Strategic Lens

Fertiliser: China and New Zealand

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 198 million of fertilisers to New Zealand.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in fertilisers grew 55 percent, from USD 128 million in 2019 to USD 199 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 198 million of fertilisers, and New Zealand sold almost none.

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

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to New Zealand: fertilisers

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

2019: 128Low 85.7 / High 197.92025: 197.9

2019128
2020135.2
2021152.8
2022167.5
202385.7
2024113.8
2025197.9

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026