The Pacific Islands Trade and Investment Commission (NZ) was established to contribute to the sustainable economic development of the Pacific Island Forum countries by promoting trade and investment with New Zealand.
Therefore 'Trade Promotion' is at the core 'what we do' as the organization's trade division. We help facilitate the market penetration of new and existing Pacific Island products. This approach to trade development ensures that PITIC complements rather than duplicate the present work undertaken by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat who focus on the facilitation of regional trade and international trade relations respectively.
Objectives of the PITIC Trade Division
The NZ PITIC Trade Division has three main objectives in relation to assisting trade development initiative geared toward the NZ market:
As such, PITIC NZ has formulated three categories which correspond to these objectives:
Information support network: To inform Pacific Island business by providing up-to-date market information through trade publications, industry guides, statistical databases and various industry contacts.
Trade promotion: To promote Pacific Island products and services for business development through trade events and various promotions such as a Pacificbizonline
Strategic Partnering & Relationship building: To collaborate with key stakeholders by developing new contacts and strengthening existing relationships.
Our Services
We facilitate the business interests of our Pacific Island clients in New Zealand by providing the following services:
Timely and relevant market information pertaining to the New Zealand through our fortnightly e-newsletter the Trade Explorer, market reports and statistics.
Practical advice relating the market entry of Pacific Island products such as packaging requirements and standards. In addition to this, we conduct market research including product/market testing and product development for the New Zealand marketplace.
Promotion of Pacific Island products at trade events such as the Pacific Trade Expo and Island Influences. In line with this strategy, we have undertaken a proactive approach to the promotion of Pacific Island trade interests by engaging in a number of various partnership arrangements such as Pacificbizonline, a joint project between PITIC and the Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF).
