What is the price of essential oils in New Zealand?

As of January 2025, essential oils in New Zealand is US$ 137.13 per kg (218 NZD), sourced from UN Comtrade (unit value).

What is New Zealand's world rank in essential oils exports?

New Zealand ranks 43rd out of 109 exporters of essential oils.

How much essential oil did New Zealand export in 2024?

New Zealand exported 17 tonnes of essential oils in 2024.

What was the year-on-year change in New Zealand's essential oils exports?

Exports increased by 34.6% year-on-year.

Essential Oils Price in New Zealand - June 2026 Market Prices (Updated Monthly)

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Essential Oils Prices in New Zealand

US$ 137.13 / kg

218 NZD / kg

MoM ▼ 1.0% YoY ▼ 1.0%

Checked: Jun 10, 2026

Price as of: January 2025

Source: UN Comtrade (unit value)

Variety	Market level	Price (US$/kg)	Local (NZD)	MoM	YoY	Source
-	Export (unit value)	137.13	218	▼ 1.0%	▼ 1.0%	UN Comtrade (unit value)

As of June 2026, the essential oils price in New Zealand available is US$ 137.13 per kg (218 NZD), down 1.0% year-on-year.

New Zealand exported US$2,411,296 worth of essential oils in 2024, totaling 17 tonnes and ranking 43rd out of 109 exporters, with a 0.1% share of global exports and a 34.6% year-on-year increase. The country is a net exporter of essential oils. The latest export unit value is US$137.13 per kg.

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Production, Exports, Imports & HS Codes - essential oils in New Zealand

Exports UN Comtrade · 2024

In 2024, New Zealand exported $2.4M (17.4 t) of essential oils▲ 34.6% YoY. That ranks #43 worldwide (0.1% of global exports).

$2.4M

Export value

17.4 t

Export volume

#43 / 109

World rank

0.1%

Global share

$138.49

Avg export price / kg

Export value by year (US$)

Export volume by year

Top essential oils exporters worldwide UN Comtrade · 2024

#1 France $388M · 17.5%
#2 China $249.1M · 11.3%
#3 US $206.4M · 9.3%
#4 Indonesia $197.6M · 8.9%
#5 India $132.8M · 6%

Annual export data New Zealand · UN Comtrade

Year	Export value (US$)	Volume	Avg price/kg
2024	$2.4M	17.4 t	$138.49
2023	$1.8M	12.4 t	$144.01
2022	$2.4M	22.9 t	$103.81
2021	$2.9M	15 t	$191.03
2020	$3.7M	24.6 t	$151.63

HS Code

essential oils is traded under Harmonized System code 3301.29. Trade figures above are compiled for this HS heading.

Sources: trade & HS - UN Comtrade. Values are official reported figures.

New Zealand essential oils - Production, Exports, Imports, Seasons and HS Codes

The amount of essential oils shipped by New Zealand in 2020 was 35 metric tons. In 2019 New Zealand shipped 40 tonnes of essential oils. Through 2019 alone, the market for New Zealand essential oils (processed category) has decreased, flactuating by -62.617 per cent compared to the year 2018. Between 2017 and 2019, essential oils' exports decreased by -43.66 pc bringing New Zealand US$3.21m for the year 2019. New Zealand's essential oils exports are categorised as:

Essential oils, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excluding those of citrus fruit and mint) (HS code 330129)
Essential oils of citrus fruit, whether or not terpeneless, incl. concretes and absolutes (excluding those of sweet and bitter orange and lemon) (HS code 330119)

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New Zealand essential oils export values

In 2019, New Zealand sold essential oils with a value of 3.21m USD, a decrease of -34.28% from 2018's total essential oils export of 4.884m USD. The annual reduction in value of New Zealand essential oils between 2017 to 2018 was -11.119 pc.

The per year variation in the amount of New Zealand's essential oils exports between 2017 and 2019 was -43.66 per cent when compared to a variation of -62.617% in the growth rate between 2018 and 2019.

New Zealand's portion of the world's total essential oils' exports in 2019 was less than 1%. The country holds number 47 in world exports of essential oils.

Export markets for New Zealand essential oils ( in '000$ )

New Zealand's leading export markets for essential oils are US, Australia, China, United Kingdom (UK) and Hong Kong.

Import/Export Trends

New Zealand is a net exporter of essential oils. The annual growth of New Zealand essential oils in value between 2015 to 2019 was 153%, per year, while annual growth in quantity through the same period was 52%, per annum.

New Zealand imported 285 tonnes of essential oils in 2019.

Other Processed Prices in New Zealand

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