Overseas Merchandise Trade: September 2015

Number of working days There were 22 working days in both September 2015 and September 2014. Foreign currency conversions – September 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 33,067 1,264 1,978 0.6390 AUD 39,735 292 325 0.8994 EUR 4,454 128 226 0.5674 GBP 1,767 34 82 0.4152 JPY 901 4,965 65 76.33 Other currencies 2,178 ... 78 ... Total in foreign currency 82,102 ... 2,754 ... NZD 72,522 ... 935 ... Total 154,624 ... 3,689 ... Symbol: ... not applicable In September 2015, we converted 82,102 export line entries worth $2.8 billion into NZD. See Data source for more information on the use of exchange rates. Revisions - September 2015 We have updated provisional values published on 26 August 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. en-NZ