Trade Relations

December/1/2017
  1. GDP

    2. 1,82 billion US dollars (Nearly equally to a twenty-seventh of Japan)
    (Source: IMF, 2016)


  2. GDP per capita

    3. 38,345 US dollars (Nearly equally to 38,917US dollars of Japan)
    (Source: IMF, 2016)


  3. Real GDP growth rate (%)

    4. 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)


  4. Consumers price index(CPI)

    5. 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)


  5. Unemployment rate

    6. 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)


  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)

    (Source: Stats NZ, 2017)


  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%)

    (Source: Stats NZ, 2016)


  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%)

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

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