Are you a local business looking for opportunities to purchase Australian or New Zealand products? There are numerous organizations in the US, Australia and New Zealand designed to assist with importing products, exporting products and investment in Australia and New Zealand.
Australia
Australia's trade organization is Austrade (Australian Trade Commission). Austrade has staff in six consulates, the Embassy and through 12 District offices. Austrade will assist with business matching services in finding Australian suppliers based on your product or service need.
If you are interested in opening an office in Australia then Invest Australia can assist you. The nearest office is in San Francisco at the Consulate.
Three Australian states have trade development offices in the US. Invest Victoria is based in San Francisco, Queensland and Western Australia are based in Los Angeles. While their primary focus is assisting companies investing in their respective states they represent they will also do trade development. The state offices have fewer resources than Austrade (whom they will contract with on occasions).
New Zealand
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise has an office in Los Angeles and New York. As you might suspect they have a much smaller footprint than Australia has.
United States
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) provides assistance to US companies who want to export around the world through US Commercial Services. There is an office in Seattle and Tacoma. Like all trade agencies they have offices around the world to assist US companies. The DoC services are fee based. They have an office in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Auckland and Wellington.
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Australia and New Zealand both have Embassies and Consulates in the US to provide diplomatic services, passport and visa processing assistance as well as trade development resources. The US has the same in New Zealand and Australia.
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Australian Embassy and Consulates
There are six Consulates and the Embassy in the United States. Each Consulate has a Consul General responsible for consular activities. There is usually one or more consular staff providing assistance to Australian citizens for passport and visa related activities. Consul Generals in smaller consulates are normally Trade Commissioners as well. Each US Consulate has a Trade Commissioner working for the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade). Anywhere from one to a dozen Austrade staff will work within each Consulate. There are also numerous Honorary Consuls in cities without a physical consulate. Honorary Consuls will conduct passport interviews and provide other assistance to Australian citizens.
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Australian Embassy
1601 Massachusetts Ave,
Washington DC 20036-2273
U.S.A.
Tel: 202 797 3000
Fax: 202 797 3168
Atlanta Consulate
Atlanta Financial Center
3353 Peachtree Road, NE, Suite 1140
Atlanta GA 30326
Tel: 404 760 3408
Fax: 404 760 3401
Chicago Consulate
123 North Wacker Drive
Suite 1330
Chicago IL 60606
Tel: 312 419 1480
Fax: 312 419 1499
Hawaii Consulate
Penthouse
1000 Bishop Street
Honolulu HI 96813
Tel: 808 524 5050
Fax: 808 531 5142
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Los Angeles Consulate
Century Plaza Towers-19th Floor
2049 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90067
Tel: 310 229 4800
Fax: 310 2772258
New York Consulate
150 East 42nd Street, 34th floor
New York NY 10017-5612
Tel: 212 351 6500
Fax: 212 351 6501
San Francisco Consulate
575 Market Street
Suite 1800
San Francisco CA 94105-3304
Tel: 415 536 1970
Fax: 415 536 1982
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For further information or a listing of consulates click here.
New Zealand Embassy and Consulates
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New Zealand Embassy
37 Observatory Circle,
Washington DC 20008
U.S.A.
Tel: (202) 328-4800
Fax: (202) 667-5227
Email: [email protected]
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American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand
Mike Hearn
Executive Director
P O Box 106-002, Auckland Central, Auckland, New Zealand
Phone: 64 9 309-9140, Fax: 64 9 309-1090
Website: www.amcham.co.nz
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United States Embassy and Consulates
The US has Embassies and Consulates in both Australia and New Zealand.
Australia
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Consulate General Melbourne
U.S. Consulate General,
553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC 3004
Tel: (03) 9526-5900 (8:30am-4:30pm M-F)
Consulate General Sydney
U.S. Consulate General,
MLC Centre, Level 59, 19-29 Martin Place
Sydney, NSW 2000
Tel: (612) 9373-9200 (8am-5pm M-F)
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Consulate General Perth
U.S. Consulate General,
16 St. George's Terrace, 13th Floor,
Perth, WA 6000
Tel: (08) 9231-9400 (8am-5pm M-F)
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New Zealand
U.S. Consulate General and Embassy
29 Fitzherbert Tce,Thorndon,
Wellington ,NZ
Ph: (64)(04)472 2068
Fax: (64)(04)471 2380
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