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New Zealand Trade Balance 2025-12-18 11:45 Pacific/Auckland: data, chart, and analysis

The 2025-09-30 Trade Balance release printed -3,457.00. The previous reading was 2,637.00, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

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Actual
-3,457.00
Previous
2,637.00
Forecast
--
Public release ID
nzd_trade_balance_2025-12-18

New Zealand Trade Balance release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

New Zealand Trade Balance chart through 2025-09-30
NZD Trade Balance readings through 2025-09-30. Latest: -3,457.00.

Trade Balance release read

The 2025-09-30 Trade Balance release printed -3,457.00. The previous reading was 2,637.00, while the forecast field is --. Traders usually read this release against the recent trend, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand policy bias, and the surprise versus consensus.

The parent Trade Balance page shows the full time series for New Zealand. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For NZD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID nzd_trade_balance_2025-12-18
API announcement ID nzd_trade_balance_2025-09-30
Release time
2025-12-17 22:45 UTC
Reference period date 2025-09-30
Actual value -3,457.00
Previous value 2,637.00
Forecast --
Surprise --
Announcement timestamp 1766011500

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full New Zealand Trade Balance history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

More New Zealand Trade Balance releases

Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Newer release

2026-03-19 11:45 Pacific/Auckland · -1,670.00

Older release

2025-09-18 10:45 Pacific/Auckland · 2,637.00

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Growth

GDP growth: the quarterly change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced in the economy.

Inflation Rate (CPI/HICP)

Headline inflation: the year-over-year percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the standard measure central banks target.

Producer Price Index (PPI)

Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1766011500,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2025-12-18T11:45:00+13:00",
  "announcement_id": "nzd_trade_balance_2025-09-30",
  "date": "2025-09-30",
  "observation_id": "nzd_trade_balance_canonical_level_default_standard_period_2025-09-30",
  "pct_change_qoq": -231.1,
  "pct_change_yoy": -16.46,
  "previous_value": 2637.0,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1761000300,
      "val": -3457.0
    },
    {
      "epoch": 1766011500,
      "val": -3457.0
    }
  ],
  "val": -3457.0
}