Waikato regional economic profile - Waikato Regional Council
Waikato regional economic profile - Waikato Regional Council
Waikato regional economic profile - Waikato Regional Council
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In addition to dairy products contributing the highest proportion of international exports,this sector also had the highest growth from 2001 to 2007, as illustrated in figure 16.Other sectors that grew strongly over the same period were manufacturing, businessservices, wood product manufacturing and meat manufacturing.Figure 16: International exports and export growth by sector (2007)3.3 Export sector analysis3.3.1 Dairy cattle farming 39The New Zealand Dairy Statistics 2010-11 notes that the <strong>Waikato</strong> region is home tomore than 1.26 million dairy cows (27.9 per cent of the total in New Zealand) and morethan 3,768 herds (32.1 per cent of the total). 40 <strong>Waikato</strong> cows produce more than 408million kg milksolids (26.9 per cent of the total) at an average of 116,257 kg per herd. 41South Island farms have, on average, higher per herd production than herds in theNorth Island, with North Canterbury recording the highest average herd production at285,412 kilograms of milksolids. This reflects a combination of larger herd sizes, a highstocking rate, and high kilograms of milksolids per cow. 42Several districts in the <strong>Waikato</strong>region have significant dairy farmingsectors. The Matamata-Piako districtcontributes a quarter of dairy farmingexports as shown in figure 17,followed by <strong>Waikato</strong> district (17 percent) and Waipa district (15 percent).Figure 17: Dairy farming exports 43 by territorialauthority ($m 2007)39ANZSIC code A016 in the Statistics New Zealand business frame dataset.40DairyNZ (2011, p.16). This figure excludes herds in the portions of Rotorua and the former Franklin districts within the<strong>Waikato</strong> region, as data at sub-territorial authority level is not available.41DairyNZ (2011, p.18). This figure excludes herds in the portions of Rotorua and the former Franklin districts within the<strong>Waikato</strong> region, as data at sub-territorial authority level is not available.42DairyNZ (2011, p.15). This figure excludes herds in the portions of Rotorua and the former Franklin districts within the<strong>Waikato</strong> region, as data at sub-territorial authority level is not available.43This and subsequent figures include both international and inter<strong>regional</strong> exports.Page 22 Doc #: 2069885