqWLhuSwQyyRRCmCNzMy_6cauBL0YgPjUIRAdAEdDkDzvUKWju7k1kNHpNajtgU-fVN0umtO7Pb4uRBQnokEMRMfVeIv4QFF3TRtg0UThccD8M5mAw_lXJlJYxjH5/s1600/IATTO+statue+sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WS5RfLDzMmy2DTRJqWLhuSwQyyRRCmCNzMy_6cauBL0YgPjUIRAdAEdDkDzvUKWju7k1kNHpNajtgU-fVN0umtO7Pb4uRBQnokEMRMfVeIv4QFF3TRtg0UThccD8M5mAw_lXJlJYxjH5/s320/IATTO+statue+sm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This is a picture of the IATTO statue which was unveiled at the Nordic Institute of Management in Chengdu, China during the recent Forum.<br />
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You can read more about the Forum at: <a href="http://iatto.org/default.aspx?pageid=292&siteid=1">http://iatto.org/default.aspx?pageid=292&siteid=1</a>Graemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08412911444472794494noreply@blogger.com0