Commodity Origins

What does New Zealand produce and export?

New Zealand ranks in the top ten producers of 3 commodities: wool (#3, 7.4% of world output in 2024), lamb (#5, 3.9% of world output in 2024), milk (#9, 2.7% of world output in 2024). It is a top-ten exporter of honey (#1, 11% of world export value in 2024), logs (#1, 14% of world export value in 2024), milk (#1, 28% of world export value in 2024), lamb (#2, 25% of world export value in 2024), wool (#2, 10% of world export value in 2024) and more.

Where new zealand is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of new zealand production in 2024. Darkest: New Zealand 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: 100% (1)Australia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does New Zealand produce?

Commodities where New Zealand is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Wool Fibres & other raw materials37.4%124,951 t2024FAOSTAT
Lamb Livestock, meat & dairy53.9%449,606 t2024FAOSTAT
Milk Livestock, meat & dairy92.7%21.5 million t2024FAOSTAT

What does New Zealand export?

Top 8 New Zealand commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 8 New Zealand commodity exports in 2024: Milk 28%, Beef 6.2%, Lamb 25%, Logs 14%, Cheese 3.8%, Apples 7.9%, Wool 10%, Honey 11%; rest of world <0.1%.MilkMilk: 28%, $6.2 billion28%BeefBeef: 6.2%, $2.3 billion6.2%LambLamb: 25%, $2.2 billion25%LogsLogs: 14%, $1.8 billion14%CheeseCheese: 3.8%, $1.7 billion3.8%ApplesApples: 7.9%, $634.5 million7.9%WoolWool: 10%, $287.8 million10%HoneyHoney: 11%, $249.8 million11%Rest of worldRest of world: <0.1%, $0<0.1%
New Zealand's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of New Zealand's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity New Zealand dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 8 New Zealand commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Milk$6.2 billion28%
2Beef$2.3 billion6.2%
3Lamb$2.2 billion25%
4Logs$1.8 billion14%
5Cheese$1.7 billion3.8%
6Apples$634.5 million7.9%
7Wool$287.8 million10%
8Honey$249.8 million11%
Rest of world$0<0.1%

New Zealand's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of New Zealand's own $17.8 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Milk alone is 35% of it. See the full export dependency report for how New Zealand compares with other countries.

New Zealand's tracked export mix by commodityMilk: 34.7%; Other tracked commodities: 20.1%; Beef: 12.9%; Lamb: 12.4%; Logs: 10.3%; Cheese: 9.6%.Milk: 34.7%Milk34.7%Other tracked commodities: 20.1%Other tracked co…20.1%Beef: 12.9%Beef12.9%Lamb: 12.4%Lamb12.4%Logs: 10.3%Logs10.3%Cheese: 9.6%Cheese9.6%
Commodities where New Zealand is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Honey111%$249.8 million2024
Logs114%$1.8 billion2024
Milk128%$6.2 billion2024
Lamb225%$2.2 billion2024
Wool210%$287.8 million2024
Apples57.9%$634.5 million2024
Beef56.2%$2.3 billion2024
Cheese73.8%$1.7 billion2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

New Zealand commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where New Zealand is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

New Zealand in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about New Zealand, computed from the same data as this page.

What New Zealand uses

New Zealand had about 5.2 million people and a food supply of 3,122 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in New Zealand, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk9.9 million tonnes0.9%62 (#89 of 142)213%4.5%
Wheat1.1 million tonnes0.1%98 (#52 of 143)35%75%
Grapes558 thousand tonnes0.8%5.3 (#47 of 143)95%4.8%
Potatoes404 thousand tonnes0.1%47 (#53 of 143)106%17%
Barley384 thousand tonnes0.3%0.6 (#54 of 141)96%4.8%
Apples245 thousand tonnes0.2%22 (#16 of 143)218%1.5%
Sugar230 thousand tonnes0.1%42 (#7 of 143)<0.1%113%
Chicken221 thousand tonnes0.2%26 (#47 of 143)106%0.5%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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