New Zealand produce, connected to India, the UAE and beyond.
A trade network built on long-standing relationships across India, the UAE and beyond.
We navigate export certification and import requirements, coordinating the documentation needed to get your product to market.
From market development and sales through to shipping, clearing and handling, one team coordinates the journey from New Zealand to market.
About us
Aahi Global is a New Zealand export agency connecting premium New Zealand produce and products with buyers in India, the UAE and beyond.
New Zealand produces some of the world's most sought-after food and natural products. But reaching the right buyers overseas means more than simply finding a customer. It takes trusted relationships, market knowledge, logistics, compliance and people on the ground.
Aahi Global brings those pieces together.
We're part of a group with nearly two decades of trading experience across India and the UAE. That experience, and the relationships built alongside it, gives New Zealand producers a practical route into markets that can otherwise take years to develop.
We don't buy your product and resell it at a margin. We work as your export and market development partner, representing your product, connecting you with buyers and coordinating the journey from New Zealand to market.
Our aim is not simply to make a shipment. It's to build sustainable markets and long-term relationships for the producers we represent.
Exporting has dozens of moving parts. We bring them together, from market development and buyer relationships to compliance, freight, clearing and in-market coordination. You have one point of contact and a team focused on getting your product to the right market.
Our group's long-standing trade relationships across India and the UAE give New Zealand producers access to established networks and people who understand their markets. Instead of starting from zero, we can begin with the right conversations and build from there.
Export and import requirements can determine whether an opportunity is commercially viable. We work through the relevant requirements early, coordinating with producers, exporters, freight partners and in-market specialists to establish a practical pathway to market.
Meet the team
Director
Kushant is a strategy and commercial leader with experience across trade, infrastructure and logistics in New Zealand, spanning strategy, finance, supply chain and international trade.
Alongside his role with Aahi Global, he is currently Strategy and Finance Business Partner at Ports of Auckland. He is also a Director of Kandla Timber Associates (NZ), the group behind Aahi Global, which has facilitated trade between New Zealand and India since 2008.
Prior to Ports of Auckland, Kushant held senior roles with Air New Zealand as Senior Strategy Manager and with Deloitte New Zealand as a Senior Consultant. He holds an MBA from the University of Auckland.
Director
Tim is a senior agribusiness leader with over 20 years' experience in New Zealand agriculture, working across the sector with experience spanning producers, agribusiness, commercial operations and supply chain.
In addition to his role with Aahi Global, he is Country Manager New Zealand at Terranova Seeds and previously held senior leadership roles with Bayer Crop Science.
Prior to Bayer, Tim spent seven years with Ravensdown, including roles as North Island Seed Manager and Agronomy Sales Manager. He holds an MBA from the University of Auckland and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture from Massey University.
We don't just find a buyer. We build the pathway between New Zealand producers and overseas markets.
What we can help with
We're interested in New Zealand products with genuine export potential. Talk to us about your product and the market you're looking to reach.
Talk to us about your productWhat we coordinate
We bring everything together, coordinating the partners and people who get your product to market.
Buyer introductions, in-market representation, sales support and ongoing development of your product and brand.
We help establish the export and import pathway and coordinate the documentation and parties required to get your product to market.
Sea and air freight coordinated with experienced logistics partners from New Zealand to destination.
We coordinate with clearing agents and import partners to help shipments move efficiently through the destination market.
In-market storage, handling and delivery coordinated with local partners.
We represent your product in market, support buyer relationships and work to build sustainable demand over time.
How it works
We learn about your product, volumes, season, current markets and goals.
We assess the target market, the commercial opportunity and the export and import requirements.
We introduce your product to suitable buyers through our established networks.
We coordinate the pathway to market, support the sale and keep developing the relationship beyond the first shipment.
Where we work
Core market
A large and increasingly sophisticated market where relationships, local knowledge and understanding the import environment matter. Our group's established presence gives Aahi Global a strong platform from which to develop opportunities for New Zealand producers.
Core market
An established international trading hub and important market for premium imported products, with connections into the wider Gulf region.
Other markets
Our network extends beyond our core markets. Where the right opportunity exists, we can explore other destinations through established relationships and trusted partners.
Questions
Generally, no. Our core model is to act as your agent and market development partner rather than buying product and reselling it. This keeps the relationship transparent and aligns our interests with yours.
Our model is based on agency and market development rather than buying and reselling your product. Commercial arrangements vary depending on the product, market and level of support required, and are agreed transparently before we begin.
We coordinate it. We work through the export and import requirements early, then coordinate the documentation and the parties involved, from producers and exporters to freight partners and in-market specialists.
Our core markets are India and the United Arab Emirates. Our group's wider network can help with other markets too, so ask us about yours.
Fresh produce such as apples, cherries and avocados, and food and natural products such as honey, wine and wool. We're also interested in other New Zealand products with genuine export potential, so talk to us about yours.
Kia ora
Tell us what you produce, the volumes you're working with and the markets you're interested in. We'll have an initial conversation about whether Aahi Global could be the right partner.
We'll respond within two business days.
