Monday, April 2, 2012

New Zealand Statistics (continued)

Resources 
      a) New Zealand's natural resources include natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, and limestone.
      b) New Zealand's labor force consists of 2.353 million laborers,  7% of which work in agriculture, 19% in industry, and 74% in services.
      c) Not available

International Trade
     a) New Zealand's exports total about $40.92 billion per year.  Their main exports are dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery and they trade mainly with Australia, China, U.S., and Japan.
     b) New Zealand's imports total about $35.07 billion per year and include machinery and equipment, vehicles and aircraft, petroleum, electronics, textiles, and plastics.  They import mainly from Australia, China, U.S., Japan, and Germany.
    c) New Zealand's exchange rate per U.S. dollar is 1.266 (as of 2011).

National Income accounts
    a)  Household income: not available.
    b) Investment in New Zealand accounts for 19.4% of the GDP.
    c) New Zealand's revenues are $61.94 million and its expenditures are $75.21 million



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