Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: New Zealand and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, New Zealand sold USD 388 million of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United States and bought USD 1.87 billion from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, United States sold USD 1.87 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 388 million the other way.

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 States: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 292.5Low 262.4 / High 498.12025: 388.3

2019292.5
2020262.4
2021322.2
2022380
2023474.4
2024498.1
2025388.3

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 States: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.68Low 1.15 / High 1.872025: 1.87

20191.68
20201.15
20211.53
20221.73
20231.71
20241.51
20251.87

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026