Strategic Lens

Brazil and New Zealand

First country

Second country

In 2025, Brazil sold USD 134 million of goods to New Zealand and bought USD 74.9 million from it. Their agreement score in UN General Assembly voting was 72 percent in 2023, and 77 percent on average over 2019 to 2023. In 2024, 11 thousand people born in Brazil lived in New Zealand. In 2025, Brazil sold USD 81.5 million of agricultural and food products to New Zealand and bought USD 29.3 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 65 percent, from USD 67.1 million in 2019 to USD 111 million in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew about 3.9 times, from USD 5.0 million in 2019 to USD 19.6 million in 2025.
  • BothTheir agreement score in UN General Assembly voting was 72 percent in 2023, and 77 percent on average over 2019 to 2023.

Constraints

  • BothTrade is concentrated: agricultural and food products were 53 percent of goods trade between them in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel is 44 percent below its 2022 peak of USD 32.5 million.
  • BothThe two countries' customs reports differ on goods sold by Brazil to New Zealand in 2025: Brazil reports USD 134 million and New Zealand reports USD 187 million.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026); United Nations General Assembly voting data (Voeten, Strezhnev and Bailey), agreement scores (retrieved 25 September 2026); UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024 (retrieved 25 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

At a glance

Goods trade, both ways
USD 209 million
2025, as reported by Brazil
Brazil to New Zealand
USD 134 million
2025, as reported by Brazil
New Zealand to Brazil
USD 74.9 million
2025, as reported by Brazil

What connects Brazil and New Zealand