The United Kingdom Trade Partnerships (UKTP) Programme aims to increase trade from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) to the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) by maximizing the benefits of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs).
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), the UKTP Programme works in partnership with government agencies, private sector organisations, public sector institutions, SMEs and other local stakeholders to increase export of specialty coffee from SMEs in PNG to the UK and the EU to create jobs and additional income. This will be achieved by the following outputs:
- Increased awareness of EPA preferences and benefits;
- A more transparent business environment for exports;
- Improved institutional/business services to SMEs to support market access; - Increased supply capacity to export to the UK/EU market;
- Activated market opportunities.