1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Now our exporters are smashing it. We just had a 2 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: trade souplus come in for last month one point four 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:07,400 Speaker 1: billion dollars. That's the first time we've topped the billion 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: dollar mark in five years. Joshua Tan from Export New 5 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: Zealanders with us A Joshua. 6 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Heather. How are you is this I'm well? 7 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: Thank you? Is this down to the price of butter? 8 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,439 Speaker 2: Well, I think there's a few different things here and 9 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,919 Speaker 2: the result comes on the back of strong performances across 10 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: the food and beverage sector. Dairy is up, fruit is 11 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:26,759 Speaker 2: up by about two hundred and sixty five million dollars, 12 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,640 Speaker 2: red meat is also up about two hundred and seventy 13 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:32,760 Speaker 2: million dollars, and logs and wood exports are up one 14 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: hundred and forty one million dollars. So from our perspective, 15 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 2: as a team effort from the food and fiber sector, are. 16 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: You trying to avoid talking about the butter. No, that's story, Joshua, 17 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: it's a good new story. I mean, look at what 18 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: dairy is doing. It's not just the butter, is it. 19 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,519 Speaker 1: It's the butter and the cheese and the milk powder 20 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,920 Speaker 1: up from six hundred and one million to two point 21 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 1: two billion. 22 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 2: That's massive, totally, and it shows that there's really strong 23 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: de mind out there for what New Zealand has to offer. 24 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 2: Our exporters earn more money overseas, they bring it back 25 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,040 Speaker 2: to New Zealand and that can only be a positive 26 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: for the local economy. 27 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 1: Yeah totally. Now why does it happen in April? Is 28 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: this because we've got an overlap of a couple of seasons? 29 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, totally. So April is traditionally a strong month for 30 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 2: newsing exports. The seasons for dairy and most fruit sectors overlap, 31 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 2: so it does mean that we've typically had a bumper 32 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 2: month in April. This one's obviously been especially strong. 33 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: What's going on with offal. 34 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 2: So offul is quite an important export in the meat sector. Obviously, 35 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 2: we want to be quite sustainable and make sure that 36 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 2: we're exporting every single part of the animal. So look, 37 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: there are countries out there, there are people out there, 38 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 2: including myself, who do sometimes like to eat off or 39 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: I guess. 40 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,360 Speaker 1: What do you get into, Joshua. 41 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 2: It's hard to say, and I don't really want to 42 00:01:53,600 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 2: embarrass myself on national radio. 43 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 1: All embarrass myself. I like the brains because when you're 44 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: eating a little lamb brains, it's like, you know, it's 45 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 1: like it's all nice and mushy, and then you get 46 00:02:03,320 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 1: those crunchy little bits in the middle of it, like 47 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: corn flakes. 48 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: So what do you If it's me at a young 49 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: char restaurant, then I'll get into the chicken feet and 50 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 2: the and the tripe as well. 51 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,119 Speaker 1: Interesting. Good for you. See how what I did there 52 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 1: was I shared my secret to make you share your secret. 53 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 2: So thanks for playing games. 54 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,239 Speaker 1: As Joshua Tan from Export Usual on, nothing wrong with 55 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: a little bit of awful Ay, not like I just 56 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: can't get into the bloods though. The blood stuff is 57 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 1: that's just too tangy. That's that's too much, isn't it. 58 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplessy Alan Drive, listen live to 59 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: news talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 60 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.