From 1970 to 1973, the large increase in oil price and another increase in 1979 with a corresponding decline in the terms of trade. Higher oil prices impacted the New Zealand’s growth in several ways in the mid of 1970. The growth and the distribution demand was impacted for the New Zealand’s exports. In 1984, change was required for the New Zealand’s economy because unemployment rate was rising. There were number of …show more content…
There has been strong employment growth in high wages profiles and lower wages services. At that time growth has been more modest in machinery occupations. This pattern reflects the changes in industrial structure. New Zealand’s trade in services has increased rapidly in the past ten years. The international tourists contributed $6.4 billion in the New Zealand’s economy. The contribution of international travellers to New Zealand’s economy has been growing in recent years. In 2003, New Zealand’s trading partnership with the Asian and European countries. New Zealand’s export was dominated by products such as meat, cheese and skins.
The United States has been significant market for New Zealand exporters since the Second World War. Investment by the United States firms in New Zealand important contributor trade between the two countries. Tourism is an essential factor between the United States and New Zealand’s trade. The United States provides the large foreign exchange earnings as well as the opportunity to expand the links to the United …show more content…
With an increasing proportion of New Zealand’s trade linked with Asia pacific economies, shifts are continuing occur. Over the past two decades significant changes in the demand for New Zealand’s exports have continued to occur. Australia always remains the largest export destination for New Zealand, accounting for 23% of total merchandise export in the end of the year 2009. There has been growth in New Zealand’s exports to economies in Asia, Hong kong, Singapore, china, Taiwan and south Korea. Japan and Asia’s share of our exports increased from 8.5% in 1989 to 21 % in 2009. The outcome of this has been a reduction in the share of New Zealand’s total commodities export has fallen from 33% in 1989 to just over 20 % in 2009.
The price of imports is an essential contributor to the underlying trend in New Zealand’s tradable inflation. Changing in trading partner inflation, together with exchange rate movements, have strong influence on import prices and therefore on tradable inflation. In the early 1990s, New Zealand’s improved trade with lower cost producers in Asia considerably dampened tradable inflation pressures in New