Import & Export Services
Taking your business where it wants to go
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland's Business Globally team has over 70 years of international business expertise. Our aim is to help clients achieve the best possible export outcome to maximise their export success.
In addition to our global trading links via the International Chamber of Commerce movement we have special links with a selected number of overseas regions via Memoranda of Understanding. As licence holder for the World Trade Centre Brisbane we also have privileged access to their network of 500,000 exporters and importers across 300 World Trade Centres. Finally, under the New Exporter Development Program, we have access to staff and information in over 100 Austrade offices, worldwide.
Some of our successes include:
- identifying opportunities to sell Australian native plants in the USA
- helping to secure a $1.4 million order for amphibious leisure vehicles to the Middle East
- successfully selling wine to New Zealand and Japan
- introducing new building technology to New Caledonia
- selling lanolin into Singapore
- assisting a food technology manufacturer to break into the New Zealand fast food industry
- helping a hammock framing company export successfully into Japan
- coordinating a $6 million project for a technology company in China.
We draw on all of the resources mentioned above when undertaking consulting work for you. We would be pleased to discuss specific proposals with you, to better meet your needs and those of your clients.
Standard Product Range
Export Capability Assessment
A critical assessment of company and product capability and capacity, to determine whether the business is ready to start exporting
Market Research and Selection
- Short listing and segmentation of priority export markets
- Help the client choose one target market and develop an effective export strategy for this market, including such factors as competitors, logistics, pricing, promotion, etc.
- Undertake a preliminary financial analysis on the costs of export market entry
Export Market Plan
- Prepare a comprehensive Export Plan to achieve the client's export objectives
- Develop key milestones/KPIs to measure client export performance
Verified contacts and market visit
- Develop an extensive list of value contacts (potential partners, customers, etc)
- Represent client's products/services in overseas markets with value contacts
- Organise client visit to target market and arrange meetings with value contacts
- Help the client develop and implement a follow-up agenda on return to Australia