MPI seeks public’s input on HEA Act to improve exports
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Thursday, 07 March 2013
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking public views on possible changes to the Horticulture Export Authority (HEA) Act.
This provides a voluntary mechanism for horticulture industries to jointly fund and organise activities such as quality assurance, promotion and marketing that support successful exporting MPI is seeking feedback on some specific issues that have been identified in consultation with the sector.
“A recent independent review showed that the HEA remains popular with small export-based horticultural industries,” said Lisa Winthrop, MPI’s forestry and plant sector policy manager.
“But we have identified some opportunities to make the HEA more functional, useful, effective and efficient, and possibly reduce compliance costs, as well as updating some provisions.”
Feedback is sought on enabling different markets to have different programs, clarifying entry and exit procedures, questioning whether licence application assessment criteria are adequate, and questioning whether enforcement and penalty provisions are adequate.
More details are available online at www.mpi.govt.nz
Meantime, reaction has been very positive to a handbook on food and beverage exporting produced on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MOBIE).
Titled An Investor’s Guide to Emerging Growth Opportunities in New Zealand Food and Beverage Exports, the report was commissioned to identify and highlight export categories with the potential to be ‘the next wine industry’.
“It’s perhaps not surprising that the sectors identified by the report as showing the greatest potential to grab these opportunities are ones where New Zealand could have a competitive advantage: Salmon, honey, spirits, biscuits, pet food, cherries, and infant formula,” said the chief executive of the NZ Food and Grocery Council, Katherine Rich, in welcoming the report.
The report is available on www.med.govt.nz
MPI seeks public’s input on HEA Act to improve exports
AC 221 archive stories
Thursday, 07 March 2013
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is seeking public views on possible changes to the Horticulture Export Authority (HEA) Act.
This provides a voluntary mechanism for horticulture industries to jointly fund and organise activities such as quality assurance, promotion and marketing that support successful exporting MPI is seeking feedback on some specific issues that have been identified in consultation with the sector.
“A recent independent review showed that the HEA remains popular with small export-based horticultural industries,” said Lisa Winthrop, MPI’s forestry and plant sector policy manager.
“But we have identified some opportunities to make the HEA more functional, useful, effective and efficient, and possibly reduce compliance costs, as well as updating some provisions.”
Feedback is sought on enabling different markets to have different programs, clarifying entry and exit procedures, questioning whether licence application assessment criteria are adequate, and questioning whether enforcement and penalty provisions are adequate.
More details are available online at www.mpi.govt.nz
Meantime, reaction has been very positive to a handbook on food and beverage exporting produced on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MOBIE).
Titled An Investor’s Guide to Emerging Growth Opportunities in New Zealand Food and Beverage Exports, the report was commissioned to identify and highlight export categories with the potential to be ‘the next wine industry’.
“It’s perhaps not surprising that the sectors identified by the report as showing the greatest potential to grab these opportunities are ones where New Zealand could have a competitive advantage: Salmon, honey, spirits, biscuits, pet food, cherries, and infant formula,” said the chief executive of the NZ Food and Grocery Council, Katherine Rich, in welcoming the report.
