新西兰对华贸易逆差在截至9月的12个月内扩大，原因是电动汽车和手机进口激增。
New Zealand’s trade deficit with China widened in the 12 months through September amid a surge in imports of electric vehicles and mobile phones.
新西兰统计局周一在惠灵顿表示，该南太平洋国家自中国的进口在截至9月的12个月内增长21%，达到214亿新西兰元（120亿美元）。同期对华出口增长4%，达到206亿新西兰元，导致贸易逆差为8.93亿新西兰元。
The South Pacific nation’s imports from China rose 21% to NZ$21.4 billion ($12 billion) in the 12 months through September, Statistics New Zealand said Monday in Wellington. Exports to China rose 4% to NZ$20.6 billion in the same period, leaving a trade deficit of NZ$893 million.
仅9月份的进口就跳升至超过20亿新西兰元，创下任何月份的新纪录。
Imports just in September jumped above NZ$2 billion to a new record for any month.
截至6月的12个月内，新西兰对华贸易逆差约为1.7亿新西兰元——这是自2017年以来的首次逆差——随着进口增长。由于中东危机推高汽油价格，电动汽车采购激增；尽管国内经济疲弱，但对智能手机、平板电视和其他电子产品及机械的需求仍然强劲。
New Zealand had a trade deficit with China of around NZ$170 million in the 12 months through June — its first since 2017 — as imports climbed. There has been a jump in purchases of electric vehicles as the Middle East crisis pushes up gasoline prices, as well as continued strong demand for smartphones, flat-screen televisions and other electronics and machinery despite a sluggish domestic economy.
周一的报告显示，截至9月的12个月内，新西兰从中国进口的电动汽车激增至8.65亿新西兰元，而一年前为3.19亿新西兰元。同期从中国进口的汽车总量（包括二手车）超过一倍，达到14.6亿新西兰元。
Monday’s report showed electric vehicle imports from China surged to NZ$865 million in the 12 months through September from NZ$319 million a year earlier. Total car imports from China, including used vehicles, more than doubled over that period to NZ$1.46 billion.
根据汽车贸易协会数据，中国比亚迪股份有限公司在截至9月的九个月内是新西兰第四大新车销售商。 fellow Chinese automakers SAIC Motor Corp. and Great Wall Motor Co. 排名第五和第六。
China’s BYD Co. was the fourth-largest seller of new cars in New Zealand in the nine months through September, according to Motor Trade Association data. Fellow Chinese automakers SAIC Motor Corp. and Great Wall Motor Co. were ranked fifth and sixth.
报告还显示，截至9月的12个月内，新西兰从中国进口的电气机械增长31%，达到45亿新西兰元，其中电话占14亿新西兰元。
Electrical machinery imports from China rose 31% to NZ$4.5 billion in the 12 months through September, the report also showed, with telephones comprising NZ$1.4 billion of that.
中国仍然是新西兰最大的出口客户，购买其约24%的所有货物，重点在于乳制品、原木和水果。
China remains New Zealand’s biggest export customer, buying around 24% of all shipments with a focus on dairy products, logs and fruit.