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Who buys New Zealand’s logs? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, New Zealand exported $2.2 billion of logs (16.2 million tonnes), 16.8% of the world total. China bought 89% of the total, followed by South Korea (6%) and India (2%). New Zealand was the world’s largest exporter of logs.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
16.2million tonnes
Share of world total
16.8%
World rank
1st
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China1.9Tonnes: 14,479,810USD per tonne: $13288.5%Sea
South Korea0.14Tonnes: 999,721USD per tonne: $1366.3%Sea
India0.05Tonnes: 333,978USD per tonne: $1532.4%Sea
Japan0.03Tonnes: 169,895USD per tonne: $1631.3%Sea
Taiwan0.02Tonnes: 151,818USD per tonne: $1330.94%Sea
Vietnam0.01Tonnes: 76,332USD per tonne: $1160.41%Sea
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 5,461USD per tonne: $1160.03%Sea
Tonga< 0.01Tonnes: 3,596USD per tonne: $1390.02%Sea
Cambodia< 0.01Tonnes: 1,904USD per tonne: $2510.02%Sea
Maldives< 0.01Tonnes: 822USD per tonne: $5290.02%Sea
Samoa< 0.01Tonnes: 504USD per tonne: $4800.01%Sea
French Polynesia< 0.01Tonnes: 219USD per tonne: $9540.01%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1,448USD per tonne: $1160.01%Sea
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 297USD per tonne: $5290.01%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 961USD per tonne: $1290.01%Sea
New Caledonia< 0.01Tonnes: 205USD per tonne: $5290.01%Sea
Fiji< 0.01Tonnes: 964USD per tonne: $1010%Sea
Norway< 0.01Tonnes: 59USD per tonne: $1,6400%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 586USD per tonne: $1420%Sea
Mauritius< 0.01Tonnes: 258USD per tonne: $2590%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

China has been its main destination since 2009

Value in USD billions. The five largest destinations in 2024.

  • China 1.9
  • South Korea 0.14
  • India 0.05
  • Japan 0.03
  • Taiwan 0.02

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.011.9
South Korea0.290.14
India< 0.010.05
Japan0.210.03
Taiwan0.010.02

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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