New Zealand - Trade Balance for September $ -1436m

  • expected -1145m, prior was -1243m, revised from -1265m

Exports, $ 3.47bn

  • expected 3.53bn, prior was 3.39bn
  • fall in meat exports (13 percent fall in the quantities exported) was a leading factor in a drop in total goods exports

Imports, $ 4.9bn

  • expected 4.68bn, prior was 4.65bn
  • rise in capital good imports