# New Zealand Import Opportunities

Explore New Zealand's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $44.0B
- Import CAGR: -2.0%
- Trade openness: 36.8%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $3.9B | +12.2% | 61 | 3641 |
| 2 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $861.1M | +28.0% | 25 | 5390 |
| 3 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $1.0B | +6.4% | 7 | 8195 |
| 4 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $1.7B | +12.3% | 31 | 3707 |
| 5 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $696.2M | +8.5% | 57 | 5512 |
| 6 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $602.7M | +6.6% | 23 | 5300 |
| 7 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $511.9M | +11.3% | 8 | 5673 |
| 8 | HS 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 | +6.5% | 66 | 7247 |
| 9 | HS 841191 | Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers | $801.6M | +10.0% | 38 | 1964 |
| 10 | HS 870323 | Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 3000cc | $652.8M | +0.1% | 33 | 3345 |
| 11 | HS 230660 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of palm nuts or kernels oils | $304.5M | +47.2% | 3 | 4950 |
| 12 | HS 281820 | Aluminium oxide: other than artificial corundum | $248.6M | +2.3% | 15 | 9969 |
| 13 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $675.5M | +4.8% | 76 | 1499 |
| 14 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $215.7M | +26.7% | 22 | 2780 |
| 15 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $154.5M | +6.3% | 2 | 10000 |
| 16 | HS 382499 | Chemical products, mixtures and preparations: n.e.c. heading 3824 | $141.6M | +29.8% | 58 | 4572 |
| 17 | HS 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 | +7.3% | 81 | 1596 |
| 18 | HS 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 | +4.9% | 89 | 6067 |
| 19 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $136.7M | +17.8% | 50 | 4847 |
| 20 | HS 901890 | Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018 | $296.1M | +7.8% | 85 | 2448 |
| 21 | HS 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $74.8M | +41.6% | 1 | 10000 |
| 22 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $425.1M | +7.5% | 87 | 1741 |
| 23 | HS 870333 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 2500cc | $252.8M | +6.1% | 22 | 3248 |
| 24 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $171.3M | +10.4% | 27 | 4242 |
| 25 | HS 870332 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), cylinder capacity exceeding 1500cc but not exceeding 2500cc | $249.5M | +5.1% | 25 | 2629 |
| 26 | HS 230330 | Brewing or distilling dregs and waste: whether or not in the form of pellets | $115.2M | +55.9% | 7 | 4374 |
| 27 | HS 880330 | Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803 | $218.6M | +2.6% | 70 | 3081 |
| 28 | HS 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $205.6M | +7.0% | 81 | 2671 |
| 29 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $114.5M | +7.9% | 7 | 6332 |
| 30 | HS 230910 | Dog or cat food: put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding | $185.3M | +6.9% | 31 | 2746 |
| 31 | HS 880230 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 2000kg but not exceeding 15,000kg | $110.5M | +0.7% | 4 | 8142 |
| 32 | HS 847930 | Machinery and mechanical appliances: presses for the manufacture of particle or fibre building board of wood or other ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork | $59.6M | +25.0% | 11 | 7615 |
| 33 | HS 940161 | Seats: with wooden frames, upholstered, (excluding medical, surgical, dental, veterinary or barber furniture) | $88.7M | +10.1% | 48 | 6918 |
| 34 | HS 170211 | Sugars: lactose and lactose syrup, containing by weight 99% or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter | $95.1M | +21.8% | 14 | 4018 |
| 35 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $214.9M | +2.3% | 26 | 2187 |
| 36 | HS 190590 | Food preparations: bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa: communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products | $141.9M | +9.8% | 71 | 2595 |
| 37 | HS 392690 | Plastics: other articles n.e.s. in chapter 39 | $190.5M | +5.7% | 106 | 2051 |
| 38 | HS 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $111.5M | +2.1% | 12 | 6066 |
| 39 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $73.6M | +10.3% | 52 | 8134 |
| 40 | HS 854449 | Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 80 volts, not fitted with connectors | $120.3M | +8.1% | 64 | 3651 |
| 41 | HS 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units | $227.0M | +4.2% | 43 | 1852 |
| 42 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $42.1M | +32.8% | 6 | 9953 |
| 43 | HS 870360 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, capable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $114.4M | +28.0% | 21 | 1765 |
| 44 | HS 180690 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: n.e.c. in chapter 18 | $101.3M | +8.2% | 69 | 3952 |
| 45 | HS 871610 | Trailers and semi-trailers: of the caravan type, for housing or camping | $79.1M | +14.0% | 17 | 5178 |
| 46 | HS 151419 | Vegetable oils: low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions, other than crude, but not chemically modified | $73.0M | +14.0% | 13 | 5662 |
| 47 | HS 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $139.2M | +6.1% | 46 | 2360 |
| 48 | HS 940320 | Furniture: metal, other than for office use | $79.2M | +9.0% | 67 | 5239 |
| 49 | HS 910121 | Wrist-watches: (not electrically operated), automatic winding, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal | $43.6M | +24.3% | 23 | 7155 |
| 50 | HS 850239 | Electric generating sets: (excluding those with spark-ignition or compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines), other than wind powered | $54.5M | +11.2% | 18 | 8547 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.