新指南推动超市行业竞争 有助降低食品价格

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新西兰副财政部长 David Seymour 欢迎土地信息局(Land Information New Zealand,LINZ)发布新的指导文件,帮助国际投资者更容易理解和申请新西兰《海外投资法》(Overseas Investment Act)审批,特别是在超市和食品零售行业。

政府表示,新政策旨在吸引更多可信赖的国际投资者进入新西兰零售市场,通过增加市场竞争,为消费者提供更多选择,并降低日常购物成本。


政府:更多投资意味着更多选择和更低价格

David Seymour表示:

“新的投资意味着更多选择和更低的结账价格。如果我们希望吸引新的投资,就必须停止那些排斥投资的做法,转而创造吸引投资的环境。”

他说,政府推出的新指南将:

明确投资者需要遵守的海外投资法规;

说明投资申请需要满足的审查标准;

解释LINZ如何评估相关申请。

这将提高投资者申请过程的确定性,减少不必要的不确定因素。


鼓励国际投资进入超市行业

Seymour表示:

“我们希望让可信赖的投资者尽可能容易地在新西兰建立或扩大食品零售业务。”

他说:

“市场选择越多,竞争越充分,最终新西兰消费者在购物时就能享受到更低价格。”

目前,新西兰食品零售市场长期由少数大型企业占据,政府希望通过引入新的竞争者改善市场环境。


政府加快海外投资审批流程

Seymour表示,本届政府一直致力于吸引更多国际投资,并已经开始改革海外投资审批体系。

过去一年,LINZ根据《海外投资法》批准:

230项投资交易

总投资金额约238亿纽元

这是历史上单年度批准数量第二高的纪录。

此前最高纪录为:

2024/25财年:201项批准


新制度提高审批效率

根据新法规:

除以下类别外:

住宅土地;

农业土地;

渔业配额;

其他海外投资申请原则上必须在:

15个工作日内完成决定

如果不存在国家利益风险,政府目标是:

5个工作日完成审批

住宅土地、农业土地和渔业配额仍按照现有审批流程处理。


企业投资审批时间大幅缩短

LINZ表示,新投资审批流程已经达到预期目标。

其中:

商业投资和生产林业投资

自2024年6月以来,平均审批时间已经减少一半,并继续下降。

新的修法实施后:

此类投资平均仅需4个工作日批准。

此外,自现政府上台以来:

海外投资申请平均处理时间已经从:

71个工作日

下降至:

23个工作日


政府:国际投资对经济增长至关重要

Seymour表示:

“改革后的审批流程提高了整个制度效率,也将释放更多资源处理超市投资申请。”

他说:

“新西兰长期以来错过了一些增长机会。国际投资对于经济发展至关重要。”

政府认为国际投资可以带来:

更多资本;

新技术;

企业扩张机会;

更高生产效率;

高薪就业岗位。


政策分析:超市竞争可能如何影响消费者?

新西兰食品价格近年来受到关注,主要原因包括:

市场集中度较高;

进口成本增加;

供应链压力;

人工和能源成本上涨。

政府希望通过吸引新的国际零售企业进入,例如大型海外超市集团或食品供应链投资者,提升竞争程度。

可能带来的影响:

对消费者:

✅ 更多购物选择
✅ 价格竞争增强
✅ 供应链效率提升

对本地企业:

⚠️ 面临更大竞争压力
⚠️ 需要提高效率和服务水平

对经济:

✅ 增加外国资本投入
✅ 创造就业机会
✅ 推动零售行业现代化

不过,海外投资进入超市行业仍需平衡:

市场竞争;

国家利益审查;

本地企业发展;

食品供应安全。

此次改革显示,新西兰政府正在通过降低投资门槛和提高审批效率,推动更多国际资本进入关键行业。

Associate Finance Minister David Seymour has welcomed the release of new Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) guidance that will make it easier for international investors to understand and navigate New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Act (the Act), particularly in the supermarket and grocery sector.

“New investment means more choices and lower prices at the checkout. If we want new investment, we need to stop doing things that repel it and start doing things that attract it,” Mr Seymour says.

“That’s why we’ve issued new guidelines which roll out the red carpet for credible investors looking to open a new supermarket in NZ. The guidelines specify to investors which provisions of the Act apply to them, what tests their investment needs to meet, and how LINZ will apply those tests to their application. This will give investors more certainty when making their applications.

“We want to make it as easy as possible for credible investors to establish or expand grocery retail operations in New Zealand. The more options there are for kiwis, the more competition there is within the market. This will lead to lower prices for Kiwis at the checkout.

“This government has been focussed on attracting more international investment, and we’ve made a great start. For example, we’ve also reformed how applications under the Act are processed.

“In the past financial year, LINZ have granted consent to 230 transactions with a gross investment value of approximately $23.8 billion. The second highest number of consents granted in one year was 201, in 2024/25.

“The new law says decisions on all investments except residential land, farmland and fishing quota must be made within 15 working days, unless there is a potential national interest concern, but the target is five working days. Residential land, farmland and fishing quota will continue going through existing pathways.”

LINZ have met the target assessment timeframes for the new investment pathways. Specifically:

Average assessment timeframes for business and production forestry investments had already halved since June 2024 and continue to reduce. Since the Amendment Act took effect, these investments are now approved in just four working days.
Since our Government was elected, we’ve reduced the average processing time from 71 working days to 23.

“The changes to processing applications have created efficiencies across the overall regime which will free up resource for supermarket applications,” Mr Seymour says.

“New Zealand has been turning away opportunities for growth for too long. International investment is critical to ensuring economic growth. It provides access to capital and technology that grows New Zealand businesses, enhances productivity, and supports high paying jobs.”