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Trade update: Exports up by 19 percent, new data shows

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 7:08pm
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Photo / Michael Craig

Trade update: Exports up by 19 percent, new data shows

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 22 Apr 2025, 7:08pm

There's been some positive trade news.

Stats NZ data shows goods exports rose 19 percent to $7.6 billion in March - compared to the same time a year ago.

Milk powder, butter and cheese rose 35 percent to $2.3 billion.

Goods imports rose 12 percent to $6.6 billion.

Infometrics principal economist Nick Brunsdon unpacked the factors.

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