Strategic Lens

Trade in goods: New Zealand and United Arab Emirates

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 849 million of goods to United Arab Emirates and bought USD 112 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in goods fell 58 percent, from USD 2.29 billion in 2019 to USD 961 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, New Zealand sold USD 849 million of goods, against USD 112 million the other way.
  • BothTrade is concentrated: agricultural and food products were 69 percent of goods trade between them in 2025.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

New Zealand's exports to United Arab Emirates: goods

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by New Zealand

2019: 533.1Low 527 / High 849.32025: 849.3

2019533.1
2020527
2021612.2
2022591.9
2023605.4
2024669.8
2025849.3

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

New Zealand's imports from United Arab Emirates: goods

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by New Zealand

2019: 1.76Low 0.1 / High 1.812025: 0.11

20191.76
20200.98
20211.81
20220.64
20230.1
20240.1
20250.11

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026