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Article: New Zealand market wins over U.S. exporters.
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- AgExporter
- Article date:
- June 1, 1999
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Though an ocean away, New Zealand-with its similar culture and familiar business environment-offers big pluses for U.S. agricultural exporters checking out new markets. Long-standing tariff advantages granted to British Commonwealth countries, including Australia and Canada, are decreasing steadily, so U.S. exporters should examine opportunities to grab market share in New Zealand's billion-dollar import market for agricultural imports.
Already, U.S. agricultural products make up a tenth of New Zealand's agricultural imports. They reached $131 million in fiscal 1998, second only to those from Australia.
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