🇳🇿 Country Profile

New Zealand

Medicine from India reaching New Zealand

🇳🇿 $83.9M

Dual-source profile. Both series show HS Chapter 30 (finished pharmaceutical products) aligned to calendar year (Jan–Dec). Stats NZ records what New Zealand imports from India. DGCIS records what India exports to New Zealand. Category and product detail from DGCIS.

$83.9M

Scale

New Zealand's patients receive $83.9M in Indian pharmaceutical products annually — almost entirely finished medicines ready for dispensing.

91%

Medicine

Overwhelmingly finished medicines — drug formulations account for 91% of shipments.

1.6×

Trajectory

New Zealand's imports of Indian pharmaceutical products have grown 1.6× over the past decade — from $50.9M in 2014 to $83.9M in 2025.

Context

Part of India's pharmaceutical supply network across Asia-Pacific.

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Impact

Indian pharmaceutical companies have both exported to and invested directly in New Zealand — building trade and operational presence.

Non-Chapter-30 pharma categories from DGCIS (487-code basket)

Medicines $57.6M (90.9%) Surgical & Hospital Supplies $2.2M (3.5%) Medicine Ingredients $2.0M (3.2%) Traditional & Herbal $1.3M (2.0%) Vaccines $0.19M (0.3%)

Total RBI-approved ODI commitments by Indian pharmaceutical companies into New Zealand: $3.0M across 25 filings (2011-2016).