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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and New Zealand

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 1.74 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to New Zealand and bought USD 24.5 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 66 percent, from USD 1.06 billion in 2019 to USD 1.76 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 1.74 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 24.5 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

China's exports to New Zealand: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 1.02Low 1.02 / High 2.112025: 1.74

20191.02
20201.09
20211.78
20222.11
20231.68
20241.39
20251.74

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from New Zealand: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 34.5Low 19.4 / High 41.32025: 24.5

201934.5
202028.2
202141.3
202226.8
202322.5
202419.4
202524.5

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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