Policies, regulations, tariffs, and trade agreements
Multiple China-New Zealand economic and trade cooperation projects were promoted at an event in Auckland on June 13, 2026, aimed at driving two-way trade between the two countries. The promotion covered the 140th China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair), the 21st China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair, the 2026 New Zealand-China Commodity…
On June 13, 2026, CGTN reported on deepening agricultural cooperation between China and New Zealand at the Fieldays agricultural exhibition in Hamilton. The report highlighted that bilateral trade has reached a record NZD 42 billion. Chinese-made agricultural machinery gained popularity among New Ze
China and New Zealand have agreed to jointly advance negotiations on the negative list for trade in services under their bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA), following the 34th meeting of the China-New Zealand Joint Trade and Economic Commission held in Beijing on June 5.
China and New Zealand have agreed to jointly promote negotiations on the negative list for trade in services under the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yadong. The agreement was reached at the 34th China-New Zealand Joint Trade and Economic Commission meeting held on June 5 in…
New Zealand’s Trade Minister highlighted deepening China-NZ economic ties, with bilateral trade expected to reach NZ$43 billion in 2026, as the Asia-Pacific region stands at a critical juncture of growth and transformation.
China’s General Administration of Customs has released Announcement No. 81 of 2026, revising the management rules for designated customs supervision sites. These sites cover seven categories of high-risk imported goods: chilled and frozen meat, chilled aquatic products, grain, fruit, edible aquatic animals, plant seedlings and logs. The revised rules encourage consolidated, multi-category supervision sites…
China’s customs data for the first five months of 2026 show total goods trade of 20.68 trillion yuan, up 15. 3% year on year, with imports reaching 8.77 trillion yuan, a 20.5% increase. Agricultural imports rose 7.6% to 618.16 billion yuan, while agricultural exports grew 1.6% to 300.79 billion yuan. ASEAN remained China’s largest…
China’s infant formula formula registration approvals have plummeted roughly 70% to just 80 products in the first half of 2026, down from 267 in the same period of 2025 and 257 in 2023, as the industry transitions from aggressive new product launches to internal consolidation amid a shrinking birth cohort and channel inventory pressures….
The 34th China-New Zealand Joint Trade and Economic Commission was held in Beijing on June 5, co-chaired by Vice Minister Li Chenggang and NZ MFAT Deputy Secretary Vangelis Vitalis, with both sides committing to accelerate FTA service trade negative list negotiations.
China’ s revised Regulations on the Registration Administration of Overseas Food Production Enterprises took effect on 1 June 2026, requiring all imported food products to carry an official registration number on their packaging. Consumers can verify product authenticity by entering the code into GACC’ s online registration system, which displays the foreign factory’ s…
