How dependent is Australia on New Zealand?

A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.

• New Zealand sells 22.4% of what the world exports of butter and milk fats; next come Netherlands (14.6%), Ireland (14.4%) and Germany (8.4%). The rest of the world exported 42.8 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 28.6% of what the world exports of powdered and condensed milk; next come Netherlands (9.2%), United States (8.3%) and Germany (7.5%). The rest of the world exported 92.1 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 8.9% of what the world exports of other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi); next come Thailand (15.4%), Vietnam (12%) and Mexico (8.7%). The rest of the world exported 300.3 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 0.74% of what the world exports of prepared meat; next come Thailand (14.7%), China (8.7%) and Germany (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 232.1 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 0.66% of what the world exports of fresh fish; next come Norway (34.5%), Sweden (8.5%) and United Kingdom (6.4%). The rest of the world exported 503.2 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 1.2% of what the world exports of soups and broths; next come United States (20.1%), Spain (5.7%) and Canada (5.4%). The rest of the world exported 109.3 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 11.2% of what the world exports of natural honey; next come China (10.4%), Argentina (8.8%) and India (8.6%). The rest of the world exported 102 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 8% of what the world exports of fresh milk and cream; next come Germany (13.8%), Netherlands (12.1%) and France (8%). The rest of the world exported 654.4 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 30.5% of what the world exports of casein; next come Ireland (15.7%), Netherlands (14.9%) and France (11.3%). The rest of the world exported 143.8 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.
• New Zealand sells 2.1% of what the world exports of carded wool yarn; next come Italy (25.8%), China (22.8%) and Lithuania (15.2%). The rest of the world exported 52.6 times what Australia buys from New Zealand.

Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.

Australia is New Zealand’s 3rd-largest customer, with 11.4% of its exports.

• Trade between Australia and New Zealand
• Who does Australia rely on?
• Who does New Zealand rely on?
• Dependence of Australia on China
• Dependence of Australia on the United States
• Dependence of Australia on Thailand
• Dependence of Australia on Indonesia
• Dependence of Australia on Switzerland
• Trade profile of Australia
• Trade profile of New Zealand
• All countries

Sources and licenses

• CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
• Natural Earth · Public domain

Methodology

The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.

Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.

The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.

Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.

The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.

Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.