NZ tech firms should jump at business opportunities in Hong Kong
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Hong Kong is providing New Zealand with a doorstep of opportunity for Kiwi tech firms, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Muller has just returned from a business trip to Hong Kong, building connections with their tech sector and investors to support a growing interest in the Hong Kong / China market […]
Read More →Two-way trade tops $160 billion for the first time – Stats NZ Information Release: Goods and services trade by country: Year ended September 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Two-way trade tops $160 billion for the first time – 4 December 2018 Increased exports and imports helped push New Zealand’s two-way trade of goods and services to $160.7 billion for the year ended September 2018, up $16.7 billion from the year ended September 2017, Stats NZ said today. Two-way trade, which measures […]
Read More →Op-Ed: Seeking Peace Needs an Enterprising Foreign Policy – Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
Op-Ed: Seeking Peace Needs an Enterprising Foreign Policy by H.E. Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey. This week Istanbul will host two separate but related international conferences on mediation. One will be devoted to the state of play in the conflict map and […]
Read More →Monthly goods imports from China rise a record $430 million – Stats NZ Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Monthly goods imports from China rise a record $430 million – 27 November 2018 Goods imports from China were up $430 million, reaching $1.5 billion in October 2018, Stats NZ said today. This is the largest dollar value increase for monthly Chinese imports on record. China is New Zealand’s largest trading partner. It […]
Read More →Monthly imports top $6 billion for first time – Stats NZ Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: October 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Monthly imports top $6 billion for first time – 27 November 2018 Monthly imports hit a record $6.2 billion in October 2018, Stats NZ said today. This is the first time imports have hit $6 billion. The previous high was in September 2018. “The value of goods imports has been at a generally […]
Read More →Dairy farmers face squeeze – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Business price indexes: September 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Dairy farmers face squeeze – 19 November 2018 Dairy farmers are getting a lower payout for milk but their costs are rising for goods and services like feed, fuel, and freight, Stats NZ said today. The prices received by dairy farmers fell (4.8 percent) in the September 2018 quarter, due to a lower […]
Read More →Chinese officials kick out EMTV, foreign media from APEC events – allow Beijing state media
Some critics say that China’s latest behaviour toward foreign journalists casts doubt over its vow to treat neighbours with “respect”. Image: Natalie Whiting/ABC News/My Land, My Country By Scott Waide Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings at three Asia-Pacific […]
Read More →Scott Waide: How China is several moves ahead in Port Moresby
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Prime Minister of PNG Peter O’Neill shaking hands. Image: Solomon Kantha/My Land My Country COMMENTARY: By Scott Waide In November every year, the Papua New Guinean National budget usually takes centre stage. But not this year. This week, the 2019 budget came two days before the start of the biggest […]
Read More →Chinese President Xi’s early PNG arrival upstages APEC rivals
News headlines with the arrival of the Chinese president in Papua New Guinea for APEC. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Port Moresby last night to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leaders summit and is poised to steal a march on rival world leaders. With the […]
Read More →Annual trade deficit largest since January 2009 – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Overseas merchandise trade: September 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Annual trade deficit largest since January 2009 – 25 October 2018 Annual imports of fuels and crude oil rose sharply, driving the trade deficit to $5.2 billion for the September 2018 year, Stats NZ said today. This year’s trade deficit is the largest annual trade deficit since January 2009. The deficit widened […]
Read More →Annual trade deficit largest since January 2009
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 25 October 2018, 10:45am Annual imports of fuels and crude oil rose sharply, driving the trade deficit to $5.2 billion for the September 2018 year, Stats NZ said today. This year’s trade deficit is the largest annual trade deficit since January 2009. The deficit widened as imports, especially of fuels, crude oil, […]
Read More →Correction to Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018 – Stats NZ
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Correction to Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018 3 October 2018 Stats NZ has corrected Goods and services trade by country: Year ended June 2018 and its related news story Visitors boost trade surplus. The correction was a result of a processing error involving exports of travel services data. […]
Read More →New Zealand Data – Overseas merchandise trade: August 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 26 September 2018, 10:45am Overseas merchandise trade statistics provide information on imports and exports of merchandise goods between New Zealand and other countries. Key facts This release refers to trade in goods only. August 2018 monthly values are actual and compared with August 2017. Goods exports rose $366 million (9.9 percent) to […]
Read More →New Zealand Data – Balance of payments and international investment position: Year ended 31 March 2018
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 26 September 2018, 10:45am Balance of payments records the value of the country’s transactions with the rest of the world. It shows changes in financial claims on, and liabilities to, the rest of the world. International investment position is a snapshot of the country’s financial assets and liabilities. Key facts At 31 […]
Read More →Statistics New Zealand – Monthly trade deficit widest on record
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions 26 September 2018, 10:45am A rise in goods imports to near record levels in August 2018 has contributed to the largest-ever monthly goods trade deficit, Stats NZ said today. The trade deficit in August 2018 was $1.5 billion (37 percent of exports). The average monthly deficit in August over the last five […]
Read More →New Zealand Gross domestic product: June 2018 quarter – Data Sets and Analysis
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Gross domestic product (GDP) provides a snapshot of the performance of the economy. GDP is New Zealand’s official measure of economic growth. Download data Key facts New Zealand economy grew 1.0 percent in the June 2018 quarter. Broad-based growth, with 15 of 16 industries up. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing was up 4.1 […]
Read More →Broad-based growth as GDP rises 1 percent in June quarter – 20 September 2018, 10:45am
Gross domestic product (GDP) rose 1.0 percent in the June 2018 quarter, up from 0.5 percent last quarter, Stats NZ said today. This is the largest quarterly rise in two years. Growth was broad-based, with 15 of 16 industries recording higher production. Mining was the only industry to decline, reflecting one-off factors. “Once again service […]
Read More →Annual current account deficit widens to $9.5 billion – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Balance of payments and international investment position: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Annual current account deficit widens to $9.5 billion – 19 September 2018 New Zealand’s current account deficit for the year ended June 2018 widened to $9.5 billion, 3.3 percent of GDP, Stats NZ said today. The deficit is $2.4 billion wider than the year ended June 2017 deficit and is the largest since […]
Read More →Near-record exports see current account deficit shrink to $2.7 billion – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Balance of payments and international investment position: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Near-record exports see current account deficit shrink to $2.7 billion – 19 September 2018 New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted current account deficit reduced to $2.7 billion for the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The $484 million decrease from the March 2018 quarter was mainly driven by rising exports of goods and services. […]
Read More →Fruit exports boost wholesale trade in June quarter – Stats NZ Media and Information Release: Wholesale trade survey: June 2018 quarter
Source: MIL-OSI Submissions Fruit exports boost wholesale trade in June quarter – 7 September 2018 Fruit exports drove wholesale trade sales up in the June 2018 quarter, Stats NZ said today. The seasonally adjusted total sales value for wholesale trade rose 2.6 percent in the June 2018 quarter, following a modest 0.3 percent rise in the […]
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