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New Zealand exports and imports 2008

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New Zealand exports and imports 2008

By the late 2000s New Zealand’s economy was still very reliant on trade, but it had diversified its markets for both its imports and exports. Its trade reflected its location in the Pacific, as opposed to fifty years earlier when trade reflected its colonial history.

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Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, Overseas trade policy – Diversification since 1990, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/21996/new-zealand-exports-and-imports-2008 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, published 12 April 2010.