Annual change in exports

Stats NZ has reported that China has just over-taken Australia as the biggest export destination in the last quarter.

It is worth recalling that the and NZ First battled against the free agreement with China. Thank God they lost.

signed the China-NZ . However their economic policy moves closer and closer to the Greens. I hope they do not abandon their belief in free trade, as they have with free markets.

Here's the change in export volumes over the last year for our top 10 export destinations:

  1. China +25%
  2. +8%
  3. +4%
  4. Taiwan +1%
  5. Hong Kong -1%
  6. Korea – 2%
  7. Malaysia -7%
  8. Japan -8%
  9. -9%
  10. Australia -9%

The fall in to Australia, UK and Japan would be devastating if it were not for the growth to China and the US.

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