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Page 1: Freight Information Gathering System and Port Productivity ... · FIGS Freight Information Gathering System. Freight forwarding The movement of freight by an organisation whose core

Ensuring our transport system helps New Zealand thrive

Freight Information Gathering System & Container Handling Statistics January - December 2013February 2014

ISSN: 2253-2560

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Contents

1. Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 3

2. Key findings ................................................................................................................ 4

3. FIGS cargo movements – explanatory note ................................................................ 5

4. Glossary ...................................................................................................................... 8

Section A – Trade Data.......................................................................................................... 9

Section B – Coastal Bulk Cargo ........................................................................................... 16

Section C – Quarterly Container Freight .............................................................................. 17

Section D – Annual Container Freight .................................................................................. 18

5. Summary tables ........................................................................................................ 18

6. Map 1: Container loads and discharges (full and empty) ........................................... 20

7. Map 2: Container loads and discharges (full) ............................................................ 21

8. Map 3: Container loads and discharges (empty) ....................................................... 22

9. Container movements: imports, exports, and transhipment loads ............................. 23

10. International ship visits and container exchanges ...................................................... 24

11. Ship visits .................................................................................................................. 27

12. Exports and imports – 20 foot and 40 foot container balance .................................... 28

13. Imports and exports – container type full and empty ................................................. 29

14. Coastal movements .................................................................................................. 31

15. Map 4: Arrival port – where the containers are from .................................................. 33

16. Map 5: Departure port – where the containers are going ........................................... 34

17. Containerised export classification ............................................................................ 35

18. Land transportation mode – road or rail ..................................................................... 37

19. Coastal movements of containers on domestic ships ................................................ 39

20. Hazardous containerised cargo ................................................................................. 40

Section E – Container Handling Statistics ............................................................................ 41

Section F – Rail Data ........................................................................................................... 44

Appendix A – Quarterly Trade Commodity Codes ................................................................ 47

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1. Executive summary

This Freight Information Gathering System (FIGS) report covers the period 1 January 2013 to 31

December 2013 (the year to December 2013).

Exports and imports

36.4 million tonnes were exported from New Zealand by sea in the year to December 2013. By volume,

71.1 percent was bulk exports, and 28.9 percent was containerised. The real value of sea exports was

$38.1 billion, in value terms, 79.3 percent was containerised and 20.7 percent was bulk export.

20.1 million tonnes were imported by sea in the year to December 2013. In real value, imports by sea

were worth $43.9 billion.

More information on quarterly trade data is available in section A.

Container loads and discharges

There were 1.7 million container loads and discharges in the year to December 2013, of which 35.7

percent were imports, 34.9 percent were exports, and 15.8 percent were domestic movements. The

remaining 13.6 percent were import and export transhipments, re-exports, and unknown movements.

1.23 million container loads and discharges were made with full containers, and 480,000 were empty

containers. The percentage of containers carried by domestic ships increased from 24.0 percent in the

year to September 2013, to 26.0 percent in the year to December 2013.

The volumes at Ports of Auckland recovered because of the end of its industrial disputes and the return

of Maersk‟s Southern Star service from Tauranga to Auckland. The volumes at Port of Tauranga have

dropped consequently.

More information about container movements is available in sections C and D.

Rail freight

Dairy and milk products, wood products, and coal were the largest commodity groups moved by rail in

the year to December 2013. Cumulatively they accounted for 55.6 percent of all rail tonnes, and 44.5

percent of all rail tonne-kms.

More information about rail movements is available in section F.

Ship visits

There were 38 ship visits made by ships of 4,500 TEU or greater (with one greater than 5000 TEU),

compared to 21 ship visits in the year to September 2013. This is in line with the international trend

towards bigger container ships.

More information about ship visits is available in section D.

Container handling statistics

The December 2013 quarter container handling statistics for New Zealand all decreased over the

September 2013 quarter. The weighted average ship rate decreased by 1.9 containers per hour, from

the high of 73.7, the average crane rate decreased by 0.9 containers per hour, and the weighted

average vessel rate decreased by 1.5 containers per labour hour.

More information about container handling statistics is available in section E.

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2. Key findings

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3. FIGS cargo movements – explanatory note

The characterisation of cargo movements in FIGS is designed to split shipping movements into

international and coastal. For instance, the term "export” is confined to international movements in FIGS,

and “transhipment” is confined to coastal movements.

Table 1: Definition of International Movements

International movements

Import Export Re-export

The container arrives at a

New Zealand port by ship,

directly from overseas.

Example: Singapore to a

New Zealand port.

The container is loaded onto a

ship in a New Zealand port and is

shipped overseas directly.

Example: A New Zealand port to

China.

The container arrives in New

Zealand from overseas full, is

loaded onto a different ship

without leaving the port and

without the cargo changing,

and is then exported.

Example: United States of

America to a New Zealand port

then on to Fiji.

Table 2: Definition of Coastal Movements

Coastal movements

Export transhipment Import transhipment Domestic shipment

The container is loaded at a

New Zealand port, is shipped

to a second New Zealand

port, discharged, and is then

loaded for export without

leaving the second port, and

without the cargo changing.

Example: New Zealand Port

1 to New Zealand Port 2 to

Singapore.

The New Zealand Port 2 to

Singapore international

movement is an export.

In FIGS, the New Zealand

Port 1 to Port 2 coastal

movement is an export

transhipment.

The cargo arrives from overseas

at a New Zealand port, is

discharged and then loaded onto

another ship without leaving the

port or the cargo changing, and is

then shipped to a second New

Zealand port, is discharged and

gated-out.

Example: Shanghai to New

Zealand Port 1 then to New

Zealand Port 2.

In FIGS, the Shanghai to New

Zealand Port 1 international

movement is an import.

The New Zealand Port 1 to New

Zealand Port 2 coastal movement

is an import transhipment.

Movements of containers from

one New Zealand port to

another New Zealand port,

which are not import or export

transhipments.

Example: Gate-in New

Zealand Port 1 for loading,

then ship to New Zealand Port

2 for discharge and gate-out.

Export transhipments of full containers are identified in FIGS using the booking reference, and export

transhipments of empty containers are identified by following the sequence of container movements.

This approach is being used because although the container load and discharge messages can include

a transhipment value, not all ports code it.

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This report only includes containers moved through the container facilities at the ten container ports. For

instance, it excludes container movements by the Cook Strait operators, loads in Onehunga, container

loads and discharges at the Mount Maunganui wharf and the wharves outside the container port

operation in Lyttelton.

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International and Coastal movement diagrams

FIGS International movements are shown in blue

FIGS Coastal movements are shown in orange

Overseas

A. Import and import transhipment

NZ Port A

Discharge

Load onto a different vessel

NZ Port B

Discharge

Gate out

Overseas

B. Import and domestic shipment

NZ Port A

Discharge

Gate out

Gate in

Load

NZ Port B

Discharge

Gate out

NZ Port A

Gate in C. Export transhipment and export

Load

NZ Port B

Discharge

Load onto a different vessel

Overseas

Import

Import transhipment

Import Import

Domestic shipment Domestic

Export transhipment

Export

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4. Glossary

Coastal Movements A container that is loaded in one New Zealand port and moved to another New

Zealand port where the container is discharged. (See page 5 for the three types

of coastal movements)

Discharge Unloading a container from a ship.

Domestic ship A ship registered in New Zealand. All New Zealand registered ships must

comply with New Zealand labour, safety and maritime laws. For FIGS purposes,

domestic ships are; the Santa Regina, the Spirit of Endurance, the Spirit of

Resolution, and the Monte Stello.

From December 17 2012, the Spirit of Independence replaced the Spirit of

Resolution.

DWT Deadweight tonnage – a measure of how much weight a ship can safely carry.

FIGS Freight Information Gathering System.

Freight forwarding The movement of freight by an organisation whose core business is the

organisation of freight movements for other businesses or individuals.

Gate in The entry of a container to a port by road or rail. One exception is containers

that are packed within the port.

Gate out The exit of a container from a port by road or rail.

International ship All ships not registered in New Zealand. They must comply with international

maritime law, but not New Zealand domestic law.

Load Loading a container onto a ship.

Net tonnes Net container weight is the weight of the cargo. It is the gross weight recorded in

the port message, less the typical weight for that type of container (20-foot dry,

20-foot reefer, 40-foot dry, or 40-foot reefer).

Rail tonne-km Tonnes carried multiplied by kilometres moved, i.e. three tonnes of freight

moved two kilometres is six tonne-km.

Reefer A „reefer‟ is a container that can be refrigerated.

TEU Twenty-foot equivalent unit. A 20-foot container is one TEU, and a 40-foot

container is two TEU.

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Section A – Trade Data

The following data has been provided by Statistics New Zealand. It provides a summary of all

international freight movements, both containerised and bulk. All values have been split into sea and

airfreight. Appendix A provides more detail on commodity codes.

Figures A1 and A2 show the value and volume of bulk and containerised trade from New Zealand. Containers made up the majority of value for exports, at 79.3 percent for the year to December 2013, whereas bulk provided the majority of volume for exports, at 71.1 percent.

Figures A3 and A4 show the average value per tonne for containerised goods is 9.4 times higher than bulk for exports, at $2,885 to $308.

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36.4 million tonnes were exported through sea ports in the year to December 2013, which was an

increase on the 36.0 million tonnes in the year to September 2013. Of the 36.4 million tonnes, 21.2

million tonnes were forestry products. This is an increase on the 20.7 million tonnes in the year to

September 2013.

The real value of sea exports in the year to December 2013 was $38.1 billion, of which $12.8 billion was

from food, skins, and wool. This is a decrease of 2.5 percent in real value from the year to September

2013. The real value for dairy was $11.9 billion, a large increase of 12.1 percent over the year to

September 2013.

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20.1 million tonnes were imported through sea ports in the year to December 2013 of which 7.6 million

tonnes were coal and fuel. This was a 1.5 percent increase over the year to September 2013. Machinery

and electrical goods accounted for 360,000 tonnes and vehicles accounted for 468,000 tonnes.

The real value of sea imports in the year to December 2013 was $43.9 billion. $9.3 billion was oil and

coal imports, which was 2.9 percent higher than in the year to September 2013. Vehicles accounted for

$7.2 billion and chemicals, plastics, and rubbers totalled at $6.3 billion.

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Figures A9 and A10 show calendar year data of export and import tonnage by port.1

Exports from New Zealand‟s 14 exporting ports over the four quarters in 2013 range from 11.7 million

tonnes at Port of Tauranga to 339,500 at PrimePort Timaru. Port of Tauranga continues to be both the

biggest bulk and containerised exporting port.

1 For Figure A9, under the Statistics Act 1975 section 37 there is no export data for Port of Taharoa in the information provided by

Customs/Statistics NZ.

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Imports into New Zealand‟s 13 importing seaports range from 5.4 million tonnes at North Port to 10

tonnes at Port Gisborne. North Port continues to be the largest bulk importer, whilst Ports of Auckland

continues to be the largest containerised importing port.

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The volume of New Zealand exports by air in the year to December 2013 decreased by 3.8 percent over

the year to September 2013. The volume New Zealand imports by air in the year to December 2013

increased by 0.4 percent over the year to September 2013.

Air freight made up 0.3 percent of New Zealand‟s exports by volume, and 13.3 percent by value in the

year to December 2013. It also made up 0.5 percent of imports by volume and 20.1 percent of imports

by value.

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Figure A13 provides a breakdown of forestry product exports by type. As a product group, wood

products comprised 58.1 percent of New Zealand‟s sea exports by volume, and 11.8 percent of sea

exports by value in the year to December 2013. Forestry exports were 21.2 million tonnes in the year to

December 2013, of which 78.7 percent were logs, 11.5 percent were processed timber, 8.3 percent were

pulp and paper, and 3.0 percent were wood chips.

Logs at $141 per tonne make up 46.5 percent of forestry exports by value, processed timber at $682 a

tonne make up 28.5 percent, pulp and paper at $694 a tonne make up 23.9 percent, and wood chips at

$96 a tonne make up 1.2 percent.

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Section B – Coastal Bulk Cargo

The following data has been provided by Coastal Oil Logistics Ltd and Z Energy Ltd, and shows

domestic oil shipments since October 2009. Coastal Oil Logistics Ltd is owned by, and provides oil

supply to, New Zealand‟s four largest petrol companies: BP Oil New Zealand Ltd, Chevron New Zealand

Ltd, Mobil Oil New Zealand Ltd, and Z Energy Ltd. This data includes oil shipped to Auckland by Z

Energy on their barge ‘Awanuia’.

Mount Maunganui remains the largest single destination for oil deliveries, followed by Lyttelton and

Wellington.

2.3 million tonnes of oil were shipped domestically from Marsden Point in the year to December 2013.2

This is 0.22 million tonnes less than the year to December 2012.

2 Some deliveries to Auckland are made by pipeline, which are not calculated in these figures.

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Section C – Quarterly Container Freight

The following graph shows the number of containers loaded and discharged at New Zealand‟s ten

container ports, by quarter, in the year to December 2013.

Container volumes at Ports of Auckland increased by 23.7 percent and TEU volumes at Ports of

Auckland increased by 26.6 percent in October – December 2013 compared with the same quarter of

2012. Container volumes at Port of Tauranga decreased by 11.8 percent and TEU volumes at Port of

Tauranga decreased by 11.0 percent in October – December 2013 compared with the same quarter of

2012. The above reflects the recovery from the industrial dispute in 2012, and the return of Maersk‟s

Southern Star service to Auckland in July 2013.

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Section D – Annual Container Freight

All information in section D relates to the period 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013.

5. Summary tables on container freight

The following tables are measures of port activity. They present information on container loads and

discharges, and container sizes and types.3 Many containers are counted multiple times in these tables.

Detailed information on coastal container movements, where containers are only counted once, can be

found in the accompanying data tables. This data is also shown geographically following the tables.

Movement Appearances Discharge and/or load

Import included once a discharge

Export included once a load

Re-export included twice a discharge and then a load

Export transhipment included three times a load in one port, then a discharge and load in another port

Import transhipment included three times a discharge and load in one port, then a discharge in another port

Domestic included twice a load in one port, and a discharge in another

Table 3: Summary totals: containers loaded and discharged

Imports Exports Re-

export

Export

tranship

ments

Import

tranship

ments

Domestic Coastal

unknown

Total

Ports of Auckland 258,908 123,122 44,003 11,773 16,464 85,925 1,071 541,266

Port of Tauranga 146,628 245,984 23,118 39,213 7,390 39,677 612 502,622

Port of Napier 42,830 56,742 79 14,918 2,267 22,536 146 139,518

Port Taranaki 3,940 1,262 - 3,570 1,540 1,581 1 11,894

CentrePort 23,391 18,891 4 5,614 4,586 9,868 165 62,519

Port Nelson 13,167 9,747 - 15,064 1,445 14,004 202 53,629

Lyttelton 66,883 81,849 4 14,902 9,408 72,917 637 246,600

PrimePort Timaru 6,295 4,144 - 1,169 54 670 183 12,515

Port Otago 38,503 47,136 22 11,242 1,432 22,680 167 121,182

South Port 10,160

10,160

8,214 - 1,276 - 342 - 19,992

Total 610,705 597,091 67,230 118,741 44,586 270,200 3,184 1,711,737

Table 4: Container loads and discharges – Full versus Empty

Total container

loads and

discharges

% of total Full loads and

discharges % of full

Empty loads

and

discharges

% of

empty

Ports of Auckland 541,266 32 435,006 35 106,260 22

Port of Tauranga 502,622 29 349,569 28 153,053 32

Port of Napier 139,518 8 82,231 7 57,287 12

Port Taranaki 11,894 1 7,874 1 4,020 1

CentrePort 62,519 4 45,252 4 17,267 4

Port Nelson 53,629 3 33,015 3 20,614 4

Lyttelton 246,600 14 184,369 15 62,231 13

PrimePort Timaru 12,515 1 8,382 1 4,133 1

Port Otago 121,182 7 73,716 6 47,466 10

South Port 19,992 1 12,412 1 7,580 2

Total 1,711,737 100 1,231,826 100 479,911 100

3 Some ports have reported some restows, which is when a container is unloaded from a ship, then reloaded to the same ship without

any alteration to the cargo in it. FIGS is focused on freight movements and while restows measure port activity they do not measure

freight movement. Therefore, they are not included in FIGS.

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Table 5: Summary totals: Net weight of full containers loaded and discharged (tonnes)

Imports Exports Re-export

Export

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Import

tranship

ments

Domestic

shipments

Coastal

unknown Total

Ports of Auckland 3,157,434 1,552,293 810,823 209,330 163,829 621,305 2,483 6,517,497

Port of Tauranga 1,123,583 3,956,092 407,365 739,936 68,268 197,892 7,730 6,500,866

Port of Napier 157,186 1,114,717 1,456 300,558 14,348 31,030 107 1,619,403

Port Taranaki 53,697 21,790 - 48,211 14,870 6,517 24 145,110

CentrePort 289,710 243,824 67 102,606 61,984 21,882 2,156 722,230

Port Nelson 58,674 202,476 - 296,191 7,450 83,629 2,363 650,782

Lyttelton 682,009 1,480,207 9 271,778 96,040 654,426 7,604 3,192,073

PrimePort Timaru 54,080 85,267 - 22,714 10 8,026 2,946 173,043

Port Otago 137,453 968,913 384 216,842 8,561 119,076 1,967 1,453,196

South Port 66,276 179,076 - 28,333 - 1,664 - 275,349

Total 5,780,102 9,804,656 1,220,104 2,236,49

8

435,360 1,745,448 27,380 21,249,549

Table 6: Net weight of full containers loaded and discharged

20 ft containers 20ft weight 40 ft containers 40 ft weight

Ports of Auckland 237,823 3,402,391 197,183 3,115,106

Port of Tauranga 192,125 3,191,055 157,444 3,309,811

Port of Napier 43,860 747,407 38,371 871,997

Port Taranaki 6,645 122,281 1,229 22,829

CentrePort 25,209 368,991 20,043 353,239

Port Nelson 14,430 251,274 18,585 399,509

Lyttelton 98,527 1,541,131 85,842 1,650,942

PrimePort Timaru 5,664 110,168 2,718 62,875

Port Chalmers 38,169 655,211 35,547 797,985

South Port 6,093 131,400 6,319 143,949

Total 668,545 1,0521,310 563,281 10,728,239

Table 7: Total TEU loads and discharges – Full versus Empty

Total container

loads and

discharges

% of total Full loads and

discharges

% of

full

Empty loads and

discharges

% of

empty

Ports of Auckland 780,710 31 632,189 35 148,521 21

Port of Tauranga 741,341 30 507,013 28 234,328 33

Port of Napier 205,941 8 120,602 7 85,339 12

Port Taranaki 14,274 1 9,103 1 5,171 1

CentrePort 88,335 4 65,295 4 23,040 3

Port Nelson 83,362 3 51,600 3 31,762 4

Lyttelton 359,640 14 270,211 15 89,429 13

PrimePort Timaru 17,484 1 11,100 1 6,384 1

Port Otago 180,849 7 109,263 6 71,586 10

South Port 31,797 1 18,731 1 13,066 2

Total 2503733 100 1,795,107 100 708,626 100

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6. Map 1: Container loads and discharges (full and empty)

Note: Please refer to table 3 for the figures for this map.

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7. Map 2: Container loads and discharges (full)

Note: Please refer to table 4 for the figures for this map.

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8. Map 3: Container loads and discharges (empty)

Note: Please refer to table 4 for the figures for this map.

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9. Container movements: imports, exports, and transhipment loads

Figure D1 shows the split of imports, exports, and transhipment movements by port.

Please note: These graphs show TEU movements. Imports are reported to FIGS as container

discharges, exports as container loads, and coastal transhipments as a load in one port and a discharge

in another. To prevent double counting of transhipments only loads of coastal transhipments are

included in this analysis.

By type of container movement, imports were the most common at Ports of Auckland while exports were

the most common at Port of Tauranga. Port Nelson had the largest percentage of container movements

as import transhipment discharges. South Port had the most even split between exports and imports.

Table 8 shows container movements related to overseas trade. It shows the number of TEU and the

number of containers exported, imported, and loaded for transhipment.

Table 8: Container numbers and TEUs for overseas trade

Port

Export, import

and

transhipment

TEU

Export, import

and

transhipment

20ft containers

Export, import

and

transhipment

40ft containers

Export, import

and

transhipment

total containers

Ports of Auckland 566,823 229,887 168,468 398,355

Port of Tauranga 591,022 207,718 191,652 399,370

Port of Napier 168,558 55,864 56,347 112,211

Port Taranaki 10,670 6,874 1,898 8,772

CentrePort 67,243 27,669 19,787 47,456

Port Nelson 59,068 16,922 21,073 37,995

Lyttelton 227,690 91,528 68,081 159,609

PrimePort Timaru 16,379 6,943 4,718 11,661

Port Otago 139,938 48,322 45,808 94,130

South Port 31,338 7,962 11,688 19,650

Total 1,878,729 699,689 589,520 1,289,209

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Ports of Auckland

Port of Tauranga

Port of Napier

Port Taranaki

Centreport Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru

Port Otago South Port

Figure D1: Import, export and transhipment movements (TEU)

Imports Exports Import transhipment discharge Import transhipment load

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10. International ship visits and container exchanges

The following information relates only to TEU carried on international ships. For a definition of

‘international ship,’ see page 8.

2,476 port visits were made over 915 ship visits in the year to December 2013. The largest ship that

visited New Zealand in the year to December 2013 had a TEU capacity of 5,040.

A „ship visit‟ is a trip to New Zealand by a vessel. Multiple ports may be visited on one ship visit.

A „port visit‟ is a visit to a specific port by a vessel. A ship that visited multiple ports will be recorded in

multiple columns.

Table 9: International port visits January 2013 – December 2013

Ship size – TEU

capacity Po

rts o

f

Au

ckla

nd

Po

rt o

f

Tau

ran

ga

Po

rt o

f

Nap

ier

Po

rt

Tara

na

ki

Cen

tre

Po

rt

Po

rt

Nels

on

Lytt

elt

on

Pri

meP

ort

Tim

aru

Po

rt O

tag

o

So

uth

Po

rt

To

tal

Unknown - 7 - - 1 - 1 - - - 9

< 500 - 19 13 - - 6 - - - - 38

500-999 17 69 26 - 3 20 3 1 - 1 140

1000-1499 29 28 9 1 3 3 0 3 - - 76

1500-1999 22 70 31 - 5 0 15 6 15 - 164

2000-2499 23 45 35 - 4 4 28 12 24 5 180

2500-2999 154 208 52 30 98 87 115 9 50 10 813

3000-3499 61 44 27 - 7 6 5 2 31 2 185

3500-3999 118 104 66 - 12 - 38 13 40 14 405

4000-4499 57 70 68 - 18 - 65 18 17 17 330

4500-4999 35 14 13 1 11 - 36 - 24 - 134

5000-5499 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2

Total 517 679 340 32 162 126 306 64 201 49 2,476

52.0 percent of all ship visits were made by vessels of capacity 2,500 – 4,000 TEU. In line with

international trends, there were 38 visits to New Zealand made by ships of 4,500 TEU or greater,

compared to 21 visits in the year to September 2013. Smaller ships are being replaced by larger ships;

with a 5,040 TEU ship making one visit to New Zealand this quarter.

Note: A ship may visit more than one port per visit. This visit is only counted once in this graph.

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

Figure D2: International ship visits to NZ Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

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Table 10 breaks down the information from Table 9 into average TEU exchanged per port.

Table 10: International ship capacity and average TEU exchange by port January

2013 - December 2013

Ship size –

TEU capacity

Po

rts o

f

Au

ckla

nd

Po

rt o

f

Tau

ran

ga

Po

rt o

f

Nap

ier

Po

rt

Tara

na

ki

Cen

tre

Po

rt

Po

rt

Nels

on

Lytt

elt

on

Pri

meP

ort

Tim

aru

Po

rt O

tag

o

So

uth

Po

rt

Unknown - 41 - - 6 - 5 - - -

< 500 - 151 41 - - 98 - - - -

500-999 1,122 449 488 - 122 61 1,862 192 - 650

1000-1499 586 447 220 175 101 25 - 180 - -

1500-1999 1,123 948 225 - 95 - 516 109 558 -

2000-2499 1,229 981 345 - 390 586 710 239 672 590

2500-2999 1,402 1,240 468 274 556 503 878 241 851 651

3000-3499 1,044 1,105 857 - 437 567 992 428 1,343 378

3500-3999 1,210 1,278 908 - 649 - 1,118 342 914 647

4000-4499 1,902 1,386 812 - 717 - 1,205 319 441 698

4500-4999 2,910 1,658 694 286 675 - 1,321 - 1,171 -

5000-5499 4,087 2,717 - - - - - - - -

In the year to December 2013, 90.5 percent of TEU were carried by vessels of capacity 2,000 TEU or

greater. 32.4 percent of TEU were carried by vessels of capacity between 2,500 and 2,999 TEU. In the

year to December 2013, 224,249 TEU were loaded and unloaded from ships of 4,500 TEU or greater,

compared with 124,000 TEU in the year to September 2013.

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

Figure D3: TEU loaded and discharged Jan 2012 - Dec 2013

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Figure D4 shows the average, maximum, and median number of TEU exchanged per ship visit at each

port in the year to December 2013. The largest exchange was made at Ports of Auckland, where 4,172

TEU were exchanged in a single visit.

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

4500

Figure D4: TEU exchanges by international ships Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

average

maximum

median

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11. Ship visits

The following information is derived from the Marine Safety Charge statistics, from Maritime New Zealand.

Figure D5 shows trends in the number and types of ships that have visited New Zealand since 2007. Over this time, the number of container ships has fallen. The recent peak of 242 was in the January to March 2012 quarter, has fallen to 207 in the October to December 2013 quarter. Due to the increasing size of the ships, the total quarterly TEU capacity of the ships has increased by 102,228 from the July to September 2013 quarter to the October to December 2013 quarter. Bulk carrier ship visits have decreased from 170 to 136. Figure D6 shows that both total and median capacity is continuing to increase – since 2007, the median TEU capacity of container ships visiting New Zealand has increased from 1,768, to 2,810 in the October to December 2013.

Note: Total TEU capacity is nominal as it may not be possible to fully load ships due to the weight of New Zealand export containers, and on some trade routes the ships may already be partially loaded with containers from Australia.

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

07Q3 08Q1 08Q3 09Q1 09Q3 10Q1 10Q3 11Q1 11Q3 12Q1 12Q3 13Q1 13Q3

Figure D5: Quarterly ship visits

Container ships Bulk Carrier Oil/gas/tanker General Cargo

Reefer Roro Vehicle Carrier Passenger Ship

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

07Q3 08Q1 08Q3 09Q1 09Q3 10Q1 10Q3 11Q1 11Q3 12Q1 12Q3 13Q1 13Q3

Figure D6: Total and median quarterly TEU capacity

Total ship TEU capacity Median ship TEU capacity

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12. Exports and imports – 20 foot and 40 foot container balance

Figure D7 shows the net tonnes exported by container type. 40 foot dry containers carried the largest

proportion of net tonnes exported (42 percent), and 32 percent of tonnes were exported in 20 foot dry

containers. 20 foot and 40 foot reefer containers accounted for 11 percent and 15 percent of exported

container weight respectively.

Figure D8 shows the net tonnes imported by container type. 57 percent of net tonnes imported are in 20

foot dry containers and 35 percent are in 40 foot dry containers. 20 foot and 40 foot reefer containers

accounted for 2 percent and 6 percent of imported containers respectively.4

4 Please note that this includes all reefer containers, although some may not have been operating in refrigerator mode.

32%

11% 42%

15%

Figure D7: Net tonnes exported, by container type

20ft dry

20ft reefer

40ft dry

40ft reefer

57%

2%

35%

6%

Figure D8: Net tonnes imported, by container type

20ft dry

20ft reefer

40ft dry

40ft reefer

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13. Imports and exports – container type full and empty

Full and empty TEU

In the year to December 2013, 890,122 TEU were imported (full and empty), of which 66.2 percent were

full. 871,648 TEU were exported (full and empty), and 85.4 percent were full. Overall, 18,474 more TEU

were imported than exported.

In total, 1,333,412 TEU were imported or exported full, and 428,358 TEU were imported or exported

empty.

Table 11: Container numbers – import and export (20 foot and 40 foot)

20ft

dry/

full

20ft

dry/

empty

20ft

reefer/

full

20ft

reefer/

empty

40ft

dry/

full

40ft

dry/

empty

40ft

reefer/

full

40ft

reefer/

empty

Full

TEU

Empty

TEU

Total

TEU

Import

container 226,932 28,403 14,208 61,745 148,611 63,871 25,511 41,424

Export

container 183,312 64,318 73,880 1,024 179,570 26,760 63,848 4,379

Import TEU 589,384 300,738 890,122

Export TEU 744,028 127,620 871,648

Reefer containers may not necessarily be operating in refrigerator mode.

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

Full TEU Empty TEU

TE

U

Figure D9: Import and export TEU

Import TEU Export TEU

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Figure D10 shows the number of containers exported full and empty. 85.4 percent of all TEU were

exported full. The proportion of the four types of containers exported full changed in the year to

December 2013 from the year to September 2013.

Figure D11 shows that the largest numbers of imported containers are 20-foot dry and 40-foot dry. 66.2

percent of all TEU were imported full. The proportion of the four types of containers imported full

changed in the year to December 2013, from the year to September 2013.

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

20ft dry 20ft reefer 40ft dry 40ft reefer

Co

nta

ine

rs

Figure D10: Containers exported

Exported full Exported empty

Exported full

20ft dry ↓ 1.3% to

74.0%

20ft reefer ↑ 0.1%

to 98.6%

40ft dry ↑ 0.2% to

87.0%

40ft reefer ↓ 1.8%

to 93.6%

0

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

20ft dry 20ft reefer 40ft dry 40ft reefer

Con

tain

ers

Figure D11: Containers imported

Imported full Imported empty

Imported Full

20ft dry ↑ 1.6% to

88.9%

20ft reefer ↑ 0.7%

to 18.7%

40ft dry ↓ 0.1% to

69.9%

40ft reefer ↓ 0.3%

to 38.1%

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14. Coastal movements

Figure D12 shows the movements of containers, both intra and inter-island. The largest type of

movement is North Island to South Island full, and South Island to North Island full. The smallest type of

movement is intra South Island full. The large amount of intra North Island empty movements is due to

New Zealand‟s trade imbalance, where Ports of Auckland is New Zealand‟s largest container import port,

and Port of Tauranga is the largest container export port. This imbalance requires the movement of

empty containers around the country.

For all movements, there were 123,678 full domestic coastal container movements and 93,295 empty

domestic coastal container movements in the year to December 2013.

The majority of intra-island movements were empty for both islands in the year to December 2013, with

56.5 percent of intra North Island, and 51.6 percent of intra South Island movements being empty.

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

North Island to North Island

North Island to South Island

South Island to South Island

South Island to North Island

Figure D12: Coastal movements

Full

Empty

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Figures D13 and D14 expand on the information provided in Figure D12, showing the breakdown of all

coastal container movements.

The North Island to South Island full movements increased from 45,264 in the year to September 2013,

to 48,030 in the year to December 2013.

The North Island to North Island empty movements decreased from 38,565 in the year to September

2013, to 34,879 in the year to December 2013.

The following maps show which ports containers arrive and where containers depart from.

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

North Island to North Island

North Island to South Island

South Island to South Island

South Island to North Island

Figure D13: Full container coastal movements

Full 20ft Full 20ft reefer Full 40ft Full 40ft reefer

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

North Island to North Island

North Island to South Island

South Island to South Island

South Island to North Island

Figure D14: Empty container coastal movements

Empty 20ft Empty 20ft reefer Empty 40ft Empty 40ft reefer

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15. Map 4: Arrival port – where the containers are from

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16. Map 5: Departure port – where the containers are going

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17. Containerised export classification

Dairy products were the largest containerised export commodity group, comprising 26.3 percent of

containerised exports in the year to December 2013. Wood products, the largest commodity group by

export volumes, were also the second largest containerised export commodity group.

Table 12: Export breakdown by commodity5 group6

Commodity Group Export Breakdown % (TEU)

Animal: dairy 26.3

Wood products 14.2

Paper products 10.5

Vegetable products 10.0

Animal: meat 9.6

Not classifiable 8.0

Foodstuffs 5.5

Metals 3.3

Food unclassified 3.0

Animal: fish 2.3

Chemicals 1.6

Textiles, clothes and footwear 1.2

Machinery/electrical 1.0

Hides, skins, leather and furs 0.8

Plastics/rubbers 0.7

Miscellaneous 0.5

Animal: other 0.5

Mineral products 0.4

Stone and glass 0.3

Transportation 0.3

5Commodities have been classified against the highest level of the harmonised cargo classification. The only exception to this is

footwear and hats, which have been combined with textiles and clothing. 6 A list of the harmonised freight commodity codes is available at: www.foreign-trade.com/reference/hscode.htm.

Figure D15: Containerised export commodity breakdown (TEU)

Animal : dairy

Wood products

Paper products

Vegetable products

Animal : meat

Not classifiable

Foodstuffs

Metals

Food unclassified

Animal : fish

Chemicals

Textiles, clothes and footwear

Machinery/electrical

Hides, skins, leather and furs

Plastics/rubbers

Miscellaneous

Animal : other

Mineral products

Transportation

Stone and glass

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Table 13 shows the types of container used for imports and exports of commodities.

Exports of cargo in full containers were mostly classified. Imports of full containers were mostly

unknown.

Table 13: Container types used for exports and imports

Reefer containers may not necessarily be operating in refrigerator mode.

Exports Imports

20ft dry

20ft

reefer 40ft dry

40ft

reefer 20ft dry

20ft

reefer 40ft dry

40ft

reefer

Full container,

unknown cargo 20,137 797 18,776 646 203,035 5,147 132,617 9,990

Animal: meat 6,446 32,400 36 16,272 147 403 68 391

Animal: dairy 49,314 21,204 55,744 6,728 200 177 331 61

Animal: fish 305 9,781 2 3,630 440 104 4 74

Animal: other 503 255 593 846 9 11 42 5

Foodstuffs 25,808 2,954 3,938 1,982 2,755 593 149 849

Chemicals 6,647 230 2,545 90 14,110 591 8,609 3,322

Hides, skins, leather

and furs

5,392 2 157 . 21 . 1 .

Mineral products 2,531 . 66 . 67 . 17 .

Machinery/electrical 1,983 1 2,567 . 367 8 393 1

Miscellaneous 2,177 3 935 . 820 5 1,121 .

Metals 17,115 2 3,880 1 631 . 260 .

Plastics/rubbers 661 3 2,306 6 165 . 152 4

Stone and glass 1,954 1 162 . 167 . 986 36

Transportation 424 . 931 . 51 79 156 379

Paper products 20,620 1 28,843 . 482 1 3,006 23

Vegetable products 5,607 2371 3,749 29,291 2,907 151 85 683

Wood products 3,977 . 50,849 . 77 . 237 .

Textiles, clothes and

footwear

6,912 1 1,030 . 235 22 297 73

Food unclassified 4,799 3874 2,461 4,356 246 6,916 80 9,620

Total full containers 183,312 73,880 179,570 63,848 226,932 14,208 148,611 25,511

Total empty containers 64,318 1,024 26,760 4,379 28,403 61,745 63,871 41,,424

Total containers 247,630 74,904 206,330 68,227 255,335 75,953 212,482 66,935

% full 74.0 98.6 87.0 93.6 88.9 18.7 69.9 38.1

Full TEU 744,028 589,384

Empty TEU 127,620 300,738

All TEU 871,648 890,122

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18. Land transportation mode – road or rail

In the year to December 2013, 74.3 percent of TEU were reported as having been transported to or from

a port by road, 21.7 percent of TEU were reported as having been moved by rail, and the remaining 4.0

percent could have been moved by either land mode.7

Note: These figures do not include CentrePort, who asked that their land transportation mode figures not

be made public.

These numbers have been impacted by a data feed issue at Port of Tauranga in the first and second

quarter of 2013, which has affected the numbers for both Port of Tauranga and MetroPort. We believe

that around 15,000 gate-in and gate-outs have been affected, and are not included in these figures. This

issue should not materially affect the percentages above.

7 MetroPort is a „dry port‟ located in Auckland. Cargo is transported via train between Tauranga and MetroPort for distribution and

transportation. These reports do not include MetroPort gate-in or gate-out information to avoid double counting movements between

Tauranga and MetroPort.

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

900000

Road Rail Unknown

TE

U

Figure D16: Land mode to and from ports (TEU)

In

Out

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Figures D17 and D18 expand on the information provided in Figure D16, showing the proportion of entry

and exits made by road from individual ports. Both Port Nelson and South Port have 100 percent of their

entry and exits made by road, as neither port has rail access to its container terminal. Port Otago had

38.6 percent and 48.3 percent of their gate-in and gate-out respectively by road, with 29.2 percent and

26.3 percent of entries and exits respectively made by unknown land mode, meaning the road figures

may be misleading.

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Ports of Auckland

MetroPort Port of Tauranga

Port of Napier

Port Taranaki

Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru

Port Otago South Port

Figure D17: Percentage of road entry to ports (TEU)

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Ports of Auckland

MetroPort Port of Tauranga

Port of Napier

Port Taranaki

Port Nelson Lyttelton PrimePort Timaru

Port Otago South Port

Figure D18: Percentage of road exit from ports (TEU)

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19. Coastal movements of containers on domestic ships

Containers are carried on both international and domestic ships. The vessels regarded as domestic for

FIGS purposes are the Santa Regina, the Spirit of Endurance, the Spirit of Independence, and the Monte

Stello.

Figure D19 shows the share of coastal movements on domestic ships. In the year to December 2013,

25.7 percent of coastal cargo was carried on domestic ships. This is an increase of 1.7 percent over the

year to September 2013, which can likely be attributed to the larger capacity of Pacifica‟s new vessel,

the Spirit of Independence, which has a TEU capacity of 672, compared with the Spirit of Resolution’s

382. Prior to 17 December 2012, the Spirit of Resolution was operating, instead of the Spirit of

Independence.

Table 14 shows that international ships carry 74.3 percent of the combined full and empty containers.

Table 14: Domestic and international ships – full and empty containers

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Export transhipment load

Import transhipment load Domestic load Unknown movement to North Island

Unknown movement to South Island

Figure D19: Share of containerised coastal movements on domestic ships (TEU)

0

20000

40000

60000

80000

100000

120000

International ship full container International ship empty container

NZ ship full container NZ ship empty container

TE

U

Figure D20: Coastal movements (TEU)

Export transhipment load

Import transhipment load

Domestic load

Unknown movement to North Island

Unknown movement to South Island

Total TEU % of total

Domestic ship - full container 62,741 19 Total domestic

26% Domestic ship - empty container 20,275 6

International ship - full container 121,286 38 Total international

International ship - empty container 118,988 37 74%

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20. Hazardous containerised cargo

The shippers define whether cargo is „hazardous‟. Examples of the types of cargo defined as hazardous

include chemicals, poisons, and gas cylinders.

Figure D21 shows the split of hazardous TEU by shipment type. 77.3 percent of TEU that are hazardous

are imports. Exports account for 12.4 percent and the remaining 10.3 percent are export and import

transhipments, re-exports, domestic movements, and unknown movements.

Figure D22 breaks down the percentage of hazardous cargo for each container movement type in TEU

and net tonnes.

Figure D21: Hazardous full TEU

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Section E – Container Handling Statistics

The following graphs show the relative container handling productivity of New Zealand‟s six largest

container ports; Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Otago. Information is provided

from 2009.

Data for Australia is provided until the end of June 2013, and is obtained from the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport‟s January 2014 report „Waterline 53‟.8

Figure E1 shows the total number of containers moved by each of the ports since 2009. There are slight

differences between the total container movements reported in the FIGS and container handling

statistics data. This difference is due to the inclusion of „restows‟ in the container handling data that are

not included in FIGS. This is appropriate, as restows add to port activity, but not freight movement.

Across the six ports, the difference caused in container volumes is 2.5 percent, with the container

handling statistics volumes being higher by 11,018 containers in the December 2013 quarter.

8 The Waterline 53 report is available through the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Transport, and at

http://www.bitre.gov.au/publications/2014/water_053.aspx.

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The ship rate is the rate at which a ship is unloaded – how many containers are moved on or off a ship in

an hour. The weighted average ship rate decreased from 73.7 in the September 2013 quarter to 71.8

containers per hour in the December 2013 quarter. Ports of Auckland‟s ship rate, which was highest at

86.0 in the September 2013 quarter, decreased to 80.1 in the December 2013 quarter, while Port of

Napier‟s ship rate increased by 5.1 to 56.5 containers per hour, and Port Otago‟s increased by 13.1 to

74.2. Data is available for Australia up to June 2013, at which time New Zealand‟s weighted average

ship rate of 67.9 containers per hour exceeded the average Australia‟s top five ports by 10.3 containers

per hour.9

9 The Australian ports identified here are Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Freemantle. Collectively, these five ports move

90 percent of Australia‟s container traffic.

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The crane rate is the number of containers a dockside crane lifts on or off a container ship in an hour.10

The average crane rate was 32.8 containers per hour in the December 2013 quarter, a decrease from

the 33.7 containers per hour moved in the September 2013 quarter. However, Port of Napier‟s crane rate

increased from 22.8 to 24.4 containers per hour. In the June 2013 quarter, the New Zealand crane rate

of 32.2 containers per hour exceeded the average Australia‟s top five ports by 2.0 containers per hour.

The vessel rate is the number of containers loaded and unloaded from a ship divided by the amount of

labour time. The New Zealand weighted average for the December 2013 quarter was 60.1 containers

per labour hour, a decrease from the 61.6 containers per hour lifted in the September 2013 quarter.

The vessel rate at Ports of Auckland decreased to 71.3 containers per hour in the December 2013

quarter, from 76.3 in the September 2013 quarter. In the June 2013 quarter, the New Zealand weighted

average vessel rate was 56.2 containers lifted, exceeding Australia‟s top five average of 45.5.

10 Napier is the only port to use a mobile crane, with the other five using gantry cranes. It is thus difficult to compare Napier with the

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Section F – Rail Data

Figure F1 shows total rail movements by region for the year to December 2013. This way of displaying

data results in some instances of „overlaps‟, as a movement from the West Coast to Canterbury is

counted as both a movement from the West Coast and a movement to Canterbury.

The largest group of movements was within the Bay of Plenty region, followed by movements into

Canterbury. Total rail tonnes for the year to December 2013 were relatively unchanged from the year

ending September 2013.

Figure F2 shows movements by rail tonne-kms for the year to December 2013. Movements into

Canterbury were the largest amount of tonne-kms, followed by movements out of Auckland and the West

Coast.

Tonne-kms are tonnes carried multiplied by the kilometres moved, i.e. three tonnes of freight moved two

kilometres is six tonne-km.

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The following graphs provide a breakdown of rail tonnes and rail tonne-kms by commodity type. The largest commodity type was dairy and milk products, which were 21.0 percent of rail tonnes, followed by wood products, with 18.4 percent. Unspecified freight decreased from 11.2 of rail tonnes in the year to September 2013 quarter, to 10.0 percent of rail tonnes in the year to December 2013.

„Empty container‟ refers to empty shipping containers, whereas „empty rail container‟ is a container

owned by KiwiRail and used exclusively on rail.

Total net rail tonne km was relatively unchanged in the year ending December 2013, against the year

ending September 2013. There was a 4.3 percent increase in the rail tonne-kms for wood products in the

year ending December 2013, above the rail tonne-kms for the year ending September 2013.

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The average rail haul for the year to December 2013 was 263 km. The largest average haul was rubber

at 1,017 km, and the smallest was machinery at 125 km.

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Appendix A – Quarterly Trade Commodity Codes

Cargo is classified using the Harmonised System (HS); see www.foreign-

trade.com/reference/hscode.htm for more detail.

The HS codes have been grouped as follows for FIGS reporting:

FIGS category Harmonised code(s)

Meat 2

Fish 3

Dairy 4

Animal: other 1,5

Vegetables and fruit 6-15

Foodstuffs 16-24

Minerals, coal, fuel 25-27

Chemicals/plastics/rubbers 28-40

Hides, skins, leather 41-43

Wood products 44-46

Paper products 47-49

Textiles/footwear/headwear 50-67

Stone/glass 68-71

Metals 72-83

Machinery/electrical 84-85

Vehicles (road, rail, air, sea) 86-89

Other (*) 90-97

Confidential Coded as 98 by Statistics New

Zealand

(*) includes optical fibres, photographic, clocks, watches, musical instruments, arms and ammunition,

furniture and furnishings, lighting fixtures, toys, games, sports equipment, art and antiques