Export Readiness Assessment

Dear Client,

The GGDA is dedicated to promoting trade and investment within Gauteng. Through this brief assessement, your answers will be helpful in enhancing our services and meeting your needs.

In you have any questions regarding this assessment, please call GGDA at +27 11 085 2321.

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Management's commitment to exports x4

1. Are you able to commit a substantial amount of time to developing an international market in the initial stages?

Yes No

2. Are you convinced that exports are an important aspect of your future survival?

Yes No

3. Do you have a long-term view on developing your export market, meaning that, even if it took time before you succeeded in winning your first order, would you still remain committed to exporting?

Yes No

4. Are you prepared to rearrange the way your business operates, should it be required, to become internationally competitive?

Yes No

Management skills in international business x1

1. Do you have any experience, or have access to available expertise, in selling products to other countries?

Yes No

2. Do you have any experience, or have access to available expertise, in processing export orders?

Yes No

3. Do you have any understanding of the export procedure and knowledge of the various role-players involved in the process?

Yes No

Financial resources x4

1. Do you have (or have access to) adequate financial resources over and above your local needs to support an export market development programme? (International market development is often more costly than in the domestic market.)

Yes No

2. Can you afford to fund you export market development for at least 12 months without receiving returns?

Yes No

3. Can you afford to invest in adapting your product or packaging if required?

Yes No

Technical know-how x3

1. Does your business or do you have access to the technical expertise required to ensure that your product is suited to international markets in terms of design, quality and function?

Yes No

2. Does your business undertake research and development to improve your product?

Yes No

3. Are you familiar with the attributes of the products of potential international competitors?

Yes No

Capacity to supply / manufacture x3

1. Do you have spare capacity to produce over and above your domestic market needs?

Yes No

2. Can you increase your capacity to produce at short notice and without any major capital investment?

Yes No

International marketing intelligence and know-how x1

1. Do you have any current knowledge of international competitors, their products or prices?

Yes No

2. Do you have information on the size of the world market for your product?

Yes No

3. Do you have any knowledge of potential buyers for your product?

Yes No

Personal Information

Full Name

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Company Name

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Tel No

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Email

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All information is accurate

Yes No

I would like GGDA to contact me

Yes No

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