Air and sea transport | Ministry of Transport

Your browser is out-of-date!

Update your browser to view this website correctly. Update my browser now

Air freight

AR010 Exports and imports by airport — value (billion dollars)

Air freight carries less than 1% of our trade by volume, but about 16% of our exports and 22% of our imports by dollar value.¹

¹ Data sources for this statement are the same as the data sources for this graph discussed below.

Definition	Exports: FOB (free on board) in billion NZ dollars Imports: CIF (cost, insurance and freight) in billion NZ dollars. Data are for fiscal years ending 30 June.
Nature of data	Quantitative
Primary source	Exports: Stats NZ Infoshare - Table OSC004AA Imports: Stats NZ Infoshare - Table OSC008AA
Custodian of data	Statistics NZ
URL	http://archive.stats.govt.nz/infoshare/Default.aspx. Data for exports can be found by clicking the 'Browse' tab, then selecting Imports and Exports -> Overseas Cargo Statistics--> "Total Exports by New Zealand Port (Annual-June). Data for imports can be found by clicking the 'Browse' tab, then selecting Imports and Exports -> Overseas Cargo Statistics--> "Total Imports by New Zealand Port (Annual-June)
Frequency	Annual
Disaggregation	National
Quality of the data	Reliable
Next Update	November

AR023 Exports and imports by airport — gross weight (thousand tonnes)

Definition	Gross weight of exports and imports in tonnes (thousands). Data are for fiscal years ending 30 June.
Nature of data	Quantitative
Primary source	Exports: Stats NZ Infoshare - Table OSC004AA Imports: Stats NZ Infoshare - Table OSC008AA
Custodian of data	Statistics NZ
URL	http://archive.stats.govt.nz/infoshare/Default.aspx. Data for exports can be found by clicking the 'Browse' tab, then selecting Imports and Exports -> Overseas Cargo Statistics--> "Total Exports by New Zealand Port (Annual-June). Data for imports can be found by clicking the 'Browse' tab, then selecting Imports and Exports -> Overseas Cargo Statistics--> "Total Imports by New Zealand Port (Annual-June)
Frequency	Annual
Disaggregation	National
Quality of the data	Reliable
Next Update	November