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New Zealand has strict biosecurity rules for plant and animal products but also imports large volumes of food and beverage products.

This report lists the major export certificates and other documentation required by the Government of New Zealand for U.S. exporters and food and agricultural products.

U.S. food and agricultural products have continued to prove popular in the New Zealand market, and in 2022 the value of these products was a record US$ 629 million, US$ 413 million of which were consumer-oriented products.

FAS/Wellington’s New Zealand milk production forecast is raised for 2023 to 21.5 million metric tons (MMT) as a result of favorable pasture growing conditions entering the year and strong milk production during the first four months of 2023.

New Zealand’s imports of consumer-oriented food products have trended upward over the past several years.

This report lists the major export certificates and other documentation required by the Government of New Zealand for U.S. exporters of food and agricultural products.

There have been no significant official changes to the heavily regulated and cautious policies put in place by the Government of New Zealand (GONZ) for genetically engineered (GE) products.