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Manufacturing and production

Statistics about manufacturing and production give you information about a range of goods manufactured in New Zealand. 

The manufacturing industry produces goods from raw materials or assembles products from components. It supplies the domestic and international markets, and some specialist niche markets.

Economic survey of manufacturing provides short-term economic indicators for selected manufacturing industries. Find information on:

  • value of sales
  • value of stocks held
  • income
  • purchases of goods and services.

Infoshare has time-series data on the manufacturing survey; forestry, logging, and timber production; livestock slaughtering; primary production; and secondary production.

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14Industry$Volumes (constant dollar series) are at September 2010 prices.Changes in seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales ($), values and volumes, September 2024–December 2024 quartersValueVolumeMeat and dairy productsBeverage and tobacco productsTransport equipment, machinery, and equipmentSeafood processingTextile, leather, clothing, and footwearFruit, oil, cereal, and other foodPrintingPetroleum and coal productsNon-metallic mineral productsFurniture and other manufacturingWood and paper productsChemical, polymer, and rubber productsMetal products-150M-100M-50M050M100M150M200M250M300M350M400M450M500M550M600M650M700M75…750MStats NZ

Changes in seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales ($), values and volumes, September 2024–December 2024 quarters

Created with Highcharts 5.0.14$Changes in seasonally adjusted manufacturing sales ($), values and volumes, September 2024–December 2024 quartersValueVolumeMeat and dairy productsBeverage and tobacco productsTransport equipment, machinery, and equipmentSeafood processingTextile, leather, clothing, and footwearFruit, oil, cereal, and other foodPrintingPetroleum and coal productsNon-metallic mineral productsFurniture and other manufacturingWood and paper productsChemical, polymer, and rubber productsMetal products-150M-100M-50M050M100M150M200M250M300M350M400M450M500M550M600M650M700M75…750MStats NZ
IndustryValueVolume
Meat and dairy products706,916,000252,271,000
Beverage and tobacco products174,375,000116,182,000
Transport equipment, machinery, and equipment118,502,00071,672,000
Seafood processing55,805,00036,098,000
Textile, leather, clothing, and footwear17,942,0007,771,000
Fruit, oil, cereal, and other food25,640,0006,689,000
Printing4,131,0001,804,000
Petroleum and coal products1,570,000880,000
Non-metallic mineral products-4,228,0007,000
Furniture and other manufacturing-10,215,000-10,891,000
Wood and paper products-56,112,000-59,732,000
Chemical, polymer, and rubber products-120,449,000-80,766,000
Metal products-78,296,000-89,001,000

Latest information releases about manufacturing and production

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Business financial data: December 2024 quarter

Business financial data provides sales, purchases, salaries and wages, and operating profit estimates for most market industries in New Zealand, and information on stocks for selected industries. This collection uses a combination of survey, tax, and other administrative data.

11 March 2025
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Latest publications about manufacturing and production

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Business financial data: December 2024 quarter

Business financial data provides sales, purchases, salaries and wages, and operating profit estimates for most market industries in New Zealand, and information on stocks for selected industries. This collection uses a combination of survey, tax, and other administrative data.

11 March 2025
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Tools with data about manufacturing and production

Infoshare

Build tables from our biggest range of datasets, including long-term time series. View on screen or download Excel or CSV files.

01 January 2018

DataInfo+

Get statistical metadata – what we measure, definitions, and how we produce statistics.

01 January 2017

Ariā

Find and download concepts and definitions, classifications, concordances, and standards used for data and statistical activities across government.

01 January 2017

Information about data

Get technical information such as classifications used, survey design, and a glossary of statistical terms.

Metadata in DataInfo+

DataInfo+ has metadata about our statistical collections and classifications, and questionnaires and forms.

DataInfo+ concepts gives definitions of terms used by Stats NZ.

Economic survey of manufacturing – DataInfo+ gives the general methodology used to produce these statistics, and related metadata.

Methods, sources, and user guides

About the Quarterly Economic Survey of Manufacturing – information for survey participants

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