Pacific Trade & Invest

P2M is PT&I’s export capability building programme that combines the range of export facilitation services and expertise provided by PT&I to help export ready and export capable businesses enter new export markets.

This was the first step in a six-step programme aimed at assisting Vanuatu businesses build their capability to enter the New Zealand market.

 The New Zealand market was a focus of the seminar which promoted and provided information on the opportunity that exporting to New Zealand provides.

“I’m really happy with the professional presentation of our exhibitors and the visitor response to the Pacific Islands Trade booth at SIAL Paris 2016” Robyn Ekstrom, Pacific Trade & Invest (PT&I) Geneva’s Trade Promotion Adviser Europe, said.

“The exhibitors put their hearts and souls into making the most of the opportunity to showcase their products and engage on a personal level with prospective customers.

Path to Market is an export capability programme by PT&I which combines a range of export facilitation services and expertise to help export ready and export capable businesses enter the New Zealand market. The programme is an extended business model that covers a series of methodical steps that are delivered in partnership by PT&I and an Economic Development Agency in each country.

The Path to Market Workshop in Tonga will be delivered by PT&I in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce, Consumer, Trade, Innovation and Labour (MCCTIL).

Caleb Jarvis, PT&I Australia Trade Commissioner and Vanuatu Trade Commissioner to Australia Mr. Donald Pelam welcomed the delegation, which included Marokon Alilee, Vanuatu Ministry of Tourism, Trade, Commerce and Ni-Vanuatu Business (MTTCNVB) Director General and George Iapson, First Political Advisor to the Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister.