What is the price of beef per kilogram/pound in New Zealand today?
The retail price range for New Zealand beef is between US$ 5.30 and US$ 8.30 per kilogram or between US$ 2.40 and US$ 3.77 per pound(lb). Click here to see today's exact prices of beef in New Zealand
The retail price range in New Zealand Dollar for beef is between NZD 8.43 and NZD 13.21 per kilogram or between NZD 3.82 and NZD 5.99 per pound(lb) in Wellington and Auckland.
Wholesale prices
In 2024, the approximate wholesale price range for New Zealand beef is between US$ 3.71 and US$ 5.81 per kilogram or between US$ 1.68 and US$ 2.64 per pound(lb).
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New Zealand Beef Export Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The export price per kilogram of Beef from New Zealand over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 4.64 US$ per kg, followed by 4.59 US$ per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased to 4.83 US$ per kg, before dropping to 4.78 US$ per kg in 2020 and 2021. The most recent data shows an increase to 5.40 US$ per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the export price per kilogram of Beef from New Zealand will be 6.10 US$ per kg in 2023 and 6.20 US$ per kg in 2024.The beef exports from New Zealand are classified as:
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
New Zealand Beef Import Prices - Historical, Trends and Prediction
The import price per kilogram of Beef into New Zealand over the last five years has been relatively stable. In 2017, the price was 4.64 US dollars per kg, followed by 4.59 US dollars per kg in 2018. In 2019, the price increased to 4.83 US dollars per kg, before dropping to 4.78 US dollars per kg in 2020. The price then increased again in 2021 to 5.4 US dollars per kg, and further increased to 6.1 US dollars per kg in 2022. Based on this trend, it is predicted that the import price per kilogram of Beef into New Zealand in 2023 will be 6.73 US dollars per kg, and in 2024 it will be 7.45 US dollars per kg.Export values for New Zealand beef
The total values in export for beef in New Zealand were US$ 2,071,788, US$ 2,159,894, US$ 2,263,997 and US$ 2,506,831 in US dollar thousand for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 in that order.
Prices of other produce in the Meat category in New Zealand: Pork, Mutton, Goat Meat, Horse Meat, Chicken Meat, Turkey Meat, Duck Meat, Geese Meat, Guinea Fowls Meat & Rabbit Meat.
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New Zealand beef - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes
The volume of beef shipped by New Zealand in 2020 was 530,787 tons. In 2019 New Zealand sold 518,940 tonnes of beef. For 2019 alone, the market for New Zealand beef (meat category) has climbed, changing by 5.122 percent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, beef's exports grew by 11.57 percent bringing the nation US$2,506.83m for the year 2019. New Zealand's beef exports are categorised as:
- Fresh or chilled bovine meat, boneless (HS code 020130)
- Fresh or chilled bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and 1/2 carcases) (HS code 020120)
- Frozen edible bovine tongues (HS code 020621)
- Frozen edible bovine livers (HS code 020622)
- Frozen edible bovine offal (excluding tongues and livers) (HS code 020629)
- Frozen, boneless meat of bovine animals (HS code 020230)
- Frozen bovine cuts, with bone in (excluding carcases and half-carcases) (HS code 020220)
- Fresh or chilled edible offal of bovine animals (HS code 020610)
- Frozen bovine carcases and half-carcases (HS code 020210)
- Carcases or half-carcases of bovine animals, fresh or chilled (HS code 020110)
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New Zealand beef export values
In 2019, New Zealand supplied beef valued at 2,506.83m USD, a surge of 10.73% from 2018's total beef export of 2263.997m USD. The yearly growth in value of New Zealand beef between 2017 to 2018 was 4.82 per cent.
The per year change in the volume of New Zealand's beef exports between 2017 and 2019 was 11.57% in comparison to a variation of 5.122% in the period between 2018 and 2019.
New Zealand's stake of the world's total beef's exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds position 23 in world exports of beef.
Export markets for New Zealand beef ( in '000$ )
New Zealand's top export markets for beef are Malaysia, Japan, Switzerland, Singapore and French Polynesia.
Import/Export Trends
New Zealand is a net exporter of beef. The annual growth of New Zealand beef in value between 2015 to 2019 was -6%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was -24%, per annum.
New Zealand ordered 8,628 tonnes of beef in 2019.