Trade Relations

December/1/2017

(The latest information from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan)

1,82 billion US dollars (Nearly equally to a twenty-seventh of Japan)
(Source: IMF, 2016)

38,345 US dollars (Nearly equally to 38,917US dollars of Japan)
(Source: IMF, 2016)

12 months ended March

  2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Real GDP growth rate (%) 2.7 2.5 1.9 3.1 3.5 3.0

(Source: Stats NZ, 2017)

12 months ended March

  2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
CPI (%) 1.6 0.9 1.5 0.3 0.4 2.2

(Source: Stats NZ, 2017)

12 months ended March

  2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Unemployment rate (%) 6.8 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.0

(Source: NZ Treasury, 2017)

(Source: Stats NZ, 2017)

(Source: Stats NZ, 2016)

Note: Percentages for Both (1) and (2) are provisional.(Source: Stats NZ, 2017)

  1. GDP

  2. GDP per capita

  3. Real GDP growth rate (%)

  4. Consumers price index(CPI)

  5. Unemployment rate

  6. Total trade volume 102 billion dollars (Provisional)
    1. Export from NZ
      49 billion NZ dollars (Provisional)
    2. Import to NZ
      53 billion NZ dollars (Provisional)

  7. Main commodities of overseas merchandise trade
    1. Exports of main commodities
      Dairy products(25.2%)
      Meat and edible offal(14.2%)
      Logs, wood, and wood articles(10.3%)
    2. Imports of main commodities
      Mechanical machinery and equipment(21.8%)
      Vehicles, parts, and accessories(13.6%)
      Mineral fuels(8.6%)

  8. Main trade partner
    1. Export from NZ
      China(21%), Australia(17%), USA(11%), Japan(6%)
    2. Import to NZ
      China(20%), Australia(12%), USA(11%), Japan(7%)