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Trade between Germany and New Zealand

In 2024, Germany exported $1.9 billion to New Zealand and imported $762 million. Germany ran a surplus of $1.2 billion with New Zealand, compared with a surplus of $1.6 billion in 2019. New Zealand was Germany’s 68th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was New Zealand’s 7th (3%).

Summary

Germany → New Zealand
$1.9billion
New Zealand → Germany
$762million
Germany’s balance
$1.2billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with New Zealand

Trade between Germany and New Zealand grew 2.4-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.9
  • Imports 0.8
  • Balance +1.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$655 million$451 million$203 million
1996$673 million$526 million$147 million
1997$603 million$462 million$141 million
1998$526 million$490 million$36 million
1999$595 million$486 million$108 million
2000$599 million$426 million$173 million
2001$665 million$525 million$139 million
2002$778 million$554 million$225 million
2003$972 million$607 million$365 million
2004$1.2 billion$665 million$531 million
2005$1.2 billion$720 million$529 million
2006$1.2 billion$856 million$324 million
2007$1.4 billion$845 million$574 million
2008$1.4 billion$940 million$485 million
2009$1 billion$687 million$352 million
2010$1.2 billion$711 million$513 million
2011$1.5 billion$963 million$578 million
2012$1.7 billion$790 million$870 million
2013$1.8 billion$812 million$1 billion
2014$2 billion$792 million$1.2 billion
2015$1.6 billion$704 million$942 million
2016$1.7 billion$741 million$963 million
2017$2.1 billion$752 million$1.3 billion
2018$2.2 billion$828 million$1.3 billion
2019$2.3 billion$734 million$1.6 billion
2020$1.7 billion$797 million$907 million
2021$2.3 billion$762 million$1.6 billion
2022$2.4 billion$796 million$1.6 billion
2023$2.3 billion$702 million$1.6 billion
2024$1.9 billion$762 million$1.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to New Zealand

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

  1. Cars$227 million · 11.7%
    12 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Turbojets and gas turbines$142 million · 7.4%
    2 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Airplanes and helicopters$103 million · 5.4%
    72 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$91 million · 4.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Other industrial machines$85 million · 4.4%
    5 thousand tonnes
  6. Tractors$55 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Auto parts$34 million · 1.7%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$32 million · 1.7%
    12 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Trucks$29 million · 1.5%
    2 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Other sugars$26 million · 1.4%
    30 thousand tonnes

What New Zealand sells to Germany

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

  1. Other fresh fruit (berries, kiwi)$195 million · 25.6%
    54 thousand tonnes
  2. Lamb and goat meat$167 million · 21.9%
    14 thousand tonnes · New Zealand’s destinations
  3. Spark-ignition engines$60 million · 7.9%
    4 tonnes
  4. Massage and respiratory therapy devices$34 million · 4.5%
    233 tonnes
  5. Wine$30 million · 3.9%
    10 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  6. Natural honey$23 million · 3%
    875 tonnes
  7. Unwrought aluminum$21 million · 2.8%
    8 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  8. Rabbit, game and other meat$14 million · 1.8%
    1 thousand tonnes
  9. Onions and garlic$10 million · 1.3%
    15 thousand tonnes
  10. Fresh beef$9 million · 1.2%
    474 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Auckland.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Auckland is 12,011 nautical miles (22,245 km) long: ≈ 28–35.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and 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$1.9 billion · 69.1%
  2. Air$833 million · 30.9%

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

How much each matters to the other

New Zealand was Germany’s 68th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was New Zealand’s 7th (3%).

New Zealand in Germany’s trade
0.1%
New Zealand’s rank among Germany’s partners
68th
Germany in New Zealand’s trade
2.9%
Germany’s rank among New Zealand’s partners
7th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of New Zealand

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.