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About

Papua New Guinea-New Zealand Trade: In 2023, Papua New Guinea exported $15.1M to New Zealand. The main products that Papua New Guinea exported to New Zealand were Coffee ($8.42M), Plywood ($5.93M), and Plastic Lids ($188k). Over the past 5 years the exports of Papua New Guinea to New Zealand have decreased at an annualized rate of 6.51%, from $21.1M in 2018 to $15.1M in 2023.

In 2023, Papua New Guinea did not export any services to New Zealand.

New Zealand-Papua New Guinea Trade: In 2023, New Zealand exported $126M to Papua New Guinea. The main products that New Zealand exported to Papua New Guinea were Broadcasting Equipment ($20.3M), Aluminium Cans ($14M), and Poultry Meat ($8.62M). Over the past 5 years the exports of New Zealand to Papua New Guinea have increased at an annualized rate of 1.97%,  from $114M in 2018 to $126M in 2023.

In 2018, New Zealand exported services to Papua New Guinea worth $98.1M, with Other business services ($47.6M), Travel ($42.1M), and Transportation ($4.83M) being the largest in terms of value.

Comparison: In 2023,  Papua New Guinea ranked 127 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI -1.63), and 93 in total exports ($12.5B). That same year, New Zealand ranked 43 in the Economic Complexity Index (ECI 0.48), and 61 in total exports ($44.5B).

Historical Data

Bilateral Trade by Products

Depth
Value

In 2023, Papua New Guinea exported $15.1M to New Zealand. The main products exported from Papua New Guinea to New Zealand were Coffee ($8.42M), Plywood ($5.93M), and Plastic Lids ($188k). During the last 5 years the exports of Papua New Guinea to New Zealand have decreased at an annualized rate of 6.51%, from $21.1M in 2018 to $15.1M in 2023.

In 2018, New Zealand exported $126M to Papua New Guinea. The main products exported from New Zealand to Papua New Guinea were Broadcasting Equipment ($20.3M), Aluminium Cans ($14M), and Poultry Meat ($8.62M). During the last 5 years the exports of New Zealand to Papua New Guinea have increased at an annualized rate of 1.97%, from $114M in 2023 to $126M in 2018.

Exports from Papua New Guinea (Flag) to New Zealand (Flag) (2023)

Exports from New Zealand (Flag) to Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2023)

Latest Data

Trade between Papua New Guinea (Flag) and New Zealand (Flag)

New Zealand Exports

Market Competitiveness

Color
Papua New Guinea
Top Destination
China$3.55B
New Zealand
Top Destination
China$12.3B

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

In 2023, countries that imported more from Papua New Guinea than New Zealand included Japan ($3.19B), India ($483M), and Finland ($85.1M).

In 2023, countries that imported more from New Zealand than Papua New Guinea included China ($12.3B), United States ($5.42B), and Australia ($5.2B).

Difference in imports from New Zealand (Flag) and Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2023)

Comparative Advantage Papua New Guinea - New Zealand

Flow
Scale

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

During 2023, Papua New Guinea had a large net trade with New Zealand in the exports of Vegetable Products ($8.49M), Wood Products ($5.93M), and Plastics and Rubbers ($190k).

During 2018, New Zealand had a large net trade with Papua New Guinea in the exports of Animal Products ($34.2M), Machines ($30.7M), and Metals ($19.4M).

Potential Exports

Potential Exports

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Top Product Potential Papua New Guinea New Zealand+$442kRefined Petroleum
Top Product Potential New Zealand Papua New Guinea+$988kSheep and Goat Meat

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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Bilateral Service Trade

In 2018, New Zealand exported services to Papua New Guinea worth $98.1M, with Other business services ($47.6M), Travel ($42.1M), and Transportation ($4.83M) being the largest in terms of value.

Service trade data is presented based on availability.

Services Exports from New Zealand (Flag) to Papua New Guinea (Flag) (2018)

Service Trade

Economic Complexity

Competitive Landscape

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

Product Space of Papua New Guinea (Flag) and New Zealand (Flag) (2023)

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