Strategic Lens

Trade in goods: New Zealand and Russia

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 11.6 million of goods to Russia.

Constraints

  • BothTwo-way trade in goods fell 98 percent, from USD 604 million in 2019 to USD 12.4 million in 2025.
  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, New Zealand sold USD 11.6 million of goods, and Russia sold almost none.
  • BothTrade is concentrated: agricultural and food products were 73 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 Russia: goods

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

2019: 193.7Low 11 / High 209.52025: 11.6

2019193.7
2020209.5
2021170.4
202249.9
202314.4
202411
202511.6

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 Russia: goods

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

2019: 410.7Low 0.3 / High 410.72025: 0.8

2019410.7
2020250.6
202169.9
202211.6
20231.3
20240.3
20250.8

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026