New Zealand's total meat exports were valued at $10 billon in the year ended October 2025, according to data released by Stats NZ today.
"This is the first time that year-ended meat exports have reached $10 billion," international accounts spokesperson Viki Ward said.
The previous high for New Zealand's meat exports was $9.9 billion in the year ended November 2022.
"The value of meat exports has been increasing over time," Ward said.
| Year ended | Value ($) |
| Oct-06 | 4616352869 |
| Nov-06 | 4610402063 |
| Dec-06 | 4668136627 |
| Jan-07 | 4706253951 |
| Feb-07 | 4784256521 |
| Mar-07 | 4812592512 |
| Apr-07 | 4779407888 |
| May-07 | 4700564919 |
| Jun-07 | 4608948569 |
| Jul-07 | 4516000032 |
| Aug-07 | 4464025695 |
| Sept-07 | 4424642586 |
| Oct-07 | 4388493524 |
| Nov-07 | 4361111723 |
| Dec-07 | 4346125970 |
| Jan-08 | 4403572198 |
| Feb-08 | 4435340651 |
| Mar-08 | 4416456053 |
| Apr-08 | 4462812868 |
| May-08 | 4578870421 |
| Jun-08 | 4680754342 |
| Jul-08 | 4783261655 |
| Aug-08 | 4904622931 |
| Sept-08 | 4914140768 |
| Oct-08 | 4981764665 |
| Nov-08 | 5034538932 |
| Dec-08 | 5145145735 |
| Jan-09 | 5189454533 |
| Feb-09 | 5307867841 |
| Mar-09 | 5432115608 |
| Apr-09 | 5492414106 |
| May-09 | 5543971226 |
| Jun-09 | 5525667725 |
| Jul-09 | 5475121396 |
| Aug-09 | 5350522139 |
| Sept-09 | 5321594435 |
| Oct-09 | 5298120429 |
| Nov-09 | 5258033565 |
| Dec-09 | 5141734411 |
| Jan-10 | 5098334668 |
| Feb-10 | 5026109962 |
| Mar-10 | 4997145070 |
| Apr-10 | 5060126547 |
| May-10 | 5060526072 |
| Jun-10 | 5057888291 |
| Jul-10 | 5026192445 |
| Aug-10 | 5004680836 |
| Sept-10 | 4980117470 |
| Oct-10 | 4962898241 |
| Nov-10 | 4988759463 |
| Dec-10 | 5089393865 |
| Jan-11 | 5119160778 |
| Feb-11 | 5121525315 |
| Mar-11 | 5199241366 |
| Apr-11 | 5278268676 |
| May-11 | 5350814675 |
| Jun-11 | 5397783311 |
| Jul-11 | 5408575063 |
| Aug-11 | 5484872125 |
| Sept-11 | 5565546419 |
| Oct-11 | 5618916120 |
| Nov-11 | 5601102913 |
| Dec-11 | 5529366671 |
| Jan-12 | 5470301977 |
| Feb-12 | 5481436795 |
| Mar-12 | 5389390531 |
| Apr-12 | 5205951905 |
| May-12 | 5123954543 |
| Jun-12 | 5113946381 |
| Jul-12 | 5138872253 |
| Aug-12 | 5120266155 |
| Sept-12 | 5130875161 |
| Oct-12 | 5111257551 |
| Nov-12 | 5142803036 |
| Dec-12 | 5165930259 |
| Jan-13 | 5204078153 |
| Feb-13 | 5186843874 |
| Mar-13 | 5278946815 |
| Apr-13 | 5333897715 |
| May-13 | 5250873346 |
| Jun-13 | 5249206616 |
| Jul-13 | 5273602519 |
| Aug-13 | 5248287080 |
| Sept-13 | 5236250732 |
| Oct-13 | 5261782826 |
| Nov-13 | 5263604156 |
| Dec-13 | 5276854867 |
| Jan-14 | 5327675516 |
| Feb-14 | 5417484597 |
| Mar-14 | 5491703464 |
| Apr-14 | 5519111059 |
| May-14 | 5588473049 |
| Jun-14 | 5639848507 |
| Jul-14 | 5632689787 |
| Aug-14 | 5681161195 |
| Sept-14 | 5711982712 |
| Oct-14 | 5724205581 |
| Nov-14 | 5791077807 |
| Dec-14 | 5929568916 |
| Jan-15 | 6019131488 |
| Feb-15 | 6094639487 |
| Mar-15 | 6193589232 |
| Apr-15 | 6198547413 |
| May-15 | 6285791234 |
| Jun-15 | 6373370734 |
| Jul-15 | 6472086759 |
| Aug-15 | 6578587354 |
| Sept-15 | 6681492414 |
| Oct-15 | 6753521777 |
| Nov-15 | 6844341602 |
| Dec-15 | 6825067367 |
| Jan-16 | 6815853810 |
| Feb-16 | 6749944452 |
| Mar-16 | 6579504342 |
| Apr-16 | 6614722442 |
| May-16 | 6634552291 |
| Jun-16 | 6602001849 |
| Jul-16 | 6504317658 |
| Aug-16 | 6392749324 |
| Sept-16 | 6240839091 |
| Oct-16 | 6169103937 |
| Nov-16 | 6007433010 |
| Dec-16 | 5912962565 |
| Jan-17 | 5925229582 |
| Feb-17 | 5952881662 |
| Mar-17 | 5983070329 |
| Apr-17 | 5988428238 |
| May-17 | 6017964062 |
| Jun-17 | 6048094580 |
| Jul-17 | 6140368113 |
| Aug-17 | 6144362255 |
| Sept-17 | 6169397836 |
| Oct-17 | 6230895626 |
| Nov-17 | 6389391123 |
| Dec-17 | 6616016952 |
| Jan-18 | 6711598215 |
| Feb-18 | 6786861838 |
| Mar-18 | 6796598323 |
| Apr-18 | 6885360463 |
| May-18 | 6996198001 |
| Jun-18 | 7053171146 |
| Jul-18 | 7184186182 |
| Aug-18 | 7320086372 |
| Sept-18 | 7374232969 |
| Oct-18 | 7446587689 |
| Nov-18 | 7499242896 |
| Dec-18 | 7424915516 |
| Jan-19 | 7353256513 |
| Feb-19 | 7430703245 |
| Mar-19 | 7631742553 |
| Apr-19 | 7679440043 |
| May-19 | 7682055991 |
| Jun-19 | 7682372092 |
| Jul-19 | 7622687086 |
| Aug-19 | 7598874865 |
| Sept-19 | 7684747681 |
| Oct-19 | 7815613537 |
| Nov-19 | 7901079777 |
| Dec-19 | 8043111815 |
| Jan-20 | 8219519373 |
| Feb-20 | 8197743976 |
| Mar-20 | 8272385012 |
| Apr-20 | 8276495714 |
| May-20 | 8227882864 |
| Jun-20 | 8278179301 |
| Jul-20 | 8299118250 |
| Aug-20 | 8309340122 |
| Sept-20 | 8294447922 |
| Oct-20 | 8180604989 |
| Nov-20 | 8101450912 |
| Dec-20 | 8043205588 |
| Jan-21 | 7871638633 |
| Feb-21 | 7914428142 |
| Mar-21 | 7834374077 |
| Apr-21 | 7829142506 |
| May-21 | 7855114431 |
| Jun-21 | 7986667124 |
| Jul-21 | 8147642123 |
| Aug-21 | 8268213667 |
| Sept-21 | 8366898260 |
| Oct-21 | 8483210169 |
| Nov-21 | 8579304939 |
| Dec-21 | 8748330831 |
| Jan-22 | 8946009149 |
| Feb-22 | 9035148241 |
| Mar-22 | 9142309715 |
| Apr-22 | 9228958353 |
| May-22 | 9425229466 |
| Jun-22 | 9512943282 |
| Jul-22 | 9665443071 |
| Aug-22 | 9828620058 |
| Sept-22 | 9921227113 |
| Oct-22 | 9922667116 |
| Nov-22 | 9906147569 |
| Dec-22 | 9780790244 |
| Jan-23 | 9680504362 |
| Feb-23 | 9447414079 |
| Mar-23 | 9352262244 |
| Apr-23 | 9344959395 |
| May-23 | 9323075937 |
| Jun-23 | 9162990770 |
| Jul-23 | 8948892525 |
| Aug-23 | 8838232925 |
| Sept-23 | 8706835666 |
| Oct-23 | 8651907962 |
| Nov-23 | 8717642255 |
| Dec-23 | 8728721560 |
| Jan-24 | 8646627429 |
| Feb-24 | 8736107985 |
| Mar-24 | 8672106472 |
| Apr-24 | 8624856515 |
| May-24 | 8612048489 |
| Jun-24 | 8617966996 |
| Jul-24 | 8569782878 |
| Aug-24 | 8431882858 |
| Sept-24 | 8407413593 |
| Oct-24 | 8432522332 |
| Nov-24 | 8452436992 |
| Dec-24 | 8577651532 |
| Jan-25 | 8742372146 |
| Feb-25 | 8943730396 |
| Mar-25 | 9207816538 |
| Apr-25 | 9448628738 |
| May-25 | 9522539454 |
| Jun-25 | 9533774783 |
| Jul-25 | 9626786236 |
| Aug-25 | 9765939878 |
| Sept-25 | 9865245140 |
| Oct-25 | 10032302655 |
New Zealand's total meat exports increased by $1.6 billion to $10 billion in the year ended October 2025, compared with the year ended October 2024.
The rise in meat exports in the year ended October 2025 was led by an increase in sheep meat exports, up $951 million, and beef, up $625 million.
| Year ended | Beef | Sheep |
| Oct-06 | 1793828319 | 2362687407 |
| Nov-06 | 1793502904 | 2353490001 |
| Dec-06 | 1803396196 | 2394607451 |
| Jan-07 | 1818248568 | 2418673546 |
| Feb-07 | 1827129565 | 2482380911 |
| Mar-07 | 1815643221 | 2521930050 |
| Apr-07 | 1812802054 | 2492310257 |
| May-07 | 1771347553 | 2461638170 |
| Jun-07 | 1709609488 | 2439105301 |
| Jul-07 | 1679402370 | 2388784089 |
| Aug-07 | 1659781996 | 2371950050 |
| Sept-07 | 1639402461 | 2364754357 |
| Oct-07 | 1624152359 | 2348744096 |
| Nov-07 | 1592881766 | 2352545350 |
| Dec-07 | 1569881716 | 2364168092 |
| Jan-08 | 1555550128 | 2423014415 |
| Feb-08 | 1576708981 | 2419580344 |
| Mar-08 | 1561588621 | 2404229543 |
| Apr-08 | 1561259260 | 2437084697 |
| May-08 | 1591008788 | 2504579149 |
| Jun-08 | 1657834574 | 2532664093 |
| Jul-08 | 1700931584 | 2579994883 |
| Aug-08 | 1757371597 | 2630356840 |
| Sept-08 | 1775534576 | 2627444271 |
| Oct-08 | 1795798410 | 2667825774 |
| Nov-08 | 1850467296 | 2665377783 |
| Dec-08 | 1890425512 | 2726463275 |
| Jan-09 | 1899979798 | 2758254731 |
| Feb-09 | 1910401250 | 2862787761 |
| Mar-09 | 1968589360 | 2930070337 |
| Apr-09 | 2000185144 | 2970581023 |
| May-09 | 2023383075 | 3007214303 |
| Jun-09 | 2004583719 | 3014969188 |
| Jul-09 | 1972446328 | 3006683006 |
| Aug-09 | 1920583429 | 2946432163 |
| Sept-09 | 1906357124 | 2936130093 |
| Oct-09 | 1902843588 | 2917986941 |
| Nov-09 | 1858173470 | 2927925808 |
| Dec-09 | 1794335443 | 2890151100 |
| Jan-10 | 1773242404 | 2881852863 |
| Feb-10 | 1761335827 | 2841831387 |
| Mar-10 | 1741627818 | 2835185932 |
| Apr-10 | 1770419349 | 2859343152 |
| May-10 | 1800298954 | 2834880553 |
| Jun-10 | 1822578895 | 2803677170 |
| Jul-10 | 1838432207 | 2752844558 |
| Aug-10 | 1837966433 | 2732673575 |
| Sept-10 | 1853163881 | 2691655395 |
| Oct-10 | 1862017715 | 2673998022 |
| Nov-10 | 1871904680 | 2691281109 |
| Dec-10 | 1933191576 | 2724914175 |
| Jan-11 | 1978940432 | 2699810373 |
| Feb-11 | 1996423667 | 2679098849 |
| Mar-11 | 2014974749 | 2736900824 |
| Apr-11 | 2033747401 | 2795054466 |
| May-11 | 2043423924 | 2853869831 |
| Jun-11 | 2036236340 | 2912289633 |
| Jul-11 | 2041724807 | 2920753131 |
| Aug-11 | 2063512175 | 2968722348 |
| Sept-11 | 2078253797 | 3032894537 |
| Oct-11 | 2083637200 | 3072225746 |
| Nov-11 | 2081237290 | 3052402889 |
| Dec-11 | 2057810018 | 3005173509 |
| Jan-12 | 2034643426 | 2975776457 |
| Feb-12 | 2049331503 | 2969718290 |
| Mar-12 | 2030753313 | 2890243961 |
| Apr-12 | 1993288724 | 2754101871 |
| May-12 | 1989370298 | 2673264139 |
| Jun-12 | 2009664216 | 2639328313 |
| Jul-12 | 2038661977 | 2633139214 |
| Aug-12 | 2043163070 | 2615490915 |
| Sept-12 | 2046505548 | 2621679821 |
| Oct-12 | 2038505236 | 2611262837 |
| Nov-12 | 2060177831 | 2623177282 |
| Dec-12 | 2078904927 | 2631520178 |
| Jan-13 | 2105470633 | 2645317011 |
| Feb-13 | 2125811587 | 2614160520 |
| Mar-13 | 2210741790 | 2629460379 |
| Apr-13 | 2225017812 | 2660722197 |
| May-13 | 2160972677 | 2643855596 |
| Jun-13 | 2142917857 | 2658388502 |
| Jul-13 | 2117354819 | 2701543840 |
| Aug-13 | 2102054796 | 2688632704 |
| Sept-13 | 2096326845 | 2681071357 |
| Oct-13 | 2108798583 | 2690116122 |
| Nov-13 | 2099809398 | 2703766590 |
| Dec-13 | 2098309468 | 2722046935 |
| Jan-14 | 2114278454 | 2754738237 |
| Feb-14 | 2124909136 | 2829844786 |
| Mar-14 | 2105207346 | 2920307003 |
| Apr-14 | 2109346917 | 2948321889 |
| May-14 | 2153012465 | 2972285932 |
| Jun-14 | 2199572805 | 2974038623 |
| Jul-14 | 2209875165 | 2962183438 |
| Aug-14 | 2243234185 | 2978699235 |
| Sept-14 | 2274585222 | 2976284923 |
| Oct-14 | 2302326619 | 2967077942 |
| Nov-14 | 2369931333 | 2964789250 |
| Dec-14 | 2476175920 | 2991060607 |
| Jan-15 | 2571697392 | 2986154739 |
| Feb-15 | 2644933835 | 2987797861 |
| Mar-15 | 2769932925 | 2956316875 |
| Apr-15 | 2817398934 | 2916520596 |
| May-15 | 2912872723 | 2906270343 |
| Jun-15 | 2979934930 | 2922144771 |
| Jul-15 | 3049350203 | 2949101242 |
| Aug-15 | 3109378625 | 2992297551 |
| Sept-15 | 3192696529 | 3005863240 |
| Oct-15 | 3241536000 | 3024037109 |
| Nov-15 | 3287787180 | 3059039740 |
| Dec-15 | 3268188435 | 3054876598 |
| Jan-16 | 3235702659 | 3071500876 |
| Feb-16 | 3189245809 | 3048697475 |
| Mar-16 | 3083533542 | 2985972812 |
| Apr-16 | 3098836202 | 3001076502 |
| May-16 | 3094950694 | 3021730193 |
| Jun-16 | 3096044568 | 2988142278 |
| Jul-16 | 3063600701 | 2923079269 |
| Aug-16 | 3036661861 | 2846600767 |
| Sept-16 | 2962630325 | 2776653643 |
| Oct-16 | 2922609989 | 2746953965 |
| Nov-16 | 2833992499 | 2684496447 |
| Dec-16 | 2786321308 | 2636676243 |
| Jan-17 | 2776993616 | 2657825037 |
| Feb-17 | 2779211535 | 2687414271 |
| Mar-17 | 2724822709 | 2768877177 |
| Apr-17 | 2682632323 | 2816328410 |
| May-17 | 2694198966 | 2838833888 |
| Jun-17 | 2705591644 | 2858452219 |
| Jul-17 | 2747009838 | 2910078226 |
| Aug-17 | 2725267632 | 2935169788 |
| Sept-17 | 2729032821 | 2962004681 |
| Oct-17 | 2735957038 | 3021242313 |
| Nov-17 | 2768917861 | 3133636421 |
| Dec-17 | 2865980157 | 3255613056 |
| Jan-18 | 2885429041 | 3330129566 |
| Feb-18 | 2882877347 | 3399519164 |
| Mar-18 | 2902573529 | 3390411334 |
| Apr-18 | 2939944553 | 3434913969 |
| May-18 | 2950613855 | 3529169191 |
| Jun-18 | 2943612160 | 3593583231 |
| Jul-18 | 3011459502 | 3649521906 |
| Aug-18 | 3054529951 | 3733234115 |
| Sept-18 | 3072983944 | 3762706786 |
| Oct-18 | 3085569277 | 3817391036 |
| Nov-18 | 3135328847 | 3820680225 |
| Dec-18 | 3091706548 | 3796122353 |
| Jan-19 | 3060764078 | 3758612462 |
| Feb-19 | 3101891534 | 3797978455 |
| Mar-19 | 3202432486 | 3885327724 |
| Apr-19 | 3238240701 | 3896841898 |
| May-19 | 3277889477 | 3849626721 |
| Jun-19 | 3324280644 | 3803460795 |
| Jul-19 | 3302719238 | 3764460864 |
| Aug-19 | 3334748885 | 3708520425 |
| Sept-19 | 3376929338 | 3749802534 |
| Oct-19 | 3436003829 | 3820698999 |
| Nov-19 | 3487725758 | 3857480256 |
| Dec-19 | 3600003044 | 3883901418 |
| Jan-20 | 3712170522 | 3941428340 |
| Feb-20 | 3725283180 | 3905086575 |
| Mar-20 | 3757024276 | 3957932314 |
| Apr-20 | 3805140360 | 3923850247 |
| May-20 | 3794101229 | 3905857982 |
| Jun-20 | 3801606243 | 3949498631 |
| Jul-20 | 3811150644 | 3967163099 |
| Aug-20 | 3811081611 | 3973859392 |
| Sept-20 | 3797631710 | 3969896446 |
| Oct-20 | 3769382380 | 3883916461 |
| Nov-20 | 3725306841 | 3854448246 |
| Dec-20 | 3677441797 | 3844070279 |
| Jan-21 | 3601432702 | 3755785379 |
| Feb-21 | 3638615246 | 3765304793 |
| Mar-21 | 3609786022 | 3716668047 |
| Apr-21 | 3572382022 | 3748996303 |
| May-21 | 3549733342 | 3784476977 |
| Jun-21 | 3596497983 | 3856023572 |
| Jul-21 | 3700624957 | 3888964420 |
| Aug-21 | 3787479509 | 3915360204 |
| Sept-21 | 3866790855 | 3929066202 |
| Oct-21 | 3916235539 | 3991812928 |
| Nov-21 | 3966319526 | 4027522930 |
| Dec-21 | 4051631133 | 4104927245 |
| Jan-22 | 4183357765 | 4154296312 |
| Feb-22 | 4256895802 | 4171265424 |
| Mar-22 | 4348394656 | 4181157469 |
| Apr-22 | 4410221644 | 4196948045 |
| May-22 | 4516906235 | 4282189184 |
| Jun-22 | 4580586977 | 4303678065 |
| Jul-22 | 4631385701 | 4404363699 |
| Aug-22 | 4734892171 | 4465227748 |
| Sept-22 | 4793997039 | 4493067838 |
| Oct-22 | 4827008821 | 4466592021 |
| Nov-22 | 4860361831 | 4421988697 |
| Dec-22 | 4830280767 | 4331205180 |
| Jan-23 | 4766105291 | 4306379429 |
| Feb-23 | 4671050711 | 4168014774 |
| Mar-23 | 4623299401 | 4114743215 |
| Apr-23 | 4624494732 | 4097406885 |
| May-23 | 4640004102 | 4051715250 |
| Jun-23 | 4602605811 | 3933868429 |
| Jul-23 | 4531087907 | 3801231777 |
| Aug-23 | 4459943692 | 3764052424 |
| Sept-23 | 4386823589 | 3715075793 |
| Oct-23 | 4350631297 | 3693576308 |
| Nov-23 | 4382976158 | 3721404096 |
| Dec-23 | 4402482053 | 3705130849 |
| Jan-24 | 4363088716 | 3663191265 |
| Feb-24 | 4419664233 | 3682499355 |
| Mar-24 | 4395766669 | 3639632186 |
| Apr-24 | 4388836297 | 3597430735 |
| May-24 | 4407871609 | 3570904774 |
| Jun-24 | 4397830065 | 3586077339 |
| Jul-24 | 4348322142 | 3597418555 |
| Aug-24 | 4282460084 | 3529850089 |
| Sept-24 | 4275594711 | 3511906062 |
| Oct-24 | 4296322170 | 3515066488 |
| Nov-24 | 4294465910 | 3535176445 |
| Dec-24 | 4370878597 | 3589546519 |
| Jan-25 | 4469129191 | 3652831046 |
| Feb-25 | 4542995617 | 3769820019 |
| Mar-25 | 4683810754 | 3895338718 |
| Apr-25 | 4753672059 | 4057637933 |
| May-25 | 4764470521 | 4121081315 |
| Jun-25 | 4764445766 | 4134403109 |
| Jul-25 | 4808725265 | 4180078580 |
| Aug-25 | 4856364801 | 4269676479 |
| Sept-25 | 4885106090 | 4339311135 |
| Oct-25 | 4921760081 | 4465980703 |
"The rise in exports for both sheep meat and beef was due to higher unit prices for these items," Ward said.
The USA is our leading beef export market, while the EU is our leading market for sheep meat.
| Country | Beef ($) |
| United States of America | 2162729979 |
| "China | 937047183 |
| People's Republic of" | 369756662 |
| Canada | 297330350 |
| Japan | 213103870 |
| United Kingdom | 174119693 |
| Taiwan | 148792197 |
| "Korea | 139186500 |
| Republic of" | 58712059 |
| EU | 420981588 |
| Philippines | |
| Rest of the world |
| Country | Sheep meat ($) |
| EU | 1288394631 |
| "China | 1123592889 |
| People's Republic of" | 675472368 |
| United States of America | 512292272 |
| United Kingdom | 179784112 |
| Canada | 97927645 |
| Taiwan | 82777612 |
| Saudi Arabia | 73841398 |
| Japan | 66092400 |
| Malaysia | 365805376 |
| Rest of the world |
Total exports for the year ended October 2025 were valued at $79.4 billion, up $9.8 billion compared with the year ended October 2024.
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