New Zealand Lamb Exports and Imports

Reported lamb trade for New Zealand through Jul 2026, not live or executable quotes.

Exports · last 12 months

$2B

+24.6%vs. previous 12 months

Imports · last 12 months

$11.1M

+2.9%vs. previous 12 months
Monthly trade history

Monthly reported values in USD. Missing months are excluded rather than treated as zero.

New Zealand Lamb Trading Partners

Partner values describe lamb shipments reported by New Zealand for Aug 2025–Jul 2026. Destinations show where exports go; origins show where imports come from.

Lamb Export Destinations

China leads this ranking at $557M.

PartnerReported value
China
$557M
29% share
United Kingdom
$296M
16% share
United States
$282M
15% share
Netherlands
$109M
5.7% share
Canada
$84.6M
4.4% share
Germany
$77.1M
4.0% share
JOR
$59.2M
3.1% share
Malaysia
$50.1M
2.6% share
France
$45.2M
2.4% share
S19
$42.4M
2.2% share
Saudi Arabia
$41.6M
2.2% share
Sweden
$39.5M
2.1% share
Belgium
$36.9M
1.9% share
GRC
$34.9M
1.8% share
FJI
$29.9M
1.6% share
Mexico
$20.5M
1.1% share
South Korea
$19.8M
1.0% share
Ireland
$13.1M
0.7% share
Japan
$12.8M
0.7% share
HKG
$11.8M
0.6% share
Spain
$9.7M
0.5% share
MUS
$9.6M
0.5% share
BRB
$9.4M
0.5% share
TTO
$8.8M
0.5% share
Portugal
$8.7M
0.5% share

Monthly Trade Values

Recent New Zealand lamb filings are listed newest first, in USD. Unreported values are labelled explicitly and are not zero.

MonthExportsImports
Jul 2026$146M$439K
Jun 2026$182M$486K
May 2026$235M$773K
Apr 2026$232M$1.3M
Mar 2026$204M$1.3M
Feb 2026$185M$1.6M
Jan 2026$180M$1.1M
Dec 2025$184M$744K
Nov 2025$140M$646K
Oct 2025$122M$1.2M
Sep 2025$85M$658K
Aug 2025$86.9M$849K

New Zealand Lamb Trade Questions

Where does New Zealand export lamb?
China is the leading destination in the reported partner table, with $557M of lamb exports from New Zealand.

See our methodology for reporting windows and differences between partner reports.