New Zealand’s two-way trade with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was NZD 15.2 billion (USD 10.9 billion) in the year ended in June 2017, according to the statistics department Stats NZ.
Vietnam's rambutan fruit to export to
New Zealand
Goods
and services exported to ASEAN countries totaled NZD 6.3 billion, and imports
were NZD 8.9 billion, Stats NZ said.
Dairy products, including milk powder and
cheese, were the main goods exported from
New Zealand to ASEAN, followed by
meat, logs, fruit, and wood pulp and waste paper.
Petroleum and related products was
New Zealand’s largest goods import from ASEAN in
the year with most of these petroleum imports coming from
Singapore, the
department said.
Source: PANO
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