{"id":31261,"date":"2026-10-21T04:44:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/new-zealands-apparel-imports-rise-5-9-in-september-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T04:44:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:44:56","slug":"new-zealands-apparel-imports-rise-5-9-in-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/21\/new-zealands-apparel-imports-rise-5-9-in-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand&#8217;s apparel imports rise 5.9% in September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.fibre2fashion.com\/Newsresource\/images\/314\/closeup-black-tshirt-with-zipper-detail-hanging-retail-store_325952.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>New Zealand<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>;s imports of knitted and non-knitted apparel (HS Chapters <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> and <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>) increased by <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent year on year in September <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, extending the recovery recorded over the previous two months. Cumulative imports during January\u2013September returned to positive growth after remaining marginally below the previous year<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>;s level during January\u2013August. However, apparel exports declined in September, reflecting mixed trends in the country<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>;s clothing trade.<\/p>\n<p>Apparel imports totalled 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) in September, compared with NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million in the same month of <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, according to the latest data from Stats NZ. Imports of knitted apparel under HS Chapter <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> rose by <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million from NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, while non-knitted apparel imports under HS Chapter <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> increased by <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million from NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million.<\/p>\n<p>During January\u2013September <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>, combined apparel imports remained virtually unchanged at NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> billion (~$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million), compared with the corresponding period of <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>. Knitted apparel imports increased by <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million from NZ$<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span><span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> million, while non-knitted apparel imports declined by <span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span>.<span class=\"startxt\">*<\/span> per cent to NZ$<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.<\/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-rise-5-9-in-september-2026-314375-newsdetails.htm\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand**;s imports of knitted and non-knitted apparel (HS Chapters ** and **) increased by *.* per cent year on year in September ****, extending the recovery recorded over the previous two months. Cumulative imports during January\u2013September returned to positive growth after remaining marginally below the previous year**;s level during January\u2013August. However, apparel exports declined&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31261","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\/31261","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=31261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}