Margarine and shortening — Production in New Zealand
New Zealand: Margarine and shortening — Production was 10,676 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Margarine and shortening — Production in New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for margarine and shortening — production in New Zealand is 10,676 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.8% on the previous year and up 47.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, margarine and shortening — production in New Zealand peaked at 10,676 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 259.5 t, in 1961.
New Zealand ranks 59th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Margarine and shortening — Production in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 259.5 t | — |
| 1962 | 352.5 t | +35.8% |
| 1963 | 342.9 t | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 336.9 t | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 350.1 t | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 333 t | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 399 t | +19.8% |
| 1968 | 332.1 t | -16.8% |
| 1969 | 486.6 t | +46.5% |
| 1970 | 692.1 t | +42.2% |
| 1971 | 824.7 t | +19.2% |
| 1972 | 809.1 t | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 841.5 t | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,265 t | +50.3% |
| 1975 | 1,277 t | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 2,208 t | +72.9% |
| 1977 | 1,716 t | -22.3% |
| 1978 | 2,021 t | +17.8% |
| 1979 | 2,445 t | +21.0% |
| 1980 | 2,652 t | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 3,263 t | +23.0% |
| 1982 | 4,367 t | +33.8% |
| 1983 | 4,604 t | +5.4% |
| 1984 | 4,063 t | -11.7% |
| 1985 | 3,898 t | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 3,581 t | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 4,096 t | +14.4% |
| 1988 | 5,171 t | +26.2% |
| 1989 | 5,702 t | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 5,958 t | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 5,818 t | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 7,660 t | +31.6% |
| 1993 | 6,879 t | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 6,652 t | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 6,786 t | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 5,466 t | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 5,666 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 4,931 t | -13.0% |
| 1999 | 5,260 t | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 4,915 t | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 4,912 t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 5,784 t | +17.8% |
| 2003 | 5,168 t | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 6,744 t | +30.5% |
| 2005 | 7,924 t | +17.5% |
| 2006 | 5,685 t | -28.2% |
| 2007 | 5,917 t | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 6,247 t | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 4,903 t | -21.5% |
| 2010 | 6,059 t | +23.6% |
| 2011 | 8,552 t | +41.2% |
| 2012 | 6,456 t | -24.5% |
| 2013 | 7,246 t | +12.2% |
| 2014 | 4,889 t | -32.5% |
| 2015 | 5,762 t | +17.9% |
| 2016 | 4,667 t | -19.0% |
| 2017 | 5,528 t | +18.4% |
| 2018 | 7,069 t | +27.9% |
| 2019 | 7,793 t | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 8,510 t | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 7,416 t | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 8,223 t | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 10,676 t | +29.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 354.73 t | 259.5 t | 486.6 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,410 t | 692.1 t | 2,445 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,140 t | 2,652 t | 5,702 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,108 t | 4,931 t | 7,660 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,820 t | 4,903 t | 7,924 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,402 t | 4,667 t | 8,552 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,706 t | 7,416 t | 10,676 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is margarine and shortening — production in New Zealand?
- Margarine and shortening — production in New Zealand was 10,676 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest margarine and shortening — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 10,676 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest margarine and shortening — production recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 259.5 t in 1961.
- How does New Zealand rank for margarine and shortening — production?
- New Zealand ranks 59th out of 97 countries with data for 2023.
- Is margarine and shortening — production rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Margarine and shortening — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.