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New Zealand is an important market in the Pacific for U.S. agricultural products. In 2020, despite logistical and other challenges as a result of COVID-19, New Zealand’s imports continued strong and included US$ 575 million of U.S. agricultural products.
There have been no recent significant official changes to the genetically engineered (GE) policies established by the New Zealand government.
Tunisia postponed non-urgent reforms throughout 2021 due to an unstable political environment and the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, there is no timeframe for Parliament to review and vote on Tunisia’s biosafety framework, and so the policy, which was drafted in 2014, remains on hold.
The same problems that beset apple production in 2020/2021, especially harvest labor shortages, could persist into 2021/2022.
Following an exceptional milk production year in 2021 (and especially the first half of the year), FAS/Wellington is forecasting milk production to fall slightly in 2022.
Although New Zealand has been less impacted by COVID-19 than most countries around the world, it has still had a major effect on the Hotel, Restaurant, Institutional (HRI) sector.
Approximately 90 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Tunisia are bulk grains and oilseeds.
New Zealand beef production is forecast to fall slightly in 2022, following two straight years of record production.
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.
New Zealand has strict biosecurity rules for plant and animal products but also imports large volumes of food and beverage products.
U.S. food and agricultural products have continued to prove popular in the New Zealand market, and in 2020 the value of these products was US$ 575 million, US$ 407 million of which were consumer-oriented products.
The New Zealand Government is proposing to introduce a sustainably-produced biofuels mandate for transport fuels in New Zealand.