1. KAM N NA MAURI WELCOME!!!

2. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific  Import reliance Country  Import > Export = Trade deficit  Population is very young with 41% are under 15yrs.  Food Processing Industries are not yet fully developed except for fish processing – small scale – infancy stage  Agri-Food Processing Industries – unborn food products –Coconut –Pandanus –Breadfruits –Miscellaneous fruits and vegetables e.g tenon, papaya, banana etc.

3. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific  Other input resources beside the raw materials –Water –Human resources –Land –Infrastructure –Electricity –Labeling and packaging –Marketing –Initial Capital  Product Research and Development (R&D) –Targeting new food products –Certification on nutrients content –Identify market niche  Risky and Costly –Focus on unique food products with known market niche –Unique taste and flavors of local fruits –Comparative advantage –Gradually start from small to medium size

4. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific  Kiribati Handicraft and Local Produce –Local food that can stay long – different kind of dried salt seafood – te tuae (dried pandanus fruit juice) –Kamwaimwai (toddy syrup) –Tenon Juice

5. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific  Kiribati Copra Mill Company Ltd (KCMC Ltd) –Crude oil –Bio-diesel –Copra cake –Soap  Kiribati Copra Cooperative Society (KCCS) –Sole buyer of copra –Export Copra

6. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific CCCCoconut palm is occupying 80% of the land –S–S–S–Staple food & drink –M–M–M–Materials for local house –M–M–M–Medicine –L–L–L–Local oil –H–H–H–Handicraft –C–C–C–Copra (main export)

7.  Environment Act –EIA Procedure depends on the size of the project.

8. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific Key Development Constraints:   Limited natural resource base that especially lacks in land and fresh water for development   Small domestic market with little potential for economies of a larger scale   Widely scattered and sparsely populated island geography   Access to major international markets is expensive and hard to arrange   Increasingly competitive international markets for tourism and investment   Social and cultural system with limited understanding and experience in business concepts and practices   Labor force lacks education and job skills necessary to support economic development   Development of land and capital markets constrained by social values and tradition   Low absorptive capacity for major investments

9. Trade and Environment Dimensions in the Food and Food Processing Industries in the Pacific RRRRecommendations –F–F–F–Financial assistance to improve infrastructure to support industrial activitiesdevelopment e.g roads, transport, cmmunication –A–A–A–Assistance in product research and development (R&D) –H–H–H–Harmonization of regional standards and certification –M–M–M–Marketing of local produce –F–F–F–Financing set up cost of newly developed industries in developing countries –T–T–T–Technology and machinery transfer

10. Ladies and Gentlemen Let us marry Mr Trade with Miss Environment so that they can really know each other well and to come out with the right mix of strategies that will benefit them and their future children.