International trade statistics provide information on imports and exports of goods and services between New Zealand and our trading partners.
Key facts
Quarterly goods and services by country
- Total exports of goods and services for the March 2025 quarter were $29.6 billion, up from $25.9 billion in the March 2024 quarter.
- Total imports of goods and services for the March 2025 quarter were $27.9 billion, up from $26.1 billion in the March 2024 quarter.
- The total two-way trade for the March 2025 quarter was $57.5 billion.
New Zealand international trade dashboard shows quarterly exports and imports data for goods and services by country and commodity type.
Text alternative for goods and services exports and imports, March 2025 quarter compared with March 2024 quarter
Total services exports rose $675 million to $9.6 billion in the March 2025 quarter compared with the March 2024 quarter
The top movements of our services export categories were:
- other business services, up $192 million to $874 million
- travel services, up $183 million to $5.6 billion
- charges for the use of intellectual property services, up $78 million to $511 million
- transportation services, up $67 million to $1.2 billion
- personal, cultural, and recreational services, down $79 million to $213 million.
Total services imports rose $635 million to $8.1 billion in the March 2025 quarter compared with the March 2024 quarter.
The top movements of our services import categories were:
- telecommunication services, up $187 million to $1.1 billion
- other business services, up $180 million to $1.5 billion
- transportation services, up $176 million to $1.7 billion
- travel services, up $90 million to $1.7 billion
- insurance and pension services, down $70 million to $885 million.
Overseas merchandise trade: March 2025 has more information about the value of goods imports and exports in the March 2025 month.
Overseas trade indexes (OTI)
Movements are compared with the December 2024 quarter. All prices are unadjusted; all volumes and values are seasonally adjusted unless otherwise stated.
- The merchandise (goods) terms of trade rose 1.9 percent.
- Export prices for goods rose 7.1 percent and import prices rose 5.1 percent.
- Export volumes for goods rose 4.6 percent and import volumes fell 2.4 percent.
- Export values for goods rose 13 percent and import values rose 5.2 percent.
- The services terms of trade rose 4.2 percent.
- Services export prices rose 3.2 percent, while import prices fell 0.8 percent.
Text alternative for OTI merchandise imports and exports, March 2025 quarter compared with December 2024 quarter
Text alternative for goods and services exports and imports, March 2025 quarter compared with March 2024 quarter
The diagram shows two-way trade was up 11 percent to $57.5 billion. On the left-hand side of the diagram, total exports were up 14 percent to $29.6 billion. Goods exports were up 18 percent to $20.0 billion, and services exports were up 7.6 percent to $9.6 billion. On the right-hand side of the diagram, total imports were up 6.9 percent to $27.9 billion. Goods imports were up 6.3 percent to $19.9 billion, and services imports were up 8.6 percent to $8.1 billion. Note: Figures are compiled using balance of payments concepts.
Text alternative for OTI merchandise imports and exports, March 2025 quarter compared with December 2024 quarter
The diagram shows the terms of trade rose 1.9 percent, where export prices rose 7.1 percent and import prices rose 5.1 percent. The value of exports rose 13 percent to $19.7 billion. Flowing into this were export volumes, which rose 4.6 percent, and export prices, which rose 7.1 percent. The value of imports rose 5.2 percent to $19.7 billion. Flowing into this were import volumes, which fell 2.4 percent, and import prices, which rose 5.1 percent. Note: Volumes and values series are seasonally adjusted.
More data
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Goods trade data
Subject category: Imports and exports
Group: Exports - summary data
Group: Imports - summary data
Group: Overseas trade statistics
Group: Re-exports - summary data
Overseas trade indexes
Subject category: Imports and exports
Group: Overseas trade indexes - prices - OTP
Group: Overseas trade indexes - volumes and values - OTV
Definitions and metadata
International trade statistics - DataInfo+ has metadata, methodologies, and definitions used in this release.
Technical enquiries (goods and services by country)
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Technical enquiries (overseas trade indexes)
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Next release
International trade: June 2025 quarter will be released on 2 September 2025.
