Customs team extends 100% export awards record

Edward O'Daly

26 September 2006: There is an air of quiet confidence around the University's Centre for Customs and Excise Studies as the team looks forward to the national finals of Australia's Export Awards.  

With a third consecutive win in the ACT Chief Minister's Export Awards earlier this month and an ever-growing portfolio of clients, the Centre hopes to win the national export award for education, having been narrowly beaten last year.

Mr Holloway (centre, to the left of the certificate) and colleagues accept the export award for the third year in a row

"We've got a 100 percent record in the ACT competition over the last three years and we are reasonably optimistic this will be our year at the nationals," director Steve Holloway said.  

Mr Holloway highlighted the fact that the Centre had increased its numbers across the business over the last year, making it a strong contender.

A new three-year deal with Deutsche Post WorldNet, the owners of global logistics company, DHL to develop and implement training in customs and international trade practices for its staff involved in clearance work around the world, was a major boost to the Centre's already impressive export credentials, he said.

The Centre's reputation as a world leader in customs and international trade education was helping to bring in business, Mr Holloway added.

"We were the first into the market and have generally been regarded as setting the pace in this field and this is creating increased demand for education and consultancies.

"We do not have to bid for tenders as much as we have in the past - our steadily increasing profile is leading people to approach us for assistance or to enter into teaming arrangements over a range of projects," he said.