As Covid-19 wreaked havoc nationally and demand for safety equipment grew, Victoria’s regional medical device manufacturer Care Essentials pivoted its focus to produce a range of PPE products, surgical face masks and N95 respirators.

In my experience Australia is a ‘clever country’ and Australian businesses frequently produce highly innovative products and processes. However, I have often seen that business owners are sometimes too quick to dismiss their products and processes as not being innovative enough to warrant patent protection.

Morocco is more than the wonderful country and people that immediately spring to mind. Morocco has a sophisticated industrial base of highly elaborated manufacturers and well-developed financial markets.

IP Australia is pleased to announce our new intellectual property (IP) Counsellor to China – Charlotte Trinh. Charlotte is an experienced international IP lawyer, with extensive experience working in China.

The economic devastation of COVID-19 has presented Australia, much like the rest of the world, an opportunity to build back better and reset our economic trajectory. As budget deficits and debt overhangs loom, our relationship with the United States is a conspicuous component of this reset and growing back stronger.

Mauritius, a small island developing state with a population of 1.3 million, is probably best known as a tourist destination. Pre-COVID, the country welcomed over a million visitors annually, and was a promising market for Australian premium food and beverage exports.

A ban on mass gatherings that forced the postponement of Australia’s premier car festival – Summernats – hasn’t stalled the event’s rise in popularity in the US thanks to a gaming app that has been downloaded more than 1.5 million times.

Down Under Enterprises, an Australian-owned family business that grows, produces, exports, and markets traceable and sustainable native botanicals, today announced receiving EcoVadis’ prestigious Platinum Sustainability ranking. The Platinum level is reserved for the top 1% of 75,000+ businesses rated by EcoVadis globally.

Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Dan Tehan will travel to Europe and the United Kingdom for further Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, to encourage investment in Australia and to discuss vaccine supply.

While being aware of the great work ECA had been doing for Australian exporters, the main reason for Australia Asia Technology Incubator (AATI) formally joining as a member, was to reach a broader network of health and wellness companies beyond our existing successes in helping Australia’s medical research sector commercialise successfully overseas.

Family-owned Novaris, Tasmania’s electrical componentry manufacturer, had to quickly re-evaluate its operations and innovate after COVID-19 significantly impacted access to suppliers and manufacturing. Established in 1995, Novaris provides custom designed products to prevent equipment damage caused by direct lightning strikes, surges and other electrical disturbances on power and data signalling lines.

If you have plans to expand internationally, it is important to ensure that you are set up for success. An effective export strategy is key for every business considering going global. Whether you’re already exporting your products or services, part of an export-related supply chain, looking to expand overseas, or a business in emerging and frontier markets.

India is one of the world's fastest growing economies, with a population of more than 1.3 billion and an expanding middle class. A ‘top 5’ economy undergoing ambitious reforms, it is an attractive market for Australian exporters.

For the Icon Group, delivering world-class cancer care across Australia, New Zealand and Asia has required extensive travel to train staff and support its cancer centres and other sites.

Australian Government today launches a range of digital tools to help Australian businesses to reach new international markets and customers. The export.business.gov.au website features interactive market insights, trends as well as information on grants, funding, local laws and regulations, distribution and shipping.

Expanding into a global market can seem daunting at first but it can provide your business with the opportunity to grow.

Halal certification is an important standard for many food and beverage businesses. When exporting, this certification is vital to enter some markets. Within Australia there are a number of Islamic Bodies that are authorised to issue Halal certificates for companies wishing to be certified. However, there is no consistent acknowledgement of these organisations across all export markets.

Australian exporters are facing challenges that are unprecedented in scale and coming from multiple fronts.

Covid-19 might soon be under control with the roll-out of vaccines, but global supply chain conditions will remain difficult in the immediate term.

In 2019, the ECA welcomed Thuy Hoang, founder of Cocovie, Vietnam to the Australia Awards Women Trading Globally Program supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Thuy spent two weeks in Brisbane and Sydney with 14 fellow female entrepreneurs from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Timor Leste, Vietnam and Mongolia.

ECA member Explorate story began in a dusty freight forwarding warehouse in Brisbane during November 2012, when Conor Hagan was tasked with showing Alex Ewart, a recent graduate of international business, the world of international logistics.

On 19 February 2021, the Federal Treasurer requested the Productivity Commission (Commission) undertake an independent review (Review) “into supply chain vulnerabilities and risks” to “ensure that the Australian economy is prepared for “possible supply chain disruptions”.

Although I’ve never been a big fan of setting targets, I must admit that when it comes to improving female representation in politics and to setting a net-zero emissions target, the benefits are clear.

Even as the world struggles with the health issues from the pandemic, those relying on the supply chain are facing a variety of problems, which collectively are creating additional delays, cost and uncertainty. None of these factors will assist with economic recovery, or the distribution of vaccines and other medical products being used to deal with the pandemic. Further, the economic benefits of a reduction in tariffs through Free Trade Agreements and other trade facilitation measures are being eroded by problems and costs in the supply chain.

When COVID-19 hit Australia, the Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair Foundation (DAAFF) team knew they had a vital role to play in not just supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, but also helping to protect these vulnerable groups from the potentially devastating impacts of the virus.

The December goods trade surplus of $9 billion was a significant increase, up $7.4 billion from the November surplus, according to newly released data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

New Zealand's politicians, business people and consumers are welcoming the signing of a protocol to upgrade a free trade agreement (FTA) between their country and China earlier this month.