NZQA registered unit standard
13237 version 3
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of New Zealand and global trade patterns
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
 demonstrate knowledge of global trade patterns;
 identify New Zealand’s trading patterns.
Classification
Logistics > Freight Forwarding
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Trade blocs include Australia NZ Closer Economic Relations (CER), NZ-Singapore
Closer Economic Partnership (CEP), European Union (EU), North American Free
Trade Association (NAFTA), and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).
2
For the purposes of assessment against this unit standard, any new, amended, or
replacement legislation, regulations, Rules, standards, and codes of practice
affecting the outcome of this unit standard will take precedence pending review of
this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of global trade patterns.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Identify global trading partners and the principal cargoes imported or exported
by them in terms of commodity and product trade flow.
Range
1.2
evidence of four trading partners is required.
Explain international trade relations policies in terms of tariff policies and
international agreements.
Range
barriers and/or restrictions to trade, incentives for trade, trade
blocs, World Trade Organisation arrangements and processes,
United Nations conventions.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
13237 version 3
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Outcome 2
Identify New Zealand’s trading patterns.
Range
export markets, import markets, commodity flows.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Identify New Zealand's trading partner’s principal cargoes and the most suitable
freight modes for those cargoes.
Range
2.2
evidence of four trading partners is required.
Identify New Zealand’s major sea ports, air ports, and trade routes.
Range
evidence of seven sea ports, four air ports and four trade routes is
required.
Planned review date
December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 September 1998
N/A
Review
2
22 May 2003
N/A
Review
3
17 June 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0092
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
13237 version 3
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Comments on this unit standard
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info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016