{"id":29289,"date":"2026-04-26T04:22:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/new-zealands-apparel-imports-dip-slightly-to-1-18-bn-in-fy2025-26\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T04:22:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:22:02","slug":"new-zealands-apparel-imports-dip-slightly-to-1-18-bn-in-fy2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/new-zealands-apparel-imports-dip-slightly-to-1-18-bn-in-fy2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand&#8217;s apparel imports dip slightly to $1.18 bn in FY2025\u201326"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/309\/shutterstock-2455174605_321468.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Imports of knitted apparel (HS <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) eased to NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>,<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million) from NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>,<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, registering a decline of <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent. Similarly, non-knitted apparel (HS <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) imports fell to NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million) from NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, down <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent. The parallel softness across both segments indicates broad-based stabilisation in garment demand rather than category-specific weakness.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, textile fabric imports (HS <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) showed strong growth, rising to NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million) in fiscal <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>\u2013<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> from NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million in the previous fiscal, marking an increase of <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent. This suggests relatively steady demand for intermediate inputs even as finished apparel imports softened.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n        <ph name=\"Courtsey\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fibre2fashion.com\/news\/apparel-news\/new-zealand-s-apparel-imports-dip-slightly-to-1-18-bn-in-fy2025-26-309880-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imports of knitted apparel (HS **) eased to NZ$*,***.** million (~$***.** million) from NZ$*,***.** million, registering a decline of *.* per cent. Similarly, non-knitted apparel (HS **) imports fell to NZ$***.** million (~$***.** million) from NZ$***.** million, down *.* per cent. The parallel softness across both segments indicates broad-based stabilisation in garment demand rather than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}