GLOBAL Business Development

Poutama helps Maori business identify, investigate and enter export markets. Additionally Poutama also assists with import opportunities and is also looking at opportunities for Maori to invest offshore.

Poutama has been helping businesses to enter offshore markets for some time now and believes that for many businesses, this is the only way they will grow. Technological development and pace also offers the opportunity for even the smallest and most remote businesses to be global players.

Going offshore is a time consuming, expensive and risky process. The services Poutama offers, together with those of other agencies like New Zealand Trade & Enterprise and Tourism New Zealand, help to reduce both the costs and risks. Poutama has over time developed a strong process for assessing and assisting businesses wanting to move offshore and can help you in the research, planning and implementation of participating in international business.

As we move towards 2020, Poutama will become increasingly involved in identifying and assessing opportunities in the wider Asia area. While trading ties with Japan and Sth Korea will continue, China and India are well on their way to being economic powerhouses. Other countries in the Asia region such as Malaysia and Vietnam are also experiencing growth. Keep an eye out for Indonesia, with the world's fourth largest population, a growing middle class and it being the closest Asian country to NZ, Indonesia holds enormous potential.

Poutama has contacts and connections in some of these markets that will help with identifying and assessing opportunities.

Poutama's international business services will help you investigate any market in the world where you think there may be a business opportunity.

For further information please contact us on 0800 476 882