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RNZ News
22-07-2025
- Automotive
- RNZ News
Value of electric vehicle imports falls nearly 60 percent
Electric vehicle imports have seen a large decline in last year. (File photo) Photo: Horst Galuschka / DPA / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP The value of fully electric vehicle imports fell nearly 60 percent in June over the year earlier. Stats NZ said the total value of passenger motor vehicle imports for the 12 months to June was down 23 percent or $1.4 billion to $4.9b. "Electric vehicle imports saw the largest decline, down by $518 million," Stats spokesperson Viki Ward said. The value of electric vehicle imports fell 57 percent, totalling $395m, with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles down 38 percent to $234m, while hybrid electric vehicle imports rose 3.8 percent to $1.6b. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Scoop
03-06-2025
- Business
- Scoop
Rising Dairy Prices Lift Export Prices
Press Release – Stats NZ Prices for dairy products (New Zealands top export commodity) rose 10 percent, led by a 13 percent increase in milk powder prices compared with the December 2024 quarter. Export prices rose 7.1 percent in the March 2025 quarter, led by dairy prices, according to figures released by Stats NZ today. 'Export prices have been increasing since March 2024 and are now 17 percent higher than they were a year ago,' international accounts spokesperson Viki Ward said. Prices for dairy products (New Zealand's top export commodity) rose 10 percent, led by a 13 percent increase in milk powder prices compared with the December 2024 quarter. 'The increase in dairy prices was shared across all of the major dairy categories,' Ward said. Visit our website to read this news story and information release and to download CSV files:
