Global Silage Market by Region, Value
New Zealand Meat, Poultry Import quantity
What is New Zealand's meat, poultry import quantity (t)? As of 2023, it's 642.8 Tons, up from 8.3 Tons in 2014.
| Label | Meat, Poultry Import quantity (t) |
|---|---|
| 2014 | 8.25 Tons |
| 2015 | 1.34 Tons |
| 2016 | 0.63 Tons |
| 2017 | 172.42 Tons |
| 2018 | 157.37 Tons |
| 2019 | 108.14 Tons |
| 2020 | 181.62 Tons |
| 2021 | 291.12 Tons |
| 2022 | 555.17 Tons |
| 2023 | 642.75 Tons |
Data Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Wantstats Repository
New Zealand Meat, Poultry Import quantity: Key Points
- By 2023, New Zealand's meat, Poultry Import quantity came to 642.75 t, against 8.25 t in 2014 — around 7691% up across the period.
- 2015: drops hard to 1.34 t (-84%).
- 2017: leaps to 172.42 t (+27268%).
- 2020: shoots up to 181.62 t (+68%).
- 2022: surges to 555.17 t (+91%).
- 2023: Closes higher than it opened — 642.75 t, a 7690.9% gain over the period.
Why Trade Snapped Back
Multiple direction changes over the period mean any two-point comparison — say, first year to last — is likely to be misleading on its own. The middle years matter just as much.
Read this bounce as part of the worldwide trade recovery — most economies saw trade flows pick back up as reopening and stimulus drove demand higher in the same period.
Worth pairing this with the same indicator for a handful of comparable economies before concluding anything about New Zealand specifically — a move that looks large here can be the regional norm, or genuinely unusual, and this chart alone can't say which.
This kind of indicator is almost never measured continuously — it's estimated from periodic data collection, published and later revised by New Zealand's statistical authority. Direction is the reliable part; individual years less so.
At these volumes, this trade flow often comes down to a handful of shipments or trading partners. A big single-year swing is more likely one contract or one buyer's order than a broad economic trend.
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