Two-way trade between Fiji & New Zealand increases in recent years

SUVA, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The two-way trade between Fiji and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand has increased in recent years and this upward trajectory will continue in the coming years, a Fijian government minister said on Thursday.

Speaking at an event to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the Fiji Trade Commission in Auckland, a city in news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, Fiji's Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism Premila Kumar said that the two-way trade between Fiji and news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand in 2017 recorded over 992.2 million Fijian dollars (about 466.7 million U.S. dollars).

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand's engagement with Fiji continues to be enhanced in terms of two way trade, tourism and investment as the Fijian economy is soaring to a record 10th consecutive year of economic growth, and confidence in the island nation is at an all-time high.

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand has been one of Fiji's top 10 export destinations over the past five years, with Fiji's exports to news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand valued at 110 million Fijian dollars (about 51.7 million U.S. dollars) on average.

news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand has been one of Fiji's top five import markets over the years. In 2017, the highest number of imports were from news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand, valued at 858.1 million Fijian dollars (about 403.6 million U.S. dollars).

According to Kumar, a lot of visitors from news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand visit Fiji every year, and the island nation received 198,718 visitors from news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new Zealand last year, an increase of 7.7 percent, the highest number recorded in a given year.