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Business report on Port of Tauranga Limited
1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 DISCUSSION ON FINDINGS 3 2.2 PORT OF TAURANGA. 4 2.3 BUSINESS PERFORMANCE. 5 2.4 SHARE PERFORMANCE. 7 2.5 FINANCIAL STABILITY 8 3 CONCLUSION 11 4 RECOMMENDATIONS 12 5 REFERENCE LIST 12 6 APPENDICES 14
1 INTRODUCTION
This Business report has been put together to assist Sam De Boni with financial advice regarding the investment of $10,000 in the New Zealand Share market. This report will outline whether the seaport industry is a good investment opportunity. The report will look in depth Port Of Tauranga Limited (POT) and whether it is a good choice to invest in the company.
This report will be using information of Port of Tauranga annual reports (POT), New Zealand Stock Exchange NZX and the Seaport industry of New Zealand. This sources are reliable as the have high standards.
One of the limitations of this report will be that there is no access to the latest financial statement of Port of Tauranga, as it will be released only by 29 August 2012.
The above graph shows the value of exports for the seaport industry of New Zealand. There is a steady increase in the value of exports. The peaks are at its highest during June and December which might be a seasonal component due to the weather. The Peak in 2009Q2 is not as high as expected and hence there is an irregularity. See appendices 10
(Statistic New Zealand, 2012)
2 DISCUSSION ON FINDINGS
2.1 NEW ZEALAND SEAPORT INDUSTRY.
New Zealand’s economy highly relies on imported goods. New Zealand has been importing goods from around the world. Goods like Vehicles, Electronics products; Petroleum is one of the major goods imported by New Zealand by cargos. (Wiki answers, 2012)
From 2000 to 2011 the amount of commodity New Zealand has been
Cited: Atrill, M. H. (2010). Accounting: An introduction. Auckland, New Zealand: Pearson. Atrill, M. H. (2010). Accounting: An Introduction. Auckland: Pearson. NZX Company Research. (2012, August 19). Port of Tauranga Limted. Retrieved August 19, 2012, from NZX Company Research: http://companyresearch.nzx.com.ezproxy.aut.ac.nz/deep_ar/newpage.php?default=POT Port of Tauranga Port of Tauranga Limited. (2011). 2011 Annual Financial report. Statistic New Zealand Trading Economics. (2012). New Zealand exports. Retrieved August 19, 2012, from Trading Economics: http://www.tradingeconomics.com/new-zealand/exports Wiki answers