Oceania · Australasia
🇳🇿 New ZealandProtein Intelligence
New Zealand is a premium export-oriented protein market, globally recognised for grass-fed beef and lamb. Fonterra dominates dairy exports. Key markets: China, UK, US, Japan. NZ Trade & Enterprise tracks primary industry export performance.
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Deterministic editorial summary — not AI-generated
New Zealand is the world's largest sheepmeat exporter per capita and a premium grass-fed beef supplier, with Silver Fern Farms (COFCO-owned) and Alliance Group dominating processing.
New Zealand protein exports are concentrated in premium markets — UK, EU, US, and East Asia — with a strong grass-fed, low-residue positioning. Fonterra dominates the dairy export channel, and NZ's total protein exports include significant volumes of coprocessed dairy proteins. Farmgate prices published by Silver Fern Farms and Alliance Group are the primary benchmarks.
Premium Exporter
WHAT TO WATCH
NZD/GBP exchange rate
UK is NZ's largest lamb market — NZD weakness directly improves UK importer margins
European Union SPS import requirements
EU market access for NZ lamb depends on ongoing compliance with evolving SPS border inspection rules post-Brexit restructuring
NZ drought index (NIWA)
Drought events in South Island drive premature lamb slaughter, temporarily boosting supply but signalling next-season shortfall
KEY BENCHMARKS
Silver Fern Farms Schedule Prices
Silver Fern Farms
Alliance Group Lamb Schedule
Alliance Group
GDT Auction Results (Fonterra)
GlobalDairyTrade
TRADE & PRODUCTION DATA
Source: USDA FAS PSD · FAO FAOSTAT · MLA · NSC · VASEP (public datasets)
Low Energy Exposure
Hydropower covers ~80% of New Zealand electricity needs, making processing and cold chain costs structurally low. Compact geography (no farm is more than ~400 km from a port) limits diesel exposure. Feed costs are pasture-based, so gas-linked fertilizer transmission is indirect and modest.
Sheepmeat
Export000 MT
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2026E
2020
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2026
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USDA FAS PSD / MPI
Beef
Export000 MT
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2024
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USDA FAS PSD / MPI
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What's Changing
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Trade Intelligence
50New Zealand exported protein commodities to 34 partners in 2025.
UN Comtrade · Annual bilateral flows · Protein basket (beef, poultry, seafood)
Exports from NZ
↑ ExportNZ → CN$644.8M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $477.6M
↑ ExportNZ → CA$209.9M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025prev $110.5M
↑ ExportNZ → DE$208.4M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $4.2M
↑ ExportNZ → JP$117.5M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025prev $46.1M
↑ ExportNZ → BE$93.5M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $7.2M
↑ ExportNZ → KR$89.6M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → GR$32.2M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $1.6M
↑ ExportNZ → FJ$24.9M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $4.4M
↑ ExportNZ → HK$18.6M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $16.4M
↑ ExportNZ → IR$17.9M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → ID$15.1M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → PN$12.1M
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025
↑ ExportNZ → MY$9.4M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → PY$7.5M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025prev $4.8M
↑ ExportNZ → AU$6.6M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → BR$5.9M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $2.3M
↑ ExportNZ → BG$4.7M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → IT$4.6M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → DK$4.0M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025prev $1.1M
↑ ExportNZ → LB$3.2M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → AS$2.1M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → JO$2.0M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → CO$2.0M
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025prev $1.8M
↑ ExportNZ → AE$1.8M
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025
↑ ExportNZ → BM$1.4M
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → VU$989K
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025
↑ ExportNZ → CZ$873K
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → ES$867K
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → DO$863K
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → AL$834K
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → WS$784K
Meat and edible offal of poultry; of the poultry of heading no. 0105, (i.e. fowls of the species Gallus domesticus), fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0207
2025
↑ ExportNZ → GH$753K
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
↑ ExportNZ → GU$667K
Meat of bovine animals; frozenHS 0202
2025
↑ ExportNZ → FI$647K
Meat of sheep or goats; fresh, chilled or frozenHS 0204
2025
Source: UN Comtrade Database · Annual bilateral trade flows · USD at time of export
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Key Protein Categories
Lamb
Beef
Venison
Dairy
Seafood
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Global Market Context
Global indices · not country-specific
FAO Food Price Index133.3
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Meat Price Index127.9
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Dairy Price Index119.2
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index196.9
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
FAO Cereals Price Index116.3
index (2014-2016=100)2026-08FAO
Data Coverage
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