Market Briefing – NEWZEALAND

MARKET BRIEFING – NEWZEALAND

GENERAL INFORMATION

Location: Located in Oceania, 1,900 km southeast of Australia. It is comprised of two main adjacent

islands, the North Island and South Island,

Area (km2): 268,000

Capital: Wellington

Population: 4 million

MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2002
Gross Domestic Product (billion US dollars)	58.6
Real GDP growth (%)	2.8
GDP per capita ( current USD)	14,900
Inflation (%)	1.8
Exchange Rate (average) NZD/USD	2.2

Foreign trade 2002

Foreign trade 2002

	YEAR ENDED JUNE
	2001	2002	2003 P
Exports by commodity	(USD million)
Milk powder, butter and cheese	2,632	2,678	2,127
Meat and edible offal	1,901	2,013	1,869
Logs, wood and wood articles	996	1,081	1,085
Mechanical machinery and equipment	600	634	617
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs	625	637	552
Fruit	475	527	469
Aluminium and aluminium articles	589	535	445
All merchandise exports	14,545	14,696	13,308
Imports by commodity	(USD million)
Vehicles, parts and accessories	1,667	1,995	2,266
Mechanical machinery and equipment	1,869	1,986	1,970
Petroleum and products	1,585	1,238	1,396
Electrical machinery and equipment	1,541	1,276	1,227
Textiles and textile articles	790	753	746
Plastic and plastic articles	608	598	580
Iron and steel and articles	422	463	442
All merchandise imports	14,512	14,460	14,619

MACAO – NEW ZEALAND BILATERAL TRADE BY

MAIN CATEGORIES & PRODUCTS

(Unit: thousand USD)

	2001	2001	2001 Jan-Nov	2002 Jan-Nov	%	Growth rate (%)
*Exports*
Garments, knitted or crocheted	39.47	81.49	81.49	369.31	31.08	353.17
Footwear	148.04	53.56	53.56	66.56	5.60	24.26
Garments, not knitted or crocheted	28.01	33.11	33.11	31.25	2.63	(5.61)
Furniture	0.00	3.89	3.89	2.85	0.24	(26.88)
Office & automatic data processing machines and appliances	18.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	N.C.
Other Products	520.70	392.15	299.32	718.29	60.45	139.98
Total	754.35	564.21	471.37	1,188.25	100.00	152.08
*Imports*
Foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco	2,050.09	2,345.56	2,140.75	2,431.17	43.62	13.57
Other consumer goods	204.18	116.37	103.80	172.23	3.09	65.92
Raw Materials and semi-manufactures	3,368.78	2,389.89	2,234.91	2,836.94	50.89	26.94
Capital goods	19.32	115.79	41.71	133.76	2.40	220.69
Total	5,642.37	4,967.61	4,521.17	5,574.10	100.00	23.29
*Trade Balance*	*(4,888.02)*	*(4,403.40)*	*(4,049.80)*	*(4,385.85)*