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China now NZ’s top export spot for goods
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China has beaten Australia to become New Zealand’s top goods export destination on an annual basis for the first time, the New Zealand government statistics agency said yesterday.
“China is now our top export destination on an annual basis, just under two years after it became our top annual imports partner in December 2011,” Statistics New Zealand industry and labor statistics manager Louise Holmes-Oliver said in a statement.
In November, goods exports were valued at NZ$4.5 billion (US$3.68 billion), up 17 percent year on year.
Exports to China hit record levels in October and November, with November exports hitting NZ$1.22 billion, an increase of 79.8 percent year on year.
Dairy comprised 63 percent of the total exports to China, valued at NZ$774 million, in November, a record monthly value of dairy exports to China.
In the year to the end of November, exports to China soared by 41.5 percent to hit NZ$9.41 billion.
The value of total imported goods in November was NZ$4.3 billion, down 2.8 percent year on year.
The trade balance for November was a surplus of NZ$183 million, or 4.1 percent of exports, the first trade surplus for a November since 1991.
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