Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland

2:50 pm

Mr. Seán Murphy:

One cannot export to China without a certificate of origin. One of our stakeholders is Tipperary Crystal which had a crate of crystal ready for export to China to enter the market for the first time, but it could not get it out of Dublin Port without a certificate of origin which the Chinese demanded through faxes in very bad Chinglish. The flexibility of Chambers Ireland in stepping in and talking to the company, as a first-time exporter to the market, helped it to get it out the door. Chambers Ireland has flexibility in its opening hours that one may not have in other office functions. We can facilitate matters on the ground.