Overseas Merchandise Trade: October 2015

Number of working days There were 22 working days in October 2014 and 21 in October 2015. Foreign currency conversions – October 2015 Import values are converted from foreign currencies when import documents are processed by New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS). We convert values given in foreign currencies into New Zealand dollars (NZD), using weekly exchange rates, when we compile the statistics. Currency Number of exports Value in foreign currency ($ million) Value in NZD ($ million) Average exchange rate USD 36,208 1,379 2,099 0.6567 AUD 38,550 307 336 0.9143 EUR 4,730 117 201 0.5838 GBP 1,819 40 93 0.4313 JPY 865 3,677 46 79.42 Other currencies 2,137 ... 65 ... Total in foreign currency 84,309 ... 2,840 ... NZD 73,945 ... 990 ... Total 158,254 ... 3,830 ... Symbol: ... not applicable In October 2015, we converted 84,309 export line entries worth $2.8 billion into NZD. See Data source for more information on the use of exchange rates. Revisions - October 2015 We have updated provisional values published on 27 October 2015. Merchandise trade statistics for the latest three months are provisional so we can include late data and amendments. Trade data can be revised for many reasons. For more information see: Why overseas merchandise trade data can change. Investigating how overseas merchandise trade data can change after publication. Revisions to exports (fob $million) Time Period Month Published on 27 October 2015 Published on 26 November 2015 Change Month Jul 2015 4,173 P 4,169 F -5 Month Aug 2015 3,709 P 3,714 P 5 Month Sep 2015 3,689 P 3,677 P -12 Year end Jul 2015 48,885 P 48,880 F -5 Year end Aug 2015 49,061 P 49,061 P 0 Year end Sep 2015 49,134 P 49,122 P -12 Revisions to imports (cif $million) Time Period Month Published on 27 October 2015 Published on 26 November 2015 Change Month Jul 2015 4,899 P 4,899 F 0 Month Aug 2015 4,788 P 4,800 P 13 Month Sep 2015 4,911 P 4,817 P -95 Year end Jul 2015 51,643 P 51,643 F 0 Year end Aug 2015 52,433 P 52,446 P 13 Year end Sep 2015 52,369 P 52,287 P -82 Revisions to balance (fob-cif, $million) Time Period Month Published on 27 October 2015 Published on 26 November 2015 Change Month Jul 2015 -726 P -730 F -5 Month Aug 2015 -1,079 P -1,087 P -8 Month Sep 2015 -1,222 P -1,140 P 83 Year end Jul 2015 -2,758 P -2,762 F -5 Year end Aug 2015 -3,372 P -3,384 P -12 Year end Sep 2015 -3,235 P -3,165 P 70 Symbols: F final P provisional en-NZ