18 Aug
Enhancing Export Excellence: A Comprehensive Reference Guide to Trade Documentation for Export and Global Trade Practitioners
In the fast-paced world of international trade, meticulous attention to detail and compliance with regulatory requirements are paramount. For export and supply chain managers, as well as export logistics team members, understanding the diverse array of trade documentation is essential to ensure a seamless and successful export process. In this comprehensive guide, we delve into
20 Dec
Exporting Agro Commodities from Australia: Phytosanitary/Health Certificates
What is a Request for Permit? A request for permit is an electronic form you must submit to the Department of Agriculture before exports. It contains the following information: importing country, date of slaughter or production, product codes, product description, and freezing dates. What are Health certificates? The health certificate is a document that contains
11 Oct
Statement for Cost Recovery Implementation: Grain Exporters
The Australian Government is currently investing in modernising and reforming export regulatory services that will impact the cost of delivering those services (also known as the cost base). The cost of doing business is increasing for Australian grain exporters. This post will discuss the price impacts over the coming years. We aim to help you
13 Sep
Global Trade Made Easy with Yarra Valley Dairy
Welcome to the Global Trade Made Easy podcast where we speak to global trade leaders, innovators, and influencers from around the world and Australia. We discuss ideas that can disrupt your organisation, industry, or career. In this episode, we welcome Nathan Hyde, CEO of Yarra Valley Dairy and Nikki Rynia, Export Manager of Yarra Valley
09 Sep
What Benefits Does SEW Offer to Obtain an EPN?
An Export Permit Number (EPN) is what an exporter from Australia needs to obtain for exporting goods in certain categories. So, what these categories are? Precisely, these include plants and plant-based products as well as animals and animal-based products. The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE) controls the trade of these goods. Hence,
06 Jul
Things You Must Know about Health/Phytosanitary Certificates
Do your business deal with plants or plant-based products? If yes, reading this post is a must for you. This post will inform you about health/phytosanitary certificates and the things you will need to do to obtain them. This certificate is an extremely important piece of document for companies and individuals exporting plant-based products and
17 Mar
Reviewing the Process to Obtain Phytosanitary Certificates
If you export plants and/or plant-based products, you must be familiar with what is phytosanitary certificate. Also, you understand the importance of getting this important trade document in the prescribed format and without any delay. So, it makes sense to skip these parts and get straight to the question – are you doing it the
13 Dec
How to Manage Documents to Ensure Higher Shipping Success Rate?
Before you read any further, do you know how to define shipping success rate? In simple words, it is the rate at which your export business successfully ships consignments to their intended destinations without any hiccups. Now, what these hiccups can be? Let’s highlight some of them: There are delays in shipping and your importer
09 Nov
How to Prepare Documents Required to Export Livestock from Australia?
Australia’s livestock export industry is a thriving one. Since decades, the exporters from the country globally export sheep, goats, cattle, buffalo and other animals with a dramatic success rate. Undoubtedly, one of the top reasons behind the industry’s success is the regulation and administration of livestock export. As a livestock exporter, you must ful-fil some
20 Apr
An Exporter’s Guide to Request for Permits
What is an RFP (Request for Permits)? The Export Control Act of 1982 in Australia instructs the exporters of commodities in categories like horticulture, dairy, meat, and fish to obtain an export permit. For this, they need to lodge a request for permits in the prescribed format with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
