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New Zealand fluid milk production in 2024 is forecast to decline by 0.5 percent to 21.4 million metric tons (MMT). This situation results from recent decreases in farm gate milk price forecasts, as well as rising interest rates, which are expected to...

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.