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‘The impact of the open market in New Zealand has been somewhat muted by the Australian conditions, but the introduction of an open market there could cause multi-national publishers to retrench and therefore cut back on their investment in local publishing. Multi-nationals account for approximately 90 percent of the value of local books published in New Zealand and any cutbacks in their activities as a result of an open market in Australia could have a serious impact on their New Zealand publishing activities as well as the distribution services they provide for many independent New Zealand Publishers'--Book Publishers Association of New Zealand chair Tony Fisk arguing for the retention of Australia's current parallel importation laws.  

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