Describes bilateral and multilateral trade agreements that this country is party to, including with the United States. Includes websites and other resources where U.S. companies can get more information on how to take advantage of these agreements.

While New Zealand does not yet have a Free Trade Agreement with the United States, the country aims to have Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) cover 90 percent of NZ goods exports by 2030.   New Zealand has successfully concluded free trade agreements with 16 WTO members including:

  • Since 1983, New Zealand and Australia have traded through a Closer Economic Relationship (CER), which is a free trade agreement eliminating all tariffs between the two countries. The rules of origin under the CER do not, however, permit products to enter Australia duty free from New Zealand unless the products are of at least 50 percent New Zealand origin. Additionally, the last manufacturing process must be carried out in New Zealand.

  • New Zealand concluded a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) agreement with Singapore

that entered into force on January 1, 2001. 

  • New Zealand concluded a concluded a CEP agreement with Thailand that entered into force on July 1, 2005. 

  • New Zealand concluded an FTA with China that entered into force on October 1, 2008. 

  • New Zealand and Malaysia signed an FTA October 26, 2009 which entered into force in January 2016. 

  • New Zealand concluded a CEP with Hong Kong, which entered into force on January 1, 2011.

  • New Zealand concluded an FTA with Korea in 2014 and the FTA entered into force on 20 December 2015.

New Zealand is currently negotiating separate FTAs with the European Union and India.  Information on New Zealand’s Free Trade Agreements is available via this link.

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