# Of Sheep (Including Lamb) trade corridors and routes | HS...

The leading reported route is New Zealand to China, with trade value of $454.0M.

## Route access evidence

| Route | Route trade | 5-year growth | Buyer imports | Supplier countries | Applied tariff | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand to China | $454.0M | -12.1% | $906.5M | 7 | 28.6% | 11,041 km |
| Australia to China | $441.8M | -8% | $906.5M | 7 | 0.3% | 8,956 km |
| New Zealand to USA | $231.4M | +9.1% | $401.9M | 10 | 0% | 14,546 km |
| Australia to USA | $168.0M | -2.4% | $401.9M | 10 | 0% | 16,009 km |
| New Zealand to United Kingdom | $152.7M | +14.2% | $200.2M | 17 | 0% | 19,147 km |
| Australia to Malaysia | $126.0M | +7.6% | $151.1M | 10 | 0.1% | 6,617 km |
| New Zealand to Netherlands | $78.1M | +8.2% | $100.6M | 37 | 0.1% | 18,867 km |
| Australia to Saudi Arabia | $66.4M | +15.7% | $97.8M | 15 | 0.1% | 12,782 km |
| New Zealand to Germany | $50.8M | -3.5% | $89.8M | 38 | 0.1% | 18,825 km |
| New Zealand to Canada | $48.7M | +2.8% | $69.4M | 8 | 0.1% | 14,308 km |
| Australia to Papua New Guinea | $47.2M | +4.3% | $48.2M | 2 | 0.2% | 2,745 km |
| Australia to Republic of Korea | $46.8M | +3.2% | $52.1M | 11 | 0.1% | 8,330 km |
| Australia to United Kingdom | $38.0M | +12.9% | $200.2M | 17 | 0% | 17,011 km |
| New Zealand to France | $31.3M | +1.7% | $56.9M | 24 | 0.1% | 19,264 km |
| New Zealand to Saudi Arabia | $28.3M | -1.2% | $97.8M | 15 | 0.1% | 14,890 km |
| Australia to Singapore | $28.0M | -0.2% | $34.0M | 18 | 0% | 6,302 km |
| New Zealand to Belgium | $26.8M | +15.6% | $39.7M | 15 | 0.1% | 19,012 km |
| Australia to United Arab Emirates | $25.6M | +7.8% | $31.2M | 23 | 0.1% | 12,092 km |
| Australia to Iraq | $25.1M | +76.4% | $28.5M | 13 | 0% | 13,401 km |
| New Zealand to Jordan | $24.5M | +8.2% | $44.6M | 12 | 0.2% | 16,225 km |
| New Zealand to Taiwan | $24.3M | +2.3% | $34.3M | 5 | 0% | 9,430 km |
| Netherlands to Germany | $22.0M | +28.5% | $89.8M | 38 | 0% | 174 km |
| Australia to Japan | $19.8M | +6.8% | $25.0M | 12 | 0% | 7,831 km |
| Uruguay to Brazil | $19.0M | -2.5% | $25.4M | 4 | 0.3% | 1,568 km |
| New Zealand to Malaysia | $18.8M | -5.7% | $151.1M | 10 | 0.1% | 8,929 km |
| Australia to Jordan | $18.5M | +18% | $44.6M | 12 | 0.2% | 14,083 km |
| Australia to Canada | $18.0M | +1.9% | $69.4M | 8 | 0.1% | 15,587 km |
| New Zealand to Sweden | $17.2M | +15.9% | $34.5M | 16 | 0% | 17,739 km |
| New Zealand to Fiji | $16.4M | +12.6% | $28.2M | 2 | 0.1% | 2,930 km |
| New Zealand to Greece | $16.3M | +3.7% | $19.0M | 16 | 0.1% | 17,523 km |
| Australia to Qatar | $15.6M | +27.2% | $20.4M | 13 | 0% | 12,389 km |
| Mongolia to Iran | $15.2M | +2.9% | $21.6M | 5 | 0.6% | 4,689 km |
| Australia to Oman | $15.0M | +8.4% | $22.2M | 21 | 0.1% | 11,674 km |
| Australia to Brunei | $14.3M | +28.9% | $14.3M | 3 | 0% | 5,756 km |
| Australia to Egypt | $13.6M | +24.1% | $13.6M | 4 | 0.3% | 14,426 km |
| Australia to Mexico | $13.3M | +5.5% | $21.0M | 6 | 0.1% | 12,985 km |
| Australia to Kuwait | $13.0M | +15.4% | $14.6M | 16 | 0% | 12,908 km |
| Australia to Fiji | $11.8M | +5.4% | $28.2M | 2 | 0.1% | 3,224 km |
| Australia to Taiwan | $9.6M | +2.1% | $34.3M | 5 | 0% | 7,273 km |
| Netherlands to Belgium | $9.1M | +19.1% | $39.7M | 15 | 0% | 173 km |

## Selected route history

| Year | Route trade | Year-on-year change | 3-year growth |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2010 | $81.6M | +8.1% | +23.8% |
| 2011 | $147.9M | +81.1% | +34.7% |
| 2012 | $240.6M | +62.7% | +47.1% |
| 2013 | $448.8M | +86.5% | +76.5% |
| 2014 | $506.6M | +12.9% | +50.8% |
| 2015 | $422.3M | -16.6% | +20.6% |
| 2016 | $333.8M | -21% | -9.4% |
| 2017 | $480.6M | +44% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | $674.7M | +40.4% | +16.9% |
| 2019 | $866.1M | +28.4% | +37.4% |
| 2020 | $821.6M | -5.1% | +19.6% |
| 2021 | $1.1B | +32.6% | +17.3% |
| 2022 | $872.2M | -20% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | $738.1M | -15.4% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | $454.0M | -38.5% | -25.3% |

_Source: reported merchandise trade data. Updated 2026-08-14._