e-exporting take your business to the world ian harrison, regional director, ukti east midlands 5 th...
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E-Exporting Take your business to the WorldIan Harrison, Regional Director, UKTI East Midlands 5th November 2015
The 2020 Export Drive: Whole-of-Government approach
1. Doubling UK exports to £1 trillion a year by 2020;
2. 100,000 more UK companies exporting by 2020;
3. 1 in 4 UK companies to export (European average)
4. Doubling the UK’s stock of FDI to £1.5 trillion by 2020.
Responding to the global growth of ecommerce UKTI launched the E-Exporting programme to help UK companies export their goods and services
www.gov.uk/e-exporting@UKTIRetail
E-Exporting Programme Overview
Introduction to UKTI’s e-Exporting Programme and selling online
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/e-exporting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PU-mTNxmtiU#t=14
Programme delivers Opportunity, Advice, Events
Opportunity Advice Events
Improved Commercial Terms with e-marketplaces
like Amazon
Experienced Trade Advisors link clients in with full range of UKTI services
UKTI presence and thought leadership at
industry events
Business case and initial research performed by
UKTI
Currently hiring 20 additional digital advisors
to be based regionally
Embassy staff in country able to assist where
necessary
Digital advisors cover e-marketplaces and wider
ecommerce plans
2015 highlights include: World Retail Congress,
Spring/Autumn Fair, LFW
Trade Missions to Priority markets including Japan,
USA, China
Since launching in Sept 2014 over 500 companies have been given specialist ecommerce advice throughout the UK and over £300m in incremental export business* has already been generated. UK brands and retailers can benefit from the E-Exporting programme in the following 3 ways:
* UKTI measure performance through externally audited ‘Business Wins’ that client companies sign off after receiving significant assistance entering new markets
North and South American Opportunities
Opportunities in Asia and Oceania
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Part 2: Trade Advisors work with you to enter new export markets
Advice
International Trade Advisor
(ITA)
Local Int’l Trade Advisor is your Account Manager
As a UK entitled organisation you can access UKTI services
You - The UK company
Your UKTI Account manager
Regionally based these experienced export specialists are able to access the full range of services that UKTI offer and act as your account manager.
Find your local ITA here
Digital Trade Advisors (DTA)
UKTI Services available include the following:
Passport to Export – click here
Export Marketing Research Scheme –
click here
Export Communication Review – click here
Digital Trade Advisors are ecommerce specialists recruited from companies including Alibaba, Amazon and eBay
Summary – Get in touch to find out more
OpportunityGet in touch with
e-marketplaces direct (detail on each slide)
Advice
Events
Charlie RuigrokDigital Trade Adviser
uk
Find out more about events and trade missions
in the UKTI portal here
www.gov.uk/e-exporting@UKTIRetail
