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Trade between France and New Zealand

In 2024, France exported $914 million to New Zealand and imported $491 million. France ran a surplus of $422 million with New Zealand, compared with a surplus of $431 million in 2019. New Zealand was France’s 68th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and France was New Zealand’s 14th (2%).

Summary

France → New Zealand
$914million
New Zealand → France
$491million
France’s balance
$422million

Balance

France’s trade balance with New Zealand

Trade between France and New Zealand grew 2.6-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). France’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.9
  • Imports 0.5
  • Balance +0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$318 million$220 million$98 million
1996$264 million$227 million$38 million
1997$227 million$219 million$8 million
1998$216 million$238 million-$22 million
1999$430 million$282 million$148 million
2000$271 million$273 million-$2 million
2001$261 million$247 million$14 million
2002$316 million$297 million$20 million
2003$528 million$354 million$173 million
2004$698 million$398 million$300 million
2005$704 million$467 million$237 million
2006$495 million$433 million$62 million
2007$487 million$484 million$3 million
2008$554 million$505 million$49 million
2009$816 million$461 million$355 million
2010$419 million$474 million-$55 million
2011$733 million$509 million$224 million
2012$697 million$440 million$257 million
2013$994 million$444 million$551 million
2014$963 million$473 million$489 million
2015$1 billion$410 million$610 million
2016$772 million$391 million$381 million
2017$726 million$388 million$339 million
2018$779 million$393 million$386 million
2019$814 million$383 million$431 million
2020$599 million$291 million$308 million
2021$902 million$281 million$621 million
2022$939 million$307 million$632 million
2023$1.1 billion$429 million$636 million
2024$914 million$491 million$422 million

What they sell each other

What France sells to New Zealand

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Airplanes and helicopters$148 million · 16.2%
    177 tonnes · France’s destinations
  2. Trucks$69 million · 7.5%
    5 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  3. 216 tonnes · France’s destinations
  4. Perfumes$45 million · 5%
    192 tonnes · France’s destinations
  5. Wine$42 million · 4.6%
    3 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  6. Aircraft parts$36 million · 4%
    9 tonnes
  7. Makeup and skin care$32 million · 3.5%
    848 tonnes · France’s destinations
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$31 million · 3.4%
    16 tonnes · France’s destinations
  9. Tractors$31 million · 3.4%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations
  10. Cars$31 million · 3.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · France’s destinations

What New Zealand sells to France

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 25 thousand tonnes
  2. Lamb and goat meat$94 million · 19.1%
    11 thousand tonnes · New Zealand’s destinations
  3. 434 tonnes
  4. Unwrought aluminum$46 million · 9.3%
    15 thousand tonnes
  5. Wine$26 million · 5.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Seeds for planting$14 million · 2.9%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. 528 tonnes
  8. Butter and milk fats$12 million · 2.5%
    4 thousand tonnes · New Zealand’s destinations
  9. Fish fillets$9 million · 1.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Onions and garlic$6 million · 1.3%
    7 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Le Havre to Auckland.

The estimated sea route between Le Havre and Auckland is 11,525 nautical miles (21,345 km) long: ≈ 26.5–34.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$866 million · 61.6%
  2. Air$539 million · 38.4%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

New Zealand was France’s 68th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and France was New Zealand’s 14th (2%).

New Zealand in France’s trade
0.1%
New Zealand’s rank among France’s partners
68th
France in New Zealand’s trade
1.5%
France’s rank among New Zealand’s partners
14th

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Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.