New Zealand posted a merchandise trade surplus of NZ$17 million in December, Statistics New Zealand said on Thursday - following the NZ$252 million surplus in November.
Exports fell NZ$149 million or 2.7 percent on year to NZ$5.35 billion.
New Zealand's biggest goods export, dairy products, fell NZ$377 million (19 percent) in December.
"Dairy export values and volumes both fell in December, compared with the same month a year before," international trade manager Alasdair Allen said.
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