Wireline Spring 2018

Exports | Supply Chain

Invest N th n Ireland (Invest NI) Northern Ireland-based supply chain companies looking to diversify into new sectors and markets can take advantage of the increasing number of offices Invest NI has established around the world. It has a presence in locations including Singapore, Doha, Toronto, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Madrid, Sydney, London, Dublin, Boston, New York, Beijing and Dubai. Regional managers and supporting consultancy services based at these locations provide tailored market research to help grow exports into their respective markets. This regional business development agency helps companies at key stages in the export process. Its suite of services range from specialist trade development advice and research, international market development support and an extensive programme of events to facilitate businesses in accessing and developing markets outside Northern Ireland. Invest NI offers a programme of workshops that help businesses at all levels of export capability develop their knowledge and skills in the exporting process. It also helps fund the cost of translating marketing material and helps with interpreting services at its trade missions and overseas exhibitions. Specialist legal services are also available to businesses for preparing agent or distributor agreements and establishing a legal entity in the export market.

http://bit.ly/InvestNIexport

UK Dep tment f Int nati al Trade (DIT) DIT champions a free-trade approach and focuses on helping innovative British companies to start exporting, working alongside UK Export Finance. From 2015-16, DIT helped a range of UK companies win oil and gas-related contracts worth over £3.4 billion. Companies can access DIT’s team of experienced oil and gas specialists for expert advice. DIT also offers high level government-to-government support to companies competing against other foreign companies and works with national and international oil companies to establish their UK supply chain requirements.

To help match UK companies with opportunities overseas, DIT runs campaigns in specific markets, that currently include Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, East Africa, Senegal and Mauritania, Brazil, Norway, Mexico, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and India. Companies can also gain deeper insight into potential new markets overseas through DIT’s network of UK diplomats and locally engaged experts who are based at embassies and high commissions around the world. Advice is available to help UK companies meet local content requirements so that they fulfil their obligations to help primarily developing countries grow their own domestic capacity.

Since 2003, for example, the UK-Kazakhstan partnership programme has brokered 68 partnerships. DIT estimates that this has generated £1.5 billion for these UK businesses over this period.

In 2016, DIT launched the flagship great.gov.uk export platform to broaden awareness of the thousands of export opportunities worth millions of pounds available to the UK supply chain. To date, great.gov.uk has promoted 11,400 export opportunities and helped around 2.7 million users either begin or grow their exporting journeys.

enquiries@trade.gsi.gov.uk http://great.gov.uk

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