Emerging Exporters is a Shell QGC program, delivered by Food Leaders Australia. It helps local producers in the Queensland’s Western Downs area grow their capability to enter the export market. This results in regional economic growth and business expansion.
The Emerging Exporters Program has been developed in direct response to community feedback, that supporting local businesses to have a strong and diverse economy is important to the Western Downs.
For many agribusinesses, building domestic market capability is the pathway to export readiness. More agribusinesses with new markets will help strengthen the regional economy, a key objective of the Shell Investment Strategy for Shell’s QGC business.
We are working with Food Leaders Australia to deliver the program over three years, which aims to provide local producers with opportunities to tap into international markets.
We do this by helping them to identify unique opportunities for their products, find new export markets and secure global trade opportunities through workshops and business coaching and tailored trade missions, with our two main objectives being:
The program is delivered by Food Leaders Australia. There are three ways this happens:
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