Imports into New Zealand from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into New Zealand from China were US$2.89bn in Q2 2026, up 19.6% (US$473m) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Fertilizers (HS 3102): US$30m, up 212.1% from US$10m
- Semiconductor devices (e.g. diodes, transistors, semiconductor based… (HS 8541): US$56m, up 129.9% from US$24m
- Motor cars and other motor vehicles (HS 8703): US$249m, up 90.9% from US$130m
Top 3 falling headings
- Video game consoles and machines, articles for funfair, table or… (HS 9504): US$9m, down 48.2% from US$18m
- Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or… (HS 2404): US$13m, down 42.0% from US$22m
- Machinery (HS 8473): US$9m, down 26.6% from US$12m
Headings (HS4) worth at least US$7m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from US$0.30 for Fertilizers to US$188.00 for Products containing tobacco, reconstituted tobacco, nicotine, or… Why US$ per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–New Zealand Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-trade-pulse/new-zealand/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: UN Comtrade Database; quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
Method and sources
- Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database, monthly commodity trade (HS): reporter New Zealand, partner China, imports, through the UN Comtrade API. Totals across all customs procedures and transport modes.
- Values are UN Comtrade's primary value for imports, in US dollars as UN Comtrade publishes them (converted from the reporter's own currency by the United Nations). Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 98 and 99, reserved for national use, are excluded.
- Value per kg divides value by net weight, summed from the six-digit subheadings that carry a weight. It is shown only where those subheadings carry at least 90% of the line's value; some countries report few weights, so their pages show more dashes.
- Countries report to UN Comtrade some weeks or months after each month ends and may revise their figures; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures published.
Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database (cited as "UN Comtrade"). The figures on this page are quarterly totals, changes and rankings calculated from UN Comtrade's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge; they are not endorsed by the United Nations. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.