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About

New Zealand-Japan Trade: In 2022, New Zealand exported $2.75B to Japan. The main products that New Zealand exported to Japan were Raw Aluminium ($482M), Other Fruits ($342M), and Cheese ($298M). Over the past 5 years the exports of New Zealand to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 3.53%, from $2.31B in 2017 to $2.75B in 2022.

In 2018, New Zealand exported services to Japan worth $2.47B, with Travel ($1.72B), Transportation ($548M), and Other business services ($162M) being the largest in terms of value.

Japan-New Zealand Trade: In 2022, Japan exported $3.08B to New Zealand. The main products that Japan exported to New Zealand were Cars ($1.47B), Refined Petroleum ($383M), and Delivery Trucks ($278M). Over the past 5 years the exports of Japan to New Zealand have increased at an annualized rate of 3.12%,  from $2.64B in 2017 to $3.08B in 2022.

In 2009, Japan exported services to New Zealand worth $529M, with Services not allocated ($262M), Other business services ($106M), and Transportation ($68.9M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2022,  New Zealand ranked 45 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.46), and 64 in total exports ($46.5B). That same year, Japan ranked 1 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 2.07), and 4 in total exports ($728B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2022, New Zealand exported $2.75B to Japan. The main products exported from New Zealand to Japan were Raw Aluminium ($482M), Other Fruits ($342M), and Cheese ($298M). During the last 5 years the exports of New Zealand to Japan have increased at an annualized rate of 3.53%, from $2.31B in 2017 to $2.75B in 2022.

In 2017, Japan exported $3.08B to New Zealand. The main products exported from Japan to New Zealand were Cars ($1.47B), Refined Petroleum ($383M), and Delivery Trucks ($278M). During the last 5 years the exports of Japan to New Zealand have increased at an annualized rate of 3.12%, from $2.64B in 2022 to $3.08B in 2017.

Exports from New Zealand (Flag) to Japan (Flag) (2022)

Exports from Japan (Flag) to New Zealand (Flag) (2022)

Latest Data

Trade between New Zealand (Flag) and Japan (Flag)

New Zealand Exports

Japan Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
New Zealand
Top Destination
China$13.1B
Japan
Top Destination
United States$137B

This map shows whether countries import more from New Zealand or Japan. Each country is colored based on the difference in imports they receive from New Zealand and Japan or the difference in the growth in imports.

In 2022, countries that imported more from New Zealand than Japan included Algeria ($517M), Fiji ($380M), and French Polynesia ($127M).

In 2022, countries that imported more from Japan than New Zealand included United States ($137B), China ($135B), and South Korea ($50.8B).

Difference in imports from Japan (Flag) and New Zealand (Flag) (2022)

Comparative Advantage New Zealand - Japan

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Scale

This chart compares trade between New Zealand and Japan by product, considering products traded by both, New Zealand and Japan.

During 2022, New Zealand had a large net trade with Japan in the exports of Animal Products ($846M), Metals ($510M), and Vegetable Products ($439M).

During 2017, Japan had a large net trade with New Zealand in the exports of Transportation ($1.85B), Machines ($496M), and Mineral Products ($418M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential New Zealand Japan+$22.7MCoal Briquettes
Top Product Potential Japan New Zealand+$22.1MMotor vehicles; parts and accessories (8701 to 8705)

We estimate the export potential of an economy for each product and destination using an extension of the bilateral relatedness model of Jun et al. (2019).This extended gravity model considers similarities among products and geographies and explains more than 50% of the variance in future trade flows.

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Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

This visualization shows the product space at the HS4 level with the flags of New Zealand and Japan. This means that a dot/product with the flag of New Zealand indicates it has a comparative advantage over Japan. Similarly, a dot/product with the flag of Japan indicates it has a comparative advantage over New Zealand.

Product Space of New Zealand (Flag) and Japan (Flag) (2022)

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