# China exports to New Zealand: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from China to New Zealand, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/CHN-NZL/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, China reported $7.2B in goods exports to New Zealand. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $7.2B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 70.3% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 12 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 246 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 19.7% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $696.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $489.4M | 20.8% | High attention |
| 3 | 271019 | Not reported | $3.9B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $177.1M | 14.6% | High attention |
| 5 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $449.7M | 31.6% | Stable |
| 6 | 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $215.7M | 72.3% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $141.6M | 0% | High attention |
| 8 | 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $136.7M | 0% | High attention |
| 9 | 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $111.5M | 32.8% | High attention |
| 10 | 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $190.5M | 10.5% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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