Jeremy Rockliff,Minister for Trade
Tasmanian businesses will have more choices to help get their products and services to international markets through the Tasmanian Trade Alliance Program.
The Trade Alliance Program supports the connections and shared services designed to help individual businesses and industries team up to reach target markets, overcome logistics barriers and take advantage of economies of scale.
Under the first round of funding six Tasmanian industry associations are sharing in almost $130,000 to develop partnership opportunities across promotional, freight, distribution and quality assurance projects.
Through our extensive consultation process on our COVID-19 economic recovery, our exporting sectors told us they wanted more support in finding, entering and growing export markets, and the Trade Alliance Program does just that.
This round of funding will see:
- The Tasmanian Seafood Industry Council extend the Eat More Seafood campaign into key domestic and international markets;
- Wine Tasmania investigate the establishment of a mainland-based collaborative Tasmanian freight and logistics hub;
- The Tasmanian Oyster Research Council (Oysters Tas) develop digital supply chain traceability and quality assurance systems;
- The Tasmanian Fruit and Vegetable Export Facilitation Group establish a specific pest- and disease-free registration system;
- The Tasmanian Maritime Network develop a new digital campaign to increase awareness of Tasmanian capacity and capability; and
- Fermentation Tasmania establish a new B2B eCommerce platform to connect Tasmanian businesses with buyers around the world.
Importantly, the second round of the Trade Alliance Program is now open to Tasmanian industry associations and regional organisations with funding of up to $25,000 each available to successful applicants to support new collaborative projects that will help grow Tasmanian exports.
Applications for the second round of funding close on Friday, 15 January 2021 with more information available at www.trade.tas.gov.au
The Tasmanian Alliance Program is part of our more than $2.6 million Interim Trade Action Plan to empower local businesses to take their world class products and services to customers around the world.
