NZTE COVID-19 Market Realities

Chris Metcalfe, NZTE Trade Commissioner to Mercosur (the trade bloc that includes Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), interviews Brazil-based agribusiness experts Nadia Alcantara (NZTE Business Development Manager) and Mauricio Mendez (NZTE Beachhead Advisor) about the agribusiness in Brazil, changes that COVID-19 has brought and more market insights for New Zealand exporters.

NZTE Commercial Business Advisor Greg Harrison speaks with industry advisor and founding MD for Xero in Australia Chris Ridd about the Tech industry in Australia. Recorded 25 May 2020.

NZTE Business Development Manager Hiba Abu Reyaleh speaks with Beachhead Advisor Graham Hamilton about the dairy industry in Saudi Arabia. Recorded 20 May 2020. 

On 18 May 2020, UK agriculture consultant Martin Collison shared his insights on the current United Kingdom agricultural environment and the challenges farmers are facing with Alex Gowen, NZTE Business Development Manager.

Simon Hearsey (NZTE Trade Commissioner) speaks with MiYee Ching (Head of Business Development - Malaysia) and Beachhead Advisor Jeremy Ng about the food and beverage market in Malaysia. Recorded 14 May 2020.

Grocery consultant Hamish Renton of HRA Global shares his insights on the United Kingdom food retail environment with Maria Hellyer, NZTE Business Development Manager. Recorded 12 May 2020.

On May 7, NZTE Beachhead Advisor Paul Dibbayawan and Head of Business Development Jane Tantakhom spoke with Trade Commissioner Ryan Freer about the situation in Thailand.

On 14 May, Simon Hearsey (NZTE Trade Commissioner) spoke with Fizal Fauzi (Business Development Manager) and Beachhead Advisor Andrew Goodwin about the current situation in Malaysia.

On May 7 Graeme Solloway, NZTE Programme Lead – Australia defence, spoke to defence specialist Kim Gillis about what’s currently happening in Australia’s defence sector.

The situation in South Korea looks promising. On 29 April, Philip Turner, NZ Ambassador to South Korea, spoke with Craig Pettigrew (NZTE Trade Commissioner, East Asia) about his advice to New Zealand exporters. In this interview, they are joined by JY Park in NZTE’s Seoul office who talks about what Korean consumers are buying at the moment.