New Zealand Imports

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Impact:

Low

Source: Statistics New Zealand

Latest Release:

Date:

Surprise:

NZ$-0.78B

Actual:

NZ$6.42B

Forecast: NZ$7.2B

Previous/Revision:

NZ$6.61B

Period: Apr

Next Release:

Date:

Period: May

What Does It Measure?

New Zealand's import data measures the total value of goods and services brought into the country over a specified period, explicitly reflecting the demand for foreign products among consumers and businesses. It primarily focuses on components such as consumer goods, capital goods, and intermediate goods, providing insights into production, consumption patterns, and overall economic health on a national level.

Frequency

Imports data is released monthly, typically published about the last working day of each month, presenting preliminary figures that may be revised in subsequent reports.

Why Do Traders Care?

Traders monitor New Zealand's imports closely as higher import levels can indicate robust domestic demand, fostering positive sentiment in financial markets, particularly for the New Zealand dollar (NZD) and equities. Conversely, declining import values can suggest weakening economic activity, potentially leading to bearish effects on currencies and stocks.

What Is It Derived From?

The import figures are derived from customs records and trade balance statistics, collected through comprehensive surveys conducted among importers. This data includes detailed accounting of the type and value of imported goods and follows standard statistical methodologies for accuracy.

Description

Preliminary reports provide early estimates of imports, subject to adjustments as more complete data is compiled, while final reports deliver a more accurate account but are available later. The comparison is typically based on Year-over-Year (YoY), allowing traders to analyze long-term trends and the impacts of seasonality, with this approach being preferred for its ability to reveal structural changes in the economy.

Additional Notes

Import data serves as a coincident economic indicator that reflects current consumer and business activity levels, thereby influencing broader economic analyses. It can also provide contextual understanding when compared with export data, indicating trade balance movements that may affect policy decisions and currency valuation.

Bullish or Bearish for Currency and Stocks

Higher than expected: Bullish for NZD, Bullish for Stocks. Lower than expected: Bearish for NZD, Bearish for Stocks.

Legend

High Potential Impact
This event has a strong potential to move markets significantly. If the 'Actual' value differs enough from the forecast or if the 'Previous' value is significantly revised, it signals new information that markets may rapidly adjust to.

Medium Potential Impact
This event may cause moderate market movement, especially if the 'Actual' deviates from the forecast or there's a notable revision to the 'Previous' value.

Low Potential Impact
This event is unlikely to affect market pricing unless there's an unexpected surprise or a major revision to prior data.

Surprise - Currency May Strengthen
Actual deviated from Forecast on a medium or high impact event and historically could strengthen the currency.

Surprise - Currency May Weaken
Actual deviated from Forcast on a medium or high impact event and historically could weaken the currency.

Big Surprise - Currency More Likely To Strengthen
'Actual' deviated from 'Forecast' more than 75% of historical deviations on a medium or high impact event and may likely strengthen the currency.

Big Surprise - Currency More Likely To Weaken
'Actual' deviated from 'Forecast' more than 75% of historical deviations on a medium or high impact event and may likely weaken the currency

Green Number	Better than forecast for the currency (or previous revise better)
Red Number	Worse than forecast for the currency (or previous revise better)
Hawkish	Supports higher interest rates to fight inflation, strengthening the currency but weighing on stocks.
Dovish	Favors lower rates to boost growth, weakening the currency but lifting stocks.

Date	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Surprise
May 20, 2025	NZ$6.42B	NZ$7.2B	NZ$6.61B	NZ$-0.78B
Apr 21, 2025	NZ$6.62B	NZ$6.2B	NZ$6.22B	NZ$0.42B
Mar 20, 2025	NZ$6.23B	NZ$6.5B	NZ$6.6B	NZ$-0.27B
Feb 20, 2025	NZ$6.68B		NZ$6.58B
Jan 29, 2025	NZ$6.62B	NZ$6.8B	NZ$6.85B	NZ$-0.18B
Dec 19, 2024	NZ$6.92B	NZ$7.6B	NZ$7.31B	NZ$-0.68B
Nov 24, 2024	NZ$7.31B	NZ$7.2B	NZ$7.06B	NZ$0.11B
Oct 21, 2024	NZ$7.12B	NZ$7.1B	NZ$7.15B	NZ$0.02B
Sep 22, 2024	NZ$7.17B	NZ$7.3B	NZ$7.1B	NZ$-0.13B
Aug 19, 2024	NZ$7.11B	NZ$6B	NZ$5.45B	NZ$1.11B
Jul 21, 2024	NZ$5.47B	NZ$7.5B	NZ$6.94B	NZ$-2.03B
Jun 23, 2024	NZ$6.95B	NZ$6.2B	NZ$6.32B	NZ$0.75B
May 23, 2024	NZ$6.32B	NZ$6.1B	NZ$5.9B	NZ$0.22B
Apr 23, 2024	NZ$5.91B	NZ$7.3B	NZ$6.1B	NZ$-1.39B
Mar 21, 2024	NZ$6.11B	NZ$5.5B	NZ$5.9B	NZ$0.61B
Feb 21, 2024	NZ$5.91B	NZ$5.9B	NZ$6.22B	NZ$0.01B
Jan 28, 2024	NZ$6.26B	NZ$6.7B	NZ$7.2B	NZ$-0.44B
Dec 18, 2023	NZ$7.23B	NZ$7.3B	NZ$7.1B	NZ$-0.07B
Nov 20, 2023	NZ$7.11B	NZ$6.4B	NZ$7.19B	NZ$0.71B
Oct 19, 2023	NZ$7.2B	NZ$7.4B	NZ$7.24B	NZ$-0.2B
Sep 21, 2023	NZ$7.28B	NZ$6.1B	NZ$6.55B	NZ$1.18B
Aug 20, 2023	NZ$6.56B	NZ$6.9B	NZ$6.29B	NZ$-0.34B
Jul 23, 2023	NZ$6.3B	NZ$7.4B	NZ$6.91B	NZ$-1.1B
Jun 21, 2023	NZ$6.95B	NZ$6.9B	NZ$6.37B	NZ$0.05B
May 18, 2023	NZ$6.38B	NZ$6.1B	NZ$7.87B	NZ$0.28B
Apr 25, 2023	NZ$7.78B	NZ$6.8B	NZ$5.86B	NZ$0.98B
Mar 20, 2023	NZ$5.95B	NZ$7.5B	NZ$7.42B	NZ$-1.55B
Feb 21, 2023	NZ$7.42B	NZ$6.7B	NZ$7.16B	NZ$0.72B
Jan 29, 2023	NZ$7.19B	NZ$7.6B	NZ$8.52B	NZ$-0.41B
Dec 20, 2022	NZ$8.54B	NZ$8.7B	NZ$8.26B	NZ$-0.16B
Nov 21, 2022	NZ$8.27B	NZ$7.9B	NZ$7.63B	NZ$0.37B
Oct 20, 2022	NZ$7.64B	NZ$7.99B	NZ$7.92B	NZ$-0.35B
Sep 21, 2022	NZ$7.93B		NZ$7.76B
Aug 18, 2022	NZ$7.77B		NZ$7.38B
Jul 20, 2022	NZ$7.12B		NZ$6.68B
Jun 21, 2022	NZ$6.69B		NZ$5.72B
May 19, 2022	NZ$5.73B		NZ$7.06B
Apr 27, 2022	NZ$7.06B		NZ$5.91B
Mar 20, 2022	NZ$5.88B		NZ$5.92B
Feb 24, 2022	NZ$5.94B		NZ$7.07B
Jan 31, 2022	NZ$6.55B		NZ$6.75B
Dec 19, 2021	NZ$6.73B		NZ$6.66B
Nov 24, 2021	NZ$6.64B		NZ$6.57B
Oct 26, 2021	NZ$6.57B		NZ$6.5B
Sep 23, 2021	NZ$6.49B	NZ$5.9B	NZ$6.17B	NZ$0.59B
Aug 24, 2021	NZ$6.16B	NZ$5.9B	NZ$5.71B	NZ$0.26B
Jul 25, 2021	NZ$5.69B	NZ$5.3B	NZ$5.4B	NZ$0.39B
Jun 24, 2021	NZ$5.4B	NZ$5.1B	NZ$4.99B	NZ$0.3B
May 25, 2021	NZ$4.98B	NZ$5.2B	NZ$5.66B	NZ$-0.22B
Apr 28, 2021	NZ$5.65B		NZ$4.3B
Mar 23, 2021	NZ$4.29B	NZ$4.1B	NZ$4.85B	NZ$0.19B
Feb 25, 2021	NZ$4.82B	NZ$5.4B	NZ$5.32B	NZ$-0.58B
Jan 27, 2021	NZ$5.33B		NZ$4.92B
Dec 17, 2020	NZ$4.95B		NZ$5.27B
Nov 25, 2020	NZ$5.29B	NZ$4.6B	NZ$5.03B	NZ$0.69B
Oct 26, 2020	NZ$5.02B	NZ$4.9B	NZ$4.69B	NZ$0.12B
Sep 23, 2020	NZ$4.76B	NZ$4.6B	NZ$4.59B	NZ$0.16B
Aug 25, 2020	NZ$4.63B	NZ$4.8B	NZ$4.61B	NZ$-0.17B
Jul 23, 2020	NZ$4.64B	NZ$4.3B	NZ$4.11B	NZ$0.34B
Jun 24, 2020	NZ$4.14B	NZ$4.5B	NZ$3.95B	NZ$-0.36B
May 25, 2020	NZ$3.99B	NZ$4.7B	NZ$5.09B	NZ$-0.71B
Apr 28, 2020	NZ$5.14B	NZ$4.5B	NZ$4.34B	NZ$0.64B
Mar 24, 2020	NZ$4.33B	NZ$4.8B	NZ$5.1B	NZ$-0.47B
Feb 26, 2020	NZ$5.07B	NZ$5.3B	NZ$5.12B	NZ$-0.23B
Jan 29, 2020	NZ$5B	NZ$5.4B	NZ$6B	NZ$-0.4B
Dec 18, 2019	NZ$5.98B	NZ$6B	NZ$6.05B	NZ$-0.02B
Nov 26, 2019	NZ$6.05B	NZ$5.8B	NZ$5.68B	NZ$0.25B
Oct 22, 2019	NZ$5.71B	NZ$6.1B	NZ$5.71B	NZ$-0.39B
Sep 24, 2019	NZ$5.69B	NZ$6B	NZ$5.66B	NZ$-0.31B
Aug 25, 2019	NZ$5.71B	NZ$4.3B	NZ$4.63B	NZ$1.41B
Jul 23, 2019	NZ$4.65B	NZ$5.2B	NZ$5.57B	NZ$-0.55B
Jun 24, 2019	NZ$5.54B	NZ$5.4B	NZ$5.12B	NZ$0.14B
May 23, 2019	NZ$5.11B	NZ$4.9B	NZ$4.78B	NZ$0.21B
Apr 25, 2019	NZ$4.77B	NZ$5.15B	NZ$4.78B	NZ$-0.38B
Mar 25, 2019	NZ$4.8B	NZ$4.9B	NZ$5.28B	NZ$-0.1B
Feb 26, 2019	NZ$5.32B	NZ$5B	NZ$5.28B	NZ$0.32B
Jan 28, 2019	NZ$5.22B	NZ$5.7B	NZ$5.86B	NZ$-0.48B
Dec 19, 2018	NZ$5.8B	NZ$6.6B	NZ$6.13B	NZ$-0.8B
Nov 26, 2018	NZ$6.15B	NZ$6.3B	NZ$5.84B	NZ$-0.15B
Oct 24, 2018	NZ$5.89B	NZ$5.7B	NZ$5.44B	NZ$0.19B
Sep 25, 2018	NZ$5.54B	NZ$5.5B	NZ$5.54B	NZ$0.04B
Aug 23, 2018	NZ$5.49B	NZ$5.2B	NZ$5.17B	NZ$0.29B
Jul 24, 2018	NZ$5.02B	NZ$4.92B	NZ$5.15B	NZ$0.1B
Jun 26, 2018	NZ$5.12B	NZ$5.1B	NZ$4.77B	NZ$0.02B
May 23, 2018	NZ$4.79B	NZ$4.65B	NZ$4.95B	NZ$0.14B
Apr 26, 2018	NZ$4.94B	NZ$4.85B	NZ$4.26B	NZ$0.09B
Mar 25, 2018	NZ$4.24B	NZ$4.63B	NZ$4.94B	NZ$-0.39B
Feb 26, 2018	NZ$4.87B	NZ$4.6B	NZ$4.89B	NZ$0.27B
Jan 29, 2018	NZ$4.91B	NZ$5.1B	NZ$5.84B	NZ$-0.19B
Dec 19, 2017	NZ$5.82B	NZ$5.1B	NZ$5.4B	NZ$0.72B
Nov 23, 2017	NZ$5.43B	NZ$4.95B	NZ$4.92B	NZ$0.48B
Oct 25, 2017	NZ$4.92B	NZ$4.88B	NZ$4.86B	NZ$0.04B
Sep 25, 2017	NZ$4.92B	NZ$4.8B	NZ$4.53B	NZ$0.12B
Aug 23, 2017	NZ$4548M	NZ$4600M	NZ$4449M	NZ$-52M
Jul 25, 2017	NZ$4455M	NZ$4390M	NZ$4845M	NZ$65M
Jun 26, 2017	NZ$4849M	NZ$4480M	NZ$4164M	NZ$369M
May 23, 2017	NZ$4172M	NZ$4100M	NZ$4328M	NZ$72M
Apr 27, 2017	NZ$4315M	NZ$4300M	NZ$4060M	NZ$15M
Mar 23, 2017	NZ$4024M	NZ$3990M	NZ$4163M	NZ$34M
Feb 27, 2017	NZ$4193M		NZ$4420M
Jan 29, 2017	NZ$4420M		NZ$4600M
Dec 20, 2016	NZ$4560M		NZ$4720M
Nov 24, 2016	NZ$4740M		NZ$4860M
Oct 26, 2016	NZ$4900M	NZ$4650M	NZ$4650M	NZ$250M
Sep 25, 2016	NZ$4650M	NZ$4310M	NZ$4316M	NZ$340M
Aug 23, 2016	NZ$4400M	NZ$4450M	NZ$4137M	NZ$-50M
Jul 25, 2016	NZ$4130M	NZ$4110M	NZ$4215M	NZ$20M
Jun 26, 2016	NZ$4216M		NZ$3979M
May 24, 2016	NZ$4008M	NZ$4060M	NZ$4014M	NZ$-52M
Apr 26, 2016	NZ$4087M	NZ$4300M	NZ$3873M	NZ$-213M
Mar 23, 2016	NZ$3910M	NZ$3940M	NZ$3880M	NZ$-30M
Feb 25, 2016	NZ$3890M	NZ$3870M	NZ$4464M	NZ$20M
Jan 27, 2016	NZ$4480M	NZ$4550M	NZ$4872M	NZ$-70M
Dec 22, 2015	NZ$4859M		NZ$4718M
Aug 25, 2015	NZ$4.9B	NZ$4.5B	NZ$4.3B	NZ$0.4B
Jul 23, 2015	NZ$4.29B	NZD 3.95B	NZ$3.9B